need recommendations on a high qualtiy thermal compound

[CaptainChaos025]

Im looking to buy new thermal compound for my PC and for my laptop (which is about 8 years old now and thermals can get pretty  h o t  )
 

saw the Artic MX-4 which looks decent i guess but i wonder what your recommendations are

[SupaKomputa]

That will probably do just fine.

Thermal compound is just one small factor, there are other factors like clean heatsink and properly running fans.

 

[CaptainChaos025]

11 hours ago, Genwyn said:

Ive always used arctic ceramique 2 because i prefer the long term stability of it. Thermal paste doesnt need to be changed often, but ceramic stuff lasts for a decade+ before starting to dry.

The stuff is designed for high vibration environments, meant for PC's that are part of machinery or components in cars, i doubt a laptop would vibrate all to much but i guess it would be slightly more resistant to unsettling when bumped around or moved a lot.

alright then sounds pretty good, would that Artic 2 Ceramique 2 also be good for my PC or would the MX-4 be better in that case?

[Guest]

What exactly are you doing with the paste ? Is it just to replace the stuff between the cpu cooler and cpu ? Or are you looking to delid the cpu as well ? 

 

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut would be my suggestion for replacing the paste between cooler and cpu. There is also Noctua NT-H1/NT-H2. 

 

[CaptainChaos025]

On 10/2/2019 at 6:11 PM, lee32uk said:

What exactly are you doing with the paste ? Is it just to replace the stuff between the cpu cooler and cpu ? Or are you looking to delid the cpu as well ? 

 

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut would be my suggestion for replacing the paste between cooler and cpu. There is also Noctua NT-H1/NT-H2. 

 

Planning to replace the stuff between the cpu and cooler from 1 Desktop because its running at about 88°C constantly, and replace the thermal paste in 2 laptops, a Dell N5050 and a Precision M4600

 

And nah im absolutely not and never ever planning to delid, im goo scared to possibly break it :') thanks for the suggestion though ill look into them