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I'm building a computer and i need some gud thermal paste

Any suggestions?

 

 

 

Thx

--FTPCraft

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MX4 is tried, tested, and good.  Most pastes only give you a degree or two.  MX4, NT-H1, or Gelid GC Extreme.  The mx4 is definitely the most tried and true of the bunch, and before long you'll have half the forum in here saying MX4 :>

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Arctic MX-4, Arctic Silver 5, Thermalright Chillfactor 3, Noctua NT-H1, Prolimatech PK-1, Tuniq TX-4.

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I'm building a computer and i need some gud thermal paste

Any suggestions?

 

 

 

Thx

--FTPCraft

IC Diamond.  The best.  And Linus' favourite.

QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE 

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Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Thinkpad T420:

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CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

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some people are against as5 b/c of the long curing time, but ive used it for several years with satisfactory temps. but other than that, definitely IC diamond

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Mx4 for bare die (GPU)

And arctic silver 5 , ICDiamond , and mx4 are best for IHS (CPU)

**never use ICDIAMOND for bare die ***

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So far most people are saying MX4 so i'll be going with that.

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