What thermal compound is best for Noctua NH - D15

[Tost TheGrenade]

i'm building a new PC , i was ready for everything , i choose i7 4790K , 16GB ( 8GB x2 ) of G.Skill Sniper 2400MHz RAM ( i do video rendering for school project ) MSI z97 Gaming 7  motherboard , GTX 980 ( Gigabyte WINDFORCE ) , Corsair RM 750 power supply , 2 TB Toshiba HDD , Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD.     Asus optical drive . ( im still using DVD disk )

 

My Question is , my CPU Cooler is Noctua  NH- D15 ,  it do come with NT - H1 thermal compound . i heard it is not good in some point ? maybe ?  so what thermal compound is best for my NH - D15 . i see some said arctic silver 5 ? some said    MX - 4 ? 

[virtualTune]

where did you hear that? It is an excellent compound. The ones you listed are less than a degree cooler. 

[NeatSquidYT]

Arctic MX-4. Too many horror stories about Silver 5 for me not to trust it.

[AlwaysFSX]

The stock paste it comes with is better than MX-4 AFAIK.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

How bout the stock NT-H1 it comes with? It's at the very least as good as MX-4.

[Tost TheGrenade]

Thanks you guys for helping , i still have one problem , can i use G.Skill Sniper RAM with this Cooler ?

[loccilucas]

It's some of the best stuff around the NT-H1. However the type of thermal comp you use

Only affects temps by a few degrees

[MourningSouls]

Thanks you guys for helping , i still have one problem , can i use G.Skill Sniper RAM with this Cooler ?

Should be able to, it's fairly low profile. The D15 is intended to be used with high profile RAM, though in some cases the primary push fan can cause issues, but it works just as well when that fan is moved to the back of the cooler and used in pull.

[ObscureMammal]

i'm building a new PC , i was ready for everything , i choose i7 4790K , 16GB ( 8GB x2 ) of G.Skill Sniper 2400MHz RAM ( i do video rendering for school project ) MSI z97 Gaming 7  motherboard , GTX 980 ( Gigabyte WINDFORCE ) , Corsair RM 750 power supply , 2 TB Toshiba HDD , Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD.     Asus optical drive . ( im still using DVD disk )

 

My Question is , my CPU Cooler is Noctua  NH- D15 ,  it do come with NT - H1 thermal compound . i heard it is not good in some point ? maybe ?  so what thermal compound is best for my NH - D15 . i see some said arctic silver 5 ? some said    MX - 4 ? 

 

The noctua brand thermal compound (NT-H1) is some of the best around. The difference in temps you would get from using either artic silver 5, mx-4 or NT-H1 would be negligible. Only a degree or so in difference.

[ObscureMammal]

Thanks you guys for helping , i still have one problem , can i use G.Skill Sniper RAM with this Cooler ?

 

"Despite its imposing size, the NH-D15 is still compatible with taller memory modules. The outer borders of the towers are shaped to accommodate big heat spreaders. Configurations with taller memory may be limited to a single fan nestled between the two towers, though."

http://techreport.com/news/26293/noctua-new-dual-fan-dual-tower-nh-d15-cooler-is-a-familiar-monster