Best thermal paste for cooling?

[Techpenguin101]

I just want to know what thermal paste cools the best

[xdeathshot20]

they are really all about the same for normal cooling, they somewhat begin to show there differences when it comes to exotic cooling

[ActualCannibal]

They're all basically the same, you'll at most see a 5 to 6 degree difference, but if it's a good quality one, like arctic silver or the ones that come included with Noctua fans, or even the ones on the bottoms of AiOs, you'll be fine.

[Techpenguin101]

oh ok, so factory installed thermal pastes will work just fine?

[TheDankKoosh]

8 minutes ago, Techpenguin101 said:

I just want to know what thermal paste cools the best

The best of the best would probably go to thermal grizzly kryonaut, or gelid gc extreme. I believe gc extreme is better for all types of heatsinks though.

[GeoSquigg]

forget paste ..

use this -> https://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Cooling-Graphite-Thermal-Pad/dp/B07CKVW18G

[TheDankKoosh]

11 minutes ago, GeoSquigg said:

forget paste ..

use this -> https://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Cooling-Graphite-Thermal-Pad/dp/B07CKVW18G

That's inferior to any of the good thermal pastes and is electrically conductive.

[GeoSquigg]

15 hours ago, TheDankKoosh said:

That's inferior to any of the good thermal pastes and is electrically conductive.

too say its inferior is foolish, look up the thermal tests. Yes it is conductive but its secured when installed and not near any contacts. You don't install it while your machine is running lol

[thinwalrus]

1 hour ago, GeoSquigg said:

too say its inferior is foolish, look up the thermal tests. Yes it is conductive but its secured when installed and not near any contacts. You don't install it while your machine is running lol

What tests? Maybe post one vs kryonaut?

[TheDankKoosh]

8 hours ago, GeoSquigg said:

too say its inferior is foolish, look up the thermal tests. Yes it is conductive but its secured when installed and not near any contacts. You don't install it while your machine is running lol

I have seen thermal tests, and the ic pad performs about 2-3c worse than the best pastes on the market. Thermal conductivity doesn't matter since the thermal pad will always be thicker than a paste.

[GeoSquigg]

 

[PCLap]

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[dgsddfgdfhgs]

before trying those famous brands, I would personally try some off brands one with lot of buyers. if you satisfy with the temps makes no sense getting "good ones".

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Edited February 26, 2019 by dgsddfgdfhgs
btw toothpaste is better than stock intel crispy paste, also it smells fresh

[Wormhole]

whatever comes in the box or on the cooler is good, expensive thermal pastes only drop temps 2-5c kind of pointless imo.

[geo3]

Benchmarks show Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut to be the best non liquid metal TIM on the market, however all quality TIMs are very close in performance.

[vjizzle2384]

On 2/7/2019 at 5:53 PM, Techpenguin101 said:

I just want to know what thermal paste cools the best

Noctua NT-H2 just released a few days ago