Was this thermal paste replacement result good?

[rippy4500]

Dropped from 85c to 70c on my gtx 970. To me it seems very good, do you guys agree with me?

 

Old paste: noctua nt-h1 (maybe about a year old)

New paste: kingpin kpx

 

my 970 is locked to 1430mhz at 1125mv (this is a safe voltage)

 

edit: power usage dropped by around 5 watts too under load (remember voltage and speed are locked.)

[AnewUser3021]

Yes it's very good for a laptop

[Raudi_]

It could be the paste, it could be your mount and paste application is better. Any drop in temps is great!

[rippy4500]

2 minutes ago, AnewUser3021 said:

Yes it's very good for a laptop

this isnt a laptop

[rippy4500]

3 minutes ago, Raudi_ said:

It could be the paste, it could be your mount and paste application is better. Any drop in temps is great!

Application is definetly better, the kpx i had came with a spoon thing to spread it around, and i got a pretty good application across the whole die. Also I was more careful when re-tightening the screws to make the pressure as even as possible, I probably didnt do it as well before.

 

And this thermal paste is better when looking at reviews.

[Raudi_]

6 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

Application is definetly better, the kpx i had came with a spoon thing to spread it around, and i got a pretty good application across the whole die. Also I was more careful when re-tightening the screws to make the pressure as even as possible, I probably didnt do it as well before.

 

And this thermal paste is better when looking at reviews.

Honestly I use strictly NH-T1 now, I always go in a X Pattern when tightening, though I'm not sure if it's just the cooler with the EVGA 9xx Cards but the temps seem high over all. 

KPX is a great paste as it's ment really for subzero temps down to -150C or so it stays the same consistency. I experimented with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut when it was just hitting the market and it was the same result.

[rotexen]

46 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

Dropped from 85c to 70c on my gtx 970. To me it seems very good, do you guys agree with me?

 

Old paste: noctua nt-h1 (maybe about a year old)

New paste: kingpin kpx

 

my 970 is locked to 1430mhz at 1125mv (this is a safe voltage)

 

edit: power usage dropped by around 5 watts too under load (remember voltage and speed are locked.)

yeah its good i use arctic mx-4 just replaced my paste on my Gpu a week ago but i did some undervolting as well

 

[rippy4500]

21 minutes ago, Raudi_ said:

Honestly I use strictly NH-T1 now, I always go in a X Pattern when tightening, though I'm not sure if it's just the cooler with the EVGA 9xx Cards but the temps seem high over all. 

KPX is a great paste as it's ment really for subzero temps down to -150C or so it stays the same consistency. I experimented with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut when it was just hitting the market and it was the same result.

I think these cards are perfectly fine with 80c and above, the 970 has a maximum temperature of 98c. So if I can get 70 thats much better.

 

Yeah kpx is meant for subzero but its also pretty good at normal temps. I saw a review for it did slightly better than thermal grizzly kryonaut.

If you want an upgrade from your nt-h1 I would recommend this.

[rippy4500]

2 minutes ago, rotexen said:

yeah its good i use arctic mx-4 just replaced my paste on my Gpu a week ago but i did some undervolting as well

 

mx-4 is good but not the best, I think it just has the advantage of being cheaper than other options. nt-h1 is better, and kpx is even better than that although its the most expensive, it costs around 20 dollars, nt-h1 is around 10 and mx4 is like 5-10 dollars i think.

[Raudi_]

36 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

I think these cards are perfectly fine with 80c and above, the 970 has a maximum temperature of 98c. So if I can get 70 thats much better.

 

Yeah kpx is meant for subzero but its also pretty good at normal temps. I saw a review for it did slightly better than thermal grizzly kryonaut.

If you want an upgrade from your nt-h1 I would recommend this.

I like my NH-T1, my system I game on regularly is running NH-T1 on the CPU and GPU, I see 62C on the GPU and 65C on CPU

[rippy4500]

5 minutes ago, Raudi_ said:

I like my NH-T1, my system I game on regularly is running NH-T1 on the CPU and GPU, I see 62C on the GPU and 65C on CPU

Do you mean "NT-H1" and not "NH-T1"?

 

My temps on gpu are very good now. And my aggressively overclocked 5600x reaches 70c at 100% load, 60-65c while gaming. maybe 2-3 degrees higher with my old nt-h1 (my application was probably better with my cpu a long time ago).

[Raudi_]

9 minutes ago, rippy4500 said:

Do you mean "NT-H1" and not "NH-T1"?

 

My temps on gpu are very good now. And my aggressively overclocked 5600x reaches 70c at 100% load, 60-65c while gaming. maybe 2-3 degrees higher with my old nt-h1 (my application was probably better with my cpu a long time ago).

Yes NT-H1

[rippy4500]

1 minute ago, Raudi_ said:

Yes NT-H1

You said "NH-T1" in 2 different replies lol

[rotexen]

7 hours ago, rippy4500 said:

mx-4 is good but not the best, I think it just has the advantage of being cheaper than other options. nt-h1 is better, and kpx is even better than that although its the most expensive, it costs around 20 dollars, nt-h1 is around 10 and mx4 is like 5-10 dollars i think.

ARCTIC MX-4 vs Noctua NT-H1 (productcomparison.co)