Tuniq TX-1 (Thermal Paste)

[$cooter]

Hope this isn't considered a repost, I have a specific question. Has anyone ever used the Thermal paste that comes with the Tuniq Tower? I lost my AS5.

[flclisgreat]

well it sounds to me as you will have to try and find out as you lost your as5

[Stranger]

I have heard it described in several reviews as "gooey and thick." According to this xbit labs review (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/tuniq-tower120_7.html), it is a pain to apply but does the job.

[galapogos]

Well I just ordered the Tuniq for my next system and I'm gonna be using their TIM since I lost my AS3. I've read that all the high end heatsinks from Thermalright, Sunbeam, Zalman etc come with very good thermal paste so I wouldn't worry about it.

[$cooter]

I have heard it described in several reviews as "gooey and thick." According to this xbit labs review (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/tuniq-tower120_7.html), it is a pain to apply but does the job.

That is correct, it is VERY thick. I couldn't get it to spread, didn't want to "stick" either, it would just roll around. I finally gave up and went to the store for some of the OCZ brand tthermal paste (they didn't have as5)

[Stranger]

I bought some AS5 with mine. All I need to build my machine is every other part. :D

[$cooter]

All my stuff showed up as of Friday. A motherboard problem has set me back again. Hopefully once I talk to tech support there might be something i missed.

So far I get a post code that indicates I have a CMOS jumper set incorrectly (it's not). It also has an EZCMOS switch in back, but that is not the problem. I tried setting the voltage in the BIOS to 2.2 from 1.875, but I can't save my settings, it crashes on save/exit. I have tried lots of other things, too many to go into detail here about.

Case:
SILVERSTONE TJ09-BW Black (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811163073)

Mobo:
Abit IN9 32X-MAX(680i chipset) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127020)

PSU:
Silverstone ST85ZF (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817256007)

GPU:
eVGAGeForce 8800GTX 768MB ACS3 version (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130078)

Proc:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003)

Memory:
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146563)

Storage:
WD 15G Raptor (150GB) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136011),

Cooler:
Tuniq 120 (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835154001)