ARCTIC SILVER EPOXY

 


The idea behind putting metals into epoxy to make a stronger bond , or a compound to help transmit heat is not a new one. Aluminum Devcon has been around for almost 20 or more years now. As well as Steel Devcon and Titanium Devcon. I personally have been using aluminum devcon for over ten years now in the modification of model aircraft engines. And a friend of mine has been using titanium devcon for commercial refrigeration repairs. So when Arctic Silver Epoxy was released, it came as no real surprise. In fact, the surprise for me was , why did it take so long. Well its here, and its just like any ordinary epoxy except for two things. One, it has exceptional heat transfer capabilities for an epoxy, which is exactly what we need in the computer game. The second thing, well its just that this epoxy is almost worth its weight in Gold. That's right , Arctic Silver Epoxy , is expensive .. $20 USD for 7grams. Or $40 AUST dollars... Well i needed some, and at that price, well it just better be good. If you have mixed epoxy before than there are no surprises for you here. The mix is 50-50, and going by eye is good enough. Mix the two parts thoroughly , I usually mix the two parts for a good minute on a clean surface. Make certain that the two surfaces you wish to join are cleaned properly, I used some cleaning alcohol for this. Put some epoxy on the larger object, in this case it was the Geforce 2 mx chip, the original heat sink fan, had shit itself, under Australian summer conditions. And a 486 cpu cooler had been modified by me to fit, the Geforce 2 mx card. There was no other way to fit the cooler , I just had to glue it on. I let the epoxy cure for 24hours so as to reach maximum strength,( it only took 7 minutes for it to initially harden). And then put it back in the computer. Its been one long hot week, 30 to 35 deg Celsius all week. And the heat sink has not fallen of yet. I'm optimistic about this product. There have been no stability problems , or anything. And i must say that if Arctic Silver Epoxy, is as good as these early results show over the long haul , then this will be one hell of a product. Now depending on the epoxy, some of them lose strength over time when subjected to heat, or sunlight. I don't see sunlight being a problem, and Im sure that Arctic chose a high heat epoxy that will put up with the heat generated by computer chipsets. Well only time will tell, and Im sure if heat sinks start falling off graphics cards, we will hear about it real fast