Endorfy Pactum 1
Endorhy has released the Pactum 1 thermal pastes. These are characterized above all by their low price. Their thermal conductivity is also lower, but still at a level that could be sufficient for many applications. Pactum 1 pastes are available in two variants. While one is more suitable for home use, the other, larger one, will also find use in the workshops of service technicians.
Endorfy has added new thermal pastes, with a slightly different system of marking than before, to their offer. After the Pactum PT-4, listed still under the SilentiumPC brand, there’s now the Pactum 1. Given the parameters, however, such a designation makes pretty good sense.
The number “1” here represents the cheapest option, which is also associated with the lowest thermal conductivity of 4 W/mK. It was also higher for the Pactum PT-2 (5 W/mK) and the SilentiumPC Pactum PT-4, or Endorfy Pactum 4 (should be the same paste) have up to 12 W/mK. So the new Pactum 1 is not a successor and even more thermally conductive paste, but instead an option with which you can cut a bit of costs. And in some situations you probably won’t even make a mistake.
Lower thermal conductivity does not always mean higher temperature or something with which it would be impossible to cool a given chip. The lower the power consumption, the smaller the difference will be at this level. A cooling system with a paste with a higher thermal conductivity naturally has the potential to achieve lower temperatures, but this is especially true for higher heat exchange requirements that are associated with high heat outputs. Conversely, at lower power consumption corresponding to typically mid-range or lower processor classes, the higher thermal conductivity will already have a greater impact on price than on temperatures. And it is precisely this kind of “lower-power” environment that Pactum 1 is aimed at. It comes in two types of packs with different volumes.
The smaller (4g) pack is for a number of applications in single digits (this paste could probably also appear in the accessories of cheaper Endorfy coolers later?) and the larger (25g) will last for some time. I mean, it still depends… users who apply the paste on a daily basis will quickly empty even the 25-gram pack
Anyway, it’s good that Endorfy brought a bigger tube like this, with a volume discount factored into the price. The manufacturer’s suggested price for the large (25 g) pack is 8 EUR, the smaller (4 g) is 3.50 EUR. That’s still a bit less than the price of the immortal Arctic MX-2 paste. That is, of course, assuming that retailers will stick to the MSRP.
The Pactum 1 thermal pastes are already in stores and more information can be found on their product pages. The 4-gram pack, by the way, is code-named EY0C001 and the 25-gram pack, in turn, is EY0C002.
English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš
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