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I plan on putting in a new CPU into my computer, What is the best Thermal Paste? I found an old Linus video where he says I C Diamond is his favorite, and someone recommended Arctic Silver 5 To me, in reviews for the I C Diamond some said it had pitted their heat sinks and CPU heat spreaders. advice? this PC doesn't have much cooling so I want as good Thermal Paste as I can find.

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You'll be fine with AS5 thermal compound, and using IC Diamond, you can actually scratch the heatspreader on the CPU. The thermal paste doesn't matter that much as long as it's not total garbage. 

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I like mx4, not something i'd cheap out on since it's 7 dollars. I moved from as5 and mx4 is about 2-3C lower in temps.

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28 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

Toothpaste

 

I really doesn't matter, just don't get the cheapest stuff

actually, what's the thermal properties of Toothpaste? has Linus done a video on this? Is there a way to recommend to @LinusTech to make a video on this?

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MX4 or NT-H1 are good.

IC diamond is thicker and is also harder to remove.

I use MX4 only.

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Noctua NT-H1 is the best you're going to get without going to liquid metal.  Arctic Silver kind of sucks.  It's fine for your average user who'd be happy with the stock stuff, but if you want to overclock or are trying to solve some heat issues, you need something better.

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37 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

You'll be fine with AS5 thermal compound, and using IC Diamond, you can actually scratch the heatspreader on the CPU. The thermal paste doesn't matter that much as long as it's not total garbage. 

 

35 minutes ago, xg32 said:

I like mx4, not something i'd cheap out on since it's 7 dollars. I moved from as5 and mx4 is about 2-3C lower in temps.

 

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

MX4 or NT-H1 are good.

IC diamond is thicker and is also harder to remove.

I use MX4 only.

 

2 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Noctua NT-H1 is the best you're going to get without going to liquid metal.  Arctic Silver kind of sucks.  It's fine for your average user who'd be happy with the stock stuff, but if you want to overclock or are trying to solve some heat issues, you need something better.

I'm going to go with I C Diamond, thank you all for your input!

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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
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2 hours ago, TheClueLessMajority said:

 

 

 

I'm going to go with I C Diamond, thank you all for your input!

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-9.html

 

If you aren't doing liquid metal (don't do it) then IC diamond/Kryonaut are your best options, personally I like kryonaut since its not abrasive like ICD.

 

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