Thermal Paste Shopping Advice

[Hassan170]

I have an old laptop (Dell XPS 15 [9 yrs old]) that's been running quite hot. I want to apply some thermal paste in hopes of bringing the temps down a bit. I found these 3 options online that I'm interested in, which one should i buy?

[CWALD]

My go to for a while now has been thermal grizzly kryonaut but a lot of people also like the arctic stuff.

[Hassan170]

Just now, CWALD said:

My go to for a while now has been thermal grizzly kryonaut but a lot of people also like the arctic stuff.

thermal grizzly is a bit expensive in my region id rather go for one of these 3 instead 

 

which would you recommend?

[CWALD]

2 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

thermal grizzly is a bit expensive in my region id rather go for one of these 3 instead 

 

which would you recommend?

I have not used any of them myself. Arctic is popular or you could look at the thermal transfer rates. This is also a purchase that will improve you computer performance for a year or two, so an extra few bucks may not be the worst thing in the world.

[Hassan170]

3 minutes ago, CWALD said:

Arctic is popular or you could look at the thermal transfer rates. 

How is thermal transfer measured?

[Hassan170]

6 minutes ago, CWALD said:

I have not used any of them myself. Arctic is popular or you could look at the thermal transfer rates. This is also a purchase that will improve you computer performance for a year or two, so an extra few bucks may not be the worst thing in the world.

so i just checked 

Arctic has 5.6w/mk (i'm assuming this the thermal transfer rate you were talking about)

CM MasterGel has 5w/mk

[Hassan170]

@CWALD Arctic it is then its only cheaper by a small margin compared to the cooler master mastergel thank you!

[jones177]

I build computers for people that may never replace the paste so I want to last a long time.

I use Noctua NT-H2.

It does well in tests, lasts long and is relatively cheap.

 

 

[Hassan170]

1 minute ago, jones177 said:

I build computers for people that may never replace the paste so I want to last a long time.

I use Noctua NT-H2.

It does well in tests, lasts long and is relatively cheap.

 

 

Well I mentioned this but this paste is for my 9yr old laptop which is mostly used by my little brother to play roblox so im not sure if i want to spend that much on thermal paste.

 

I get that Noctua is really good but that is just too expensive for me

[datalaughing]

11 hours ago, Hassan170 said:

Well I mentioned this but this paste is for my 9yr old laptop which is mostly used by my little brother to play roblox so im not sure if i want to spend that much on thermal paste.

 

I get that Noctua is really good but that is just too expensive for me

Considering it is a 9 Yr old laptop the heat output should not be that much 

 

I have used this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YCMR04Q/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_z34JEb4C280BD

 

It works fine for low power components such an my Intel celeron 540, however t would not use it for performance composts due its 1.8 W/m-k compared to Noctua or Thermo grizzly at 5 W/m-k