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Guys, I want you to keep this at a polite level, for trolling and flaming go to NBR, no need for this here. If you want to hear my opinion: Skinneelab used IC Perihelion, which is not IC Diamond, as 0x29A already mentioned... it's an aluminium oxide compound with a slightly lower thermal conductivity. Using skinneelab as only reference when they didn't even tested ICD is not a good idea. And I don't really like the application method of skinneelab. Here's a user review of several pastes, including ICD and Prolimatech, it's written in German, but the graphs are pretty self-explanatory: [user-Review] 11 Wärmeleitpasten im Vergleich I have never used PK-1 so I can't compare it's performance with other pastes. What I can say is that ICD has an excellent performance (as already mentioned) and is really annoying to apply, especially on Desktop systems on which the dotting application doesn't deliver the best performance... it's already impossible to use. But it works fine on mobile systems. There's some scratching after cleaning off the paste, but it's no as severe as people think it is. Still, that's the reason I don't really use it anymore. The thermal performance is excellent, check this thread for some comparison and pics of the paste on mobile components: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/913-ic-diamond-24-survey-results.html One of the strengths of ICD is that it doesn't get "sucked out" as the pastes with lower viscosity, e.g. MX-4. It stays where it has to be. If I look at skineelabs pics I'm simply shocked how much paste he used... way too much. This explains why he has the low viscosity pastes in front of the ranking... the superfluous paste gets pressed to the side when applying the heatsink, unlike high viscosity pastes. In addition to this we're talking about mobile application here which is totally different to desktop usage... also regarding the pressure applied to the heatsink. For me, the best paste I've used so far is MX-4, easy to apply, relatively cheap and a very decent performance. Plus, it's easy to wipe off. I've ordered some Coolaboratory liquid ultra a while ago, will test it and might also grab some prolimatech, just for testing. In the end I have to say that I don't really care about 1-2°C difference, since this can also be caused by a paste job which isn't perfect...

My opinion: ICD24 is obviously one of the top pastes out there, no denying that. However, my personal thermal paste of choice is MX-4. Like svl7 mentioned, its easy to apply and remove and it comes very close to ICD24 and other higher end pastes that 1-2C don't matter much. If ICD24 didn't scratch the die, I wouldn't mind but notebook dies don't have the large metal cover that the desktop ones do so a scratch can affect its resale value even if it doesn't affect the cooling at all.

TBH, it's not like your post was less "NBR type". (Regardless or not he was right or not.) @OP, you might find this thread interesting: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/913-ic-diamond-24-survey-results.html and Tuniq TX-4 vs ICD(-24) results here: http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/815-innovation-cooling-ic-diamond-giveaway-survey-6.html#post11083

Just for the record, ThrottleStop is still useful for the M18x. It lets you push the maximum TDP power limit up past 99 watts to 130 watts and beyond. What you do with all that extra heat is up to you to figure out. The 130 watt setting helps benchers get a little more out of their XM CPUs but probably isn't needed for 24/7 use. ThrottleStop also continues to be a great monitoring tool and can create a log of your CPU's performance while gaming. No need to be wondering what's going on when you can have some cold hard numbers to look at. It will give you some insight into what multiplier your laptop is really running at while gaming. BTW, nice computer porn Brian!

new vape came on monday, been extensively testing it . here are some pics.

Yeah, my impression was that the only downside to ICD were possible scratches, but then again... I am not sure exactly to what extent would that matter if you keep repasting over the longer period (+ I imagine ICD also needs to be reapplied less often). For folks who are worried about the scratches, going with the other paste and having few degrees higher temp is an alternative. I use AS5 (GPU die) and MX-4 (GPU memory), as MX-4 was a bit thicker and worked well after I took out the original cooling pads (like suggested in the M17x-R2 modding thread).

According to this http://skinneelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/TIMBestTemp5.png and to this http://skinneelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/TIMOverallTemp5.png PK1 is by ~1C better than MX-4 and here is my comparison between MX-4 vs ICD Innovation Cooling – Diamond 24 Review | Tech|Inferno

Woah, someone feels butt hurt. I tested both TIMs intensively on my 2920XM at 4.4Ghz across all 4 cores (880 Priplane and 0 Flex). PK-1 was always lower, always that one degree. I'm just not bothered in posting my results; firstly, I didn't exactly record them for a massive essay or comparison and secondly, I'd rather link to a more reputable source, e.g. Skinnee. Maybe if you actually read the article and some of comments, you'd post a bit more than oh 'common knowledge' this and oh 'proper knowledge' that. Disclaimer: No google or wikipedia article contributed to this post. Just common and proper knowledge, folks.

Regarding the temps, ICD is the best paste I've used so far, but it's a pita to apply, MX-4 is much easier, but 2-3°C higher temps. And ICD does scratch the die.... true. The classic AS5 is ok, but there are cheaper and better performing pastes. I ordered some liquid ultra recently, will see how well it works...

here's another video with my LSV. should be getting my first log vape in a week or two, which is exciting.

how about like this just a plain video with unspecified stuff, hahahah a