Thermal Paste Comparison


Here, we can take a closer look at how the PK-1 thermal paste compares with my own personal favourite, the Thermalright ChillFactor II. At stock CPU speeds, the ChillFactor II ends up marginally ahead using both fan configurations. Surprisingly, at 4GHz the PK-1 ends up the superior thermal paste with quite a margin. With the SWiF2-120P, the difference is 1.75C and when coupled with the NF-P12s, the difference is 2C. The difference is quite significant when we take into account that the ChillFactor II bests even the likes of the Arctic MX-3/MX-4. Prolimatech deserve to be commended there.

Passive tests




The Prolimatech Super Mega performed very well as a passive cooler beating even the HR-02, which it was purposefully built for. It didn’t match up to the Silver Arrow or the Noctua NH-D14 but given that its general performance was below theirs, nothing more could be expected. Nonetheless, the Super Mega was only a mere 0.5C behind the NH-D14 at 4GHz and 0.75C behind at 2.66GHz.