BEST THERMAL PASTE ???

[PunkSteve]

BEST THERMAL PASTE ???

Hi to all.

Going to be pulling my PC apart during the 1st week of 2020 & giving it a good clean.
Just wondering if anyone had any opinions/advice about the Best Thermal Paste?

Thanks in advance for & all answers.

EDIT 1: Also, just in case it matters, i'm using a Coolermaster V4 GTS CPU Air Cooler.

[Supafly]

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut would be my suggestion.

Can't say how much it helped as I used it after delidding my cpu. Delid + that paste I'm around 15-20 degrees cooler.

EDIT: Link to some thermal paste tests
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/dominic-moass/thermal-paste-head-to-head-does-it-matter-which-brand-you-use/

[Ralf]

Arctic Silver 5

[PunkSteve]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ralf:

Arctic Silver 5

But silver is conductive, so i would've thought that's a bad thing to put on a CPU?

[Julien, cut it out.]

Oprindeligt skrevet af LoneWolf:

But silver is conductive, so i would've thought that's a bad thing to put on a CPU?

It's applied on the cpu lid.

[PunkSteve]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Bananarama:

Oprindeligt skrevet af LoneWolf:

But silver is conductive, so i would've thought that's a bad thing to put on a CPU?

It's applied on the cpu lid.

LOL. I know where to apply it, i just thought adding stuff thats conductive isn't a good idea.

I googled around & saw a few vids on youtube that say it's not conductive anyway.

[𝔇ave]

I've always used Arctic mx-4. Pretty much all the non conductive compounds are within 1-2 degrees of each other so just get an affordable reputable compound

[Komrade]

MX-4 and AS5 has always been solid for me.

[Carlsberg]

There is no good bad or best, just different prices. Pick one and be happy.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Dave:

I've always used Arctic mx-4. Pretty much all the non conductive compounds are within 1-2 degrees of each other so just get an affordable reputable compound

[Bad 💀 Motha]

MX4 or AS5

[Art of *S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RErFtoIwtzQ
sorry....

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Toothpaste > Ketchup

[h_LordEC[no-VC]]

Arctic MX-4 for normal/quick applications.
Gelid GC-Extreme for quick applications requiring good thermals.
Any liquid metal, never again except if delidding comes back.

I have a feeling I will be replacing the Gelid GC-Extreme with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut for my next build.

[L37]

IMO.
The only case when thermal paste might matter are high-power chips without IHS. Like 200-300W GPU-s, significantly overclocked delidded CPU-s and such. But even with them something like MX-4 is totally enough. You will gain few C with liquid metal, but it is a pain to use and often is not worth it. Better paste? You will have trouble trying to notice any difference.
For anything with IHS and not overclocked - it does not matter, plain and simple. Any paste will work as long as it is not toothpaste and difference will be almost impossible to notice.

[Washell]

Oprindeligt skrevet af LoneWolf:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ralf:

Arctic Silver 5

But silver is conductive, so i would've thought that's a bad thing to put on a CPU?

If you're using so much paste it gets in places where it can short things out, buying anything but the cheapest would be a waste of money.

The cooler you're mounting on top is conductive too.

If you're not overclocking, the whole question is moot.

[r.linder]

Arctic MX-4 or Noctua HT-H1/H2 based on price. They're all extremely similar in results, paste really doesn't matter that much unless you're delidding and overclocking, or want a good paste for your GPU.