COB builds and TIM

caverage

caverage

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Recently just attached some cobs to their new homes. I used Antec Forumla 7 Nano Diamond thermal paste. Anyways, I threw away the box and literature before thinking of checking what the recommended curing time was. Googled it ,and it turns out people on pc forums are saying it burns it self in and slowly increases performance. You think Im good to go, or should I just wait to be safe ?
 
caverage

caverage

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Positivity said:
Temps usually are better after a few hours of use on new TIM. I run my leds hot a few cycles for an hour or so at 50c lately on new stuff. I feel better knowing everything has broken in a liittle. Not really necessary..you can put it on and just start using them immediately.
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Nice, I was hoping that was the case. It's funny because I've built a number of pcs and never even knew to or thought twice about letting thermal paste cure on my cpus lol
 
alesh

alesh

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Positivity said:
Temps usually are better after a few hours of use on new TIM. I run my leds hot a few cycles for an hour or so at 50c lately on new stuff. I feel better knowing everything has broken in a liittle. Not really necessary..you can put it on and just start using them immediately.
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This is a little OT, but there are reports of LEDs performing better after some time. While in long term output decreases, it may increase a little after a few hundreds hours. That about breaking in :)
 
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