Tuniq TX-2 thermal paste application on the Intel E5200
The TX-2 thermal compound offers industry leading thermal conductivity. The non-toxic and non-conductive nature of the TX-2 means more peace-of-mind when it comes to cooling your CPU. Molecularly small and structurally stable, the multi-award winning TX-2 is the perfect thermal compound for your cooling needs. This is what that is published on the manufacturer’s site.
I managed to get hold of a portion of this Tuniq TX-2 from Reng Kwan to replace my Intel E5200 processor’s stock thermal paste which I thought it was running at a rather high temperature and it was hindering its overclocking capabilities. This popular Wolfdale chip is based on the 45nm manufacturing process and has been known for its achievable overclock speed of over 4Ghz from its default clock speed of 2.5Ghz.
Let’s see how well this paste performs.
The Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound.
Have a greater detail on how the E5200 looks like by clicking on the image =)
I know the motherboard is quite dusty. Haha.
I did not have any thermal compound remover so I just used pieces of tissue paper to scrape the old paste off the chip and the heat sink as well.
Tried my best to remove the existing thermal paste.
And then, the Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound was applied on the E5200.
Thermal paste is supposed to be applied just enough to cover the processor and not more/thicker layer than that. Too much would reduce its efficiency and too little, would also do the same. Positioned back the heat sink on the processor. Locked the unit back to its sockets and its good to go.
Booted it up and it showed 28 degrees celcius AT FIRST ( Mind you, the ambient temperature in Malaysia is rather high). But then the temperature rose up and then after stressing the E5200 to its maximum temperature, it can be concluded that the Tuniq TX-2 did reduce the temperature of the processor by an average of 3-5 degrees Celsius.
The Tuniq TX2 is quite a good thermal compound if you have a tight budget and can’t afford to replace the whole heatsink with the custom unit. It would still bring the temperature down, but just a couple of celsius.
oooh no!!! my last squeeze of TX-2!!…. sob…
very dusty eh ur mobo..
forget to subcribe again.. is that carbon monoxide from LDP goes into ur pc and condense as dust?
@DeVaL!aN
Actually its pretty dusty there bcause the cpu fan is sucking directly and blowing the dust on the heat sink. Sure there will be more dust on that area. You can see the dust pattern there also ahhaha
Everything from LDP goes into my pc =P
thermal paste ? mine one don have wo..
lols i also dun hv haha
because we don need to oc mar…hahhaha..sophos, bila ur processor wan fight with them?
sure got laa zz yours should be thermal paste lol
mine one so shiny the surface..hahaha
monde, oc to fight with them..urs one without oc already beat them. 
.juz oc and try to beat them 
lols
then you kena con by Acer already .hahaha..
then we OC to 4ghz oso
wait till i gt new processor 1st lar.. AMD or InteL? still thinking ehh..give suggestion…i wan low budget
@sie khai
Depends on your budget. Get two processors around your budget limit, then compare the performance and overclock-ability(that is if you intend to overclock). Then just get the higher performance unit. Easy as that.
@sie khai
I’m asking you to do online comparisons la.. read up on reviews and benchmarks all.. not asking you to get 2 processors..
sorry yltan.. i going to promote a desktop selling at cheap price.
Q6600 2.4Ghz 6MB L2, (6-9x multiplier)
4GB DDR2-800 (i think is ECC ram summore, it is written, but TBC)
MSI P35 Neo-F,
250GB + 120GB HDD sata2,
ATi X1950 Graphic Card,
Corsair 450W PSU,
casing + DVD-RW.
lumsum should be around rm1.2k..
lol 2nd hand isit?
wah. so cheap sia ah. sure boh. 2nd hand? u mean 3rd hand? lols
@youliang
@Sophos
of caz 2nd hand la.. but it works fine.. except the thermal paste thinggy dried up. so either change the thermal paste or change to better cooling solution to get better OC result.
it is damn cheap, letting go crazily. bought it at rm6k last time.
ooh then u grab la .. sell ur pc now to fuyat and take this wan.. hahaha
i like my current casing mar.. no choice lor..
grab the processor and ram only la
yea lor
…processor wan sell to me or nt??haha 
that you have to ask rk wan
mana dapat the thermal paste?
thats why la u din read what i type also thats y u duno where i dapat it
aiks!! i am asking mana beli that thing la.r.
anywhere la..online or shop oso got.
mana satu best?
what best best all?
I enjoy this site, it is worth me coming back
mine one grey one wo..so dark! hw come this turnix, so bright one?
diff brand of course diff color..
wait till i can shoot my nano fusion pic juz like hw u shoot tunix..hiak hiak
you’ll never shoot it like how yltan shoots it =P
swtdao
wait till i at gt at least Fz-28 or LX-3
fz-35 oso out dy
aiks!
bt no $$ to buy Fz-35..baru out one, sure lagi expensive 
monde, faster oc ur processor……