Relative flatness/finish of the sink base/IHS or mounting pressure are key to extracting the performance out of IC Diamond or any other Compound. Right, by "better heatsink" I meant a properly lapped one. My heatsink was not flat; it had many grooves in it. I guess that explains the test results: t...

Thanks for the feedback. In case you haven't noticed, I know almost nothing about heatsinks, which is why I still had the stock ATM heatsink and paste. I did notice that the finish on the heatsink was rather poor though, so lapping it would probably help me reduce temps. I'm not really concerned wit...

Sorry for the long delay, but I finally got around to installing the TIM over the weekend. My CPU is an AMD Athlon 64+ 3700 (single core) that has the stock AMD heatsink/fan, and used to have the stock AMD TIM too. The system was stressed for 15 minutes using Prime95 and measured with CoreTemp. Here...

Another long time lurker... I would like to test the TIM. I'm in the process of building a (hopefully fanless) HTPC, probably with an AMD Sempron or 4850e, or some comparable chip and some massive-but-yet-to-be-determined heatsink. If you need the test info quickly, I can use it on my current energy...