SILVER THERMAL PASTES - BUYERS BEWARE

Published by

Thanks to Mackey D for pionting me in the direction of this article over at Overclockers.com.

I decided to test Arctic Silver 5, Arctic Silver 3, OCZ Ultra II Premium Silver Compound, and CompUSA Silver Thermal Grease. This test was not conducted to test performance, but rather to determine if these compounds have Silver as an ingredient.

All Testing was done twice, once on a jeweler's acid free 'Black stone', and the test was repeated on paper. The testing solution was Nitric acid and Muriatic acid that was pre-mixed professionally.

The tests produced some very disturbing results