For LN2 Kingpin uses the super cheap paste's from Microcenter. So if you doing sub zero, anything  ceramique based should do.

Use MX-2 Nate, its a lot cheaper and performs within a degree of MX-3 if I remember correctly, but I know its close. OCZ Freeze is another one that is fairly cheap with good performance.

Forgot to mention. IC7 is a B*TCH to get off heatsinks\CPU's, and there noticeably "duller" looking after you scrub for 5 minutes to get that crap off.

Having dealt with the IC Diamond for a customers block, I don't like how thick it is, its practically like the same gray clay that evga uses on stock heat sinks. 

I will probably go with the traditional Ceramique once this MX-3 runs out. 

are you at a point where 1 to 3 degrees Celsius is making a major difference?

johnksss

are you at a point where 1 to 3 degrees Celsius is making a major difference?

no, I am at the point where $20 can make a major difference over $12 

i quit looking at it like that...i just bought a big 5oz tube and called it a day.(16.99 at the center)

Thats what I picked up, the larger MX-3, and it was $25ish.  I get more then double the Ceramique for half the price.

yes, but does it harden under cold temps or is it still soft?

johnksss

yes, but does it harden under cold temps or is it still soft?

Diamond will is only good to -45c where Ceramique is good to -120c. The choice is obvious.

I can tell you for certain mx-3 will harden under cold temps, I ran out of ceramique for my ln2 session and had to use some mx-3 I had sitting around.

im on silicone at the moment...working like a champ, just messy if you use to much
my new method, which works pretty good... no pj in this method though.