Posted August 13, 2021 Hi so I am going to be building my PC soon, and have a 5600x, and will be using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB CPU Cooler. I know Noctua thermal paste is considered good by just reading general opinions, but does any of it really matter? Thanks. (Also what's the difference between thermal paste and thermal grease.) Edit; I ended up getting NT-H2 noctua paste because i really trust them as a brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 Thermal paste and grease are the same thing. The best pastes aren't much better than the decent pastes already bundled with coolers like the Hyper 212 RGB BE. Please don't make duplicate posts -- threads merged. If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Josh -_- said: Hi so I am going to be building my PC soon, and have a 5600x, and will be using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB CPU Cooler. I know Noctua thermal paste is considered good by just reading general opinions, but does any of it really matter? Thanks. (Also what's the difference between thermal paste and thermal grease.) not really I use arctic MX4 for most everything and it works well enough. for your use case, I would just stick to a standard paste - the noctua stuff is likely pretty good. I think in tests thermal grizzly kryonaut is considered the best, i7-8700k @ 4.8Ghz | EVGA CLC 280mm | Aorus Z370 Gaming 5 | 16GB G-Skill DDR4-3000 C15 | EVGA RTX 2080 | Corsair RM650x | NZXT S340 Elite | Zowie XL2730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 Its either mx4 or kryonaut is what id go for Or you can just use liquid metal though that will destroy aluminium coldplates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 57 minutes ago, Josh -_- said: Hi so I am going to be building my PC soon, and have a 5600x, and will be using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB CPU Cooler. I know Noctua thermal paste is considered good by just reading general opinions, but does any of it really matter? Thanks. (Also what's the difference between thermal paste and thermal grease.) cm has decent paste in the cooler. Though in the future if you run out of it, gelid gc extreme or thermalright tfx are pretty high performing pastes too. i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 NT-H2! It's better than kryonaut.. Changed my paste (kryo) after 1.5 years and it was fairly dried. Difference 5-6c on both cpu and gpu on full load CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 | RAM: G.Skill Aegis 2x16gb 3200 @3600mhz | PSU: EVGA SuperNova 750 G3 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | GPU: Red Devil RX 7900XT | Sound: Odac + Fiio E09K | Case: Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout |Storage: MP510 960gb and 860 Evo 500gb | Cooling: CPU: Noctua NH-D15 with one fan FS in Denmark/EU: Asus Dual GTX 1060 3GB. Used maximum 4 months total. Looks like new. Card never opened. Give me a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2021 I am using SYY-157. It is very good. AMD R7 5800X3D | Thermalright Frost Commander 140, TY-143 Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero | 32GB G.Skill Trident Z @ 3733C14 Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC @ 3045/1495 | WD SN850, SN850X, SN770 Seasonic Vertex GX-1000 | Fractal Torrent Compact RGB, Many CFM's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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