Premium thermalpaste and fan, temp decrease

[TiCaHe]

Hi, I was just wondering what your experiences are in terms of temp from changing to another more premium thermal paste.

Right now I have a paste from a local brand that is similar to the arctic MX-4 but my temps are a bit high imo.

I was looking at changing to thermal grizzlys kryonaut after seeing some reviews.

But I first wanted to see if any of you have any experience from changing to a more premium paste. What temp difference did you see?

 

I was also looking at the new Phanteks T30, any experiences from fan changes? Right now running a pure wings 2 Highspeed.

 

Right now I'm seeing avg at around 77C and highs at 85C on the die for my 5900X under heavy load. I'm running a be quiet pure loop 120 in my itx case so I'm a little tight on the thermal headroom.

 

 

Thanks,

Tim

[mr fobs]

I used artic silver 5 for some time, but switch to Corsair's TM30, I have seen a 3-5 degree difference in two builds. They are both cooled using Corsair 240mm AIOs with corsair fans.

 

I would say if you switched to Kryonaut you would definitely see some major temp differences. Its in its own league.

 

With all that being said I am running a 5900x as well and it typically runs 60-70 C under gaming loads. I would recommend not cooling a 5900x with 120mm AIO.. At the very least a 240.. or an air cooler. But I understand ITX can be hard.

[Dedayog]

I went from pre-applied thermal paste on my ThermalTake Water 3.0 to Kryonaut and didn't notice a difference.  1 or 2 degrees can't be consistently measured, hence margin of error.

 

You won't notice much, plus you're restricted with that cooler and case.  

[Mister Woof]

Most people who change pastes and report big changes either:

 

1. Are changing ancient paste to a fresh paste

2. Are changing improperly applied paste with properly applied paste

3. Are changing an improper mount to a proper mount

 

You'll have more benefit from undervolting or something instead

[TiCaHe]

1 hour ago, mr fobs said:

I used artic silver 5 for some time, but switch to Corsair's TM30, I have seen a 3-5 degree difference in two builds. They are both cooled using Corsair 240mm AIOs with corsair fans.

 

I would say if you switched to Kryonaut you would definitely see some major temp differences. Its in its own league.

 

With all that being said I am running a 5900x as well and it typically runs 60-70 C under gaming loads. I would recommend not cooling a 5900x with 120mm AIO.. At the very least a 240.. or an air cooler. But I understand ITX can be hard.

 

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

I went from pre-applied thermal paste on my ThermalTake Water 3.0 to Kryonaut and didn't notice a difference.  1 or 2 degrees can't be consistently measured, hence margin of error.

 

You won't notice much, plus you're restricted with that cooler and case.  

 

37 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

Most people who change pastes and report big changes either:

 

1. Are changing ancient paste to a fresh paste

2. Are changing improperly applied paste with properly applied paste

3. Are changing an improper mount to a proper mount

 

You'll have more benefit from undervolting or something instead

Thank you all for your replies! Great to hear what other people have experienced.

[loomin]

fans and thermal paste can make a difference of a few degrees, but it's probably not worth upgrading unless your thermal throttling.

[TheeShadowStorm]

Better paste conducts more heat away from the top of the CPU and into the cooler.

As long as your cooler is capable of dissipating that extra heat then you'll get lower core temps. It's physics baby... or chemistry or magic or whatever