Noctua NT-H1 or Arctic Mx-4

[theloveablemoose]

Which gives best performance there's only a minimal price difference (£2) both from eBay think they have the same amount but yeah which of two should i buy.

[xToFxREAPER]

Which gives best performance there's only a minimal price difference (£2) both from eBay think they have the same amount but yeah which of two should i buy.

your within a degree or two.. i personally use mx4 and have for a longggggg time

[MrImnotMLG]

Noctua... Always Noctua.

[DefinitelyNotAPedophile]

Get the cheaper one. Remember between the best and the worst decent thermal compound on the market we are talking about 1-2 degrees

[PhiberOptik]

Noctua, I use it myself on my GPUs and CPU.

[Veltrix]

Which gives best performance there's only a minimal price difference (£2) both from eBay think they have the same amount but yeah which of two should i buy.

I currently own a Noctua NH-C12P SE14 and I was using NT-H1 for a while but I recently got the Arctic MX-4. From my opinion and experience the MX-4 is easier to apply and it spreads much more evenly. The NT-H1 is good but MX-4 to me seems to perform better probably because of the better spread so its thinner. With the NT-H1 I got 85*c max on my CPU and when I switched to the MX-4 I got now a max of 75*C-80*C depending if I want the fans loud or quiet. Just my opinion and I live in a cold climate.  

[rainbrodash666]

I up untill recently have used in this order Arctic silver 5, noctua nt-h1, Ic diamond. and all have been within 7 degrees c

[airdeano]

Which gives best performance there's only a minimal price difference (£2) both from eBay think they have the same amount but yeah which of two should i buy.

 

either, they take the least of most to "flow" and cure. won't be disappointed with either choice.

[Musikman]

There was a thread recently about thermal pastes and compounds. The MX-4 seemed to be the majority favorite.

[Analog]

Both are good enough, though I think the Arctic MX-4 is still a bit better. I have been using one of those for years in all of my systems (PCs and notebooks) and it is definitely my top choice of thermal compound, especially considering it's price compared to something like IC Diamond. 

[Col]

MX-2 is cheaper does the same job .

 

Plus if it's not as good you may get a benefit in winter with the cooler blowing warmer air into your work space .

[Guest]

I am using NT-H1 since it is on the market...

never failed me and always awesome temps

[jimi]

been using nt-h1with my h220 for more than a year now...never gave me temp problems

[Praxis727]

These 2 in particular are so close and are alot the same type of paste it wont really matter either way.  Mx 4

  does tend to not dry as fast but we are talking a long time.  So I am not sure it should be a factor.

[Joshua Ondangan]

I used to use the noctua paste since it came with my d14 se2011.

 

lately I'm using the tuniq tx4 and seems good.

the noctua one ain't so bad give or take 1-2 degree difference.

[Hyp0xia]

Between the two of them, go with Noctua.

[aliquis]

MX-2 is cheaper does the same job .

 

Plus if it's not as good you may get a benefit in winter with the cooler blowing warmer air into your work space .

Of course not. The heat generated should be about the same unless the processor clock down from being over-heated of course. The difference is in how much heat reaches the cooler  (and how quickly.)

[tomas710]

Both are high quality TIMs, honestly, either, i don't think you can see an actual difference once you are using high end TIMs, recently i had to buy some and i got Zalman STG2 and its no different from arctic silver 5. Look at this article, it's old but the point it makes it's still valid

 

http://archive.benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62

 

Basically my reasoning is get anything in the top tier at a decent price and that it doesnt have any weird complications (Like liquid metal)