ps3 thermal paste

[paulbean150]

I have a slim ps3 that I want to apply new thermal paste to because I haven't done so since it was bought back  in 2012, any recommendations, please the thing smelled burnt when I started it up. I already took it apart and blew all dust out, so that shouldn't happen anymore but I'd like to prolong the systems life as long as possible since it was one of my last gifts from my grandmother before she passed away

[Skiiwee29]

Any non conductive paste will be just fine which is like 99% of all thermal greases out there. Best ones would be Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut, Noctua NH-T1 or Arctic MX4 are generally regarded as the best of the best in terms of there performance. 

[imreloadin]

11 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Any non conductive paste will be just fine which is like 99% of all thermal greases out there. Best ones would be Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut, Noctua NH-T1 or Arctic MX4 are generally regarded as the best of the best in terms of there performance. 

 @paulbean150 this ^ , just make sure you keep pressure on the heatsink while screwing the retention mechanisms back into place to avoid air bubbles becoming trapped in the paste and you're golden!

[paulbean150]

I already ordered arctic silver 5, is there a problem with conductive ones even if I don't contact other components? can someone please explain

[Dreamer758]

3 hours ago, paulbean150 said:

I already ordered arctic silver 5, is there a problem with conductive ones even if I don't contact other components? can someone please explain

artic silver 5 is conductive?

[fluxdeity]

45 minutes ago, Dreamer758 said:

artic silver 5 is conductive?

Pulled straight from Arctic Silver webpage

 

"Made With 99.9% Pure Silver: 
Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer."

 

Silver is electrically conductive, and it's in the name.

[Dreamer758]

18 hours ago, fluxdeity said:

Pulled straight from Arctic Silver webpage

 

"Made With 99.9% Pure Silver: 
Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer."

 

Silver is electrically conductive, and it's in the name.

I thought it was just the name didnt know it was alost pure silver weird how it stays in liquid form been using it sing my very first ps3 got ylod all the way to my current pc builds

[fluxdeity]

23 hours ago, Dreamer758 said:

I thought it was just the name didnt know it was alost pure silver weird how it stays in liquid form been using it sing my very first ps3 got ylod all the way to my current pc builds

I think you misunderstood, it says it's made with 99.9% pure silver, not that it is 99.9% silver.