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What thermal paste should I get for my 8 year old Dell inspiron (from Amazon or bestbuy canada)

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My old dell inspiron with a pentium from 2013 is overheating most likely due to the thermal paste being 8 years old. I have some Nt-H1 but I heard that it pumps out on bare dies. 

 

What are some good thermal pastes that will last a while and not pump out after a year.

 

I'm thinking of getting some Arctic mx-5,  Arctic mx-4, or Noctua Nt-H2, which one do yall think is better?

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MX5 had a recall recently, so I would avoid that. You could possibly get one that wasn't returned.

 

If you want something to not change for years you can look up Arctic Silver.

 

For the rest, there won't be much difference if is mx4 or nth2, whatever is cheaper and more easy to obtain for you. They are all good.

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I've put H2 on multiple laptops with no problems so far, well over a year ago. I don't have personal experience with anything but H1, H2 and Conductonaut. And only H2 in laptops.

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Love my MX-5.

Main Rig:

Ryzen 5800x, ASUS Crosshair Hero VII Wi-Fi, 32gb of Corsair Vengence Pro SL 3600 CL18, MSI Ventus 2 OC RTX 3060 12gb, Corsair H115i Pro AIO cooler, Soundblaster AE-7, Beyerdynamic DT 990 Edition 600 Ohm headphones, Creative Giga Speakers, 1tb ADATA SX8200 NVME SSD, 1tb Intel 665P NVME SSD, 500gb Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD, 8tb WB Black SATA HDD, LG SATA Blue Ray Drive, Corsair CX850M PSU, Coolermaster Stryker case, ROG ARGB strips, China ARGB fans, China ARGB SSD heat sink. 🤣

 

HTPC:

Erying 11800 ES CPU/Mobo combo, 32GB of Corsair LPX 3200 CL16, Gigabyte 4060 8gb LP, Thermalright AXP90 full copper cooler, WD Black SN770 500gb NVME SSD, WD Black SN770 1tb NVME SSD, Crucial MX500 2tb SATA SSD, WD Blue 2tb SATA HDD, Pioneer Blu-Ray burner, Intel AX200 WiFi/Bluetooth, Seasonic 300w TFX PSU, Silverstone ML11 case. STILL NO RGB! 😭

 

Retro Gamer PC:

VIA C3 1000Mhz, VIA Epia PD-10000 LVDS, 1gb of Kingston DDR, PNY Geforce FX5500 128mb PCI, WD 80GB HDD, Random CD-ROM, Random 250w mini psu, Mini ITX case 🤣

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You should check out SYY-157. It is cheap and it is excellent.

AMD R7 5800X3D | Thermalright Aqua Elite 360, 3x TL-B12, 2x TL-K12
Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero | 32GB G.Skill Trident Z @ 3733C14
Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC @ 3045/1495 | WD SN850, SN850X
Seasonic Vertex GX-1000 | Fractal Torrent Compact, 2x TL-B14

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