Thermal past

[Gojart Demiri]

Whats the best Thermal paste ?
What do you think about liquid thermal past ?!!

[5x5]

Liquid Metal destroys Cooper's and heatspreaders. I'd avoid it for long term use

[Gojart Demiri]

Just now, 5x5 said:

Liquid Metal destroys Cooper's and heatspreaders. I'd avoid it for long term use

what do you recommend me?

[WereCat]

3 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Liquid Metal destroys Cooper's and heatspreaders. I'd avoid it for long term use

It does not destroy copper. It can only diffuse into it. It does destroy aluminium though. Also nickel should be fine as well.

 

Best thermal paste? Any decent paste will be enough, the difference is not that big unless the paste is really, really bad. Your application of the paste has far greater implications on the temperature than just the type of the paste.

[5x5]

19 minutes ago, Gojart Demiri said:

what do you recommend me?

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

[Boomwebsearch]

On 3/28/2020 at 8:49 AM, Gojart Demiri said:

Whats the best Thermal paste ?
What do you think about liquid thermal past ?!!

 

I would say to use a thermal pad like IC Graphite that does not wear out nearly as much as a normal thermal compound would, the liquid metal thermal compounds have high electrical conductivity and could damage your computer if your apply too much or if it spreads onto your motherboard. IC Graphite is electrically conductive, although you should be able to align it properly with your processor and attach the heatsink or waterblock without touching the motherboard or other sensitive components and not have the need to replace it.

[bowrilla]

For anything else than the most extreme setups any thermal paste from a reputable manufacturer will do the trick. The differences are marginal. There's a huge (85 TIMs) comparison test at Tom's Hardware. The best non-metallic TIM was the Kryonaut and the worst performing TIM  was mCubed Superstrong Thermal Adhesive Tape ... the difference was 4.2K. The vast majority of TIMs was in the range of +-1K.

 

This differences is entirely irrelevant and on an actual system you'll probably not see any noticable difference. One background task more or less might lead to higher jumps.

 

The performance overall depends more on mounting pressure than the TIM.

 

So any thermal paste from a known brand that also manufactures coolers or that is KNOWN for solid TIM will do unless you're pushing for extreme overclocks. In that case you shouldn't be asking this question.

 

P.S.: You could have found that test within 1min of google searching.