Corsair Thermal Paste?

[kaiju_wars]

I need some new thermal paste by this weekend.  I live in the middle of nowhere so Amazon doesn't have same day or one day shipping out here, and while it offers "two day shipping," it takes them a couple of days to ship my stuff anyways.

 

My local Best Buy sells Corsair thermal pastes though.

TM30, XTM50, and XTM70.  All different prices.  I've heard XTM70 is pretty good actually, but how about TM30 or XTM50?  I'll be needing it for CPU and repasting a GPU, I won't be overclocking.

 

Are all of them pretty decent or should I just pay the extra for the XTM70?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

depends on how much extra

 

all of em should be fine but if there are other thermal paste options those would be good to know alongside pricing

[kaiju_wars]

5 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

depends on how much extra

 

all of em should be fine but if there are other thermal paste options those would be good to know alongside pricing

TM30 is $7.99, XTM50 is $14.99, and XTM70 $19.99. 

My local BB doesn't sell any other brands of thermal paste in store.

[johnt]

30 is all you need. 50 seems like advertising but it’s a bigger quantity, which is the biggest difference in my review. 70 is an intermediate volume and comes with applicators and cleaning wipes. Wouldn’t recommend 50 or 70 if you are doing less than five CPUs. 

[Poinkachu]

And just in case you're thinking that "cleaning wipes" is some super fancy thing that can help you lots and you might need it.

 

This works as well :

Not restricted to that brand, any alcohol swab that contains atleast 70%.

 

As well as Paper Towel + 70% or above Isopropyl Alcohol. The higher the IPA %, the faster it dries.

[Tan3l6]

Even if buying one time application then there really are not many ways to go wrong with any of the listed Corsair pastes.

The difference in celsius between a very good and an average paste is perhaps ~3C at max.

[leclod]

6 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

The difference in celsius between a very good and an average paste is perhaps ~3C.

This depends a lot on the quality of contact between cpu and cooler.

For example, currently with the contact frame on my socket 1700 I've got good contact.

That means there's very little paste in between cpu and cooler.

So the quality of the paste matters very little.

Whereas without contact frame...

Edited April 19 by leclod

[Tan3l6]

4 minutes ago, leclod said:

This depends a lot on the quality of contact between cpu and cooler.

For example, currently with the contact frame on my socket 1700 I've got good contact.

That means there's very little paste in between cpu and cooler.

So the quality of the paste matters very little.

Whereas without contact frame...

Yeah, of course the loading mechanism and applying technique play a part also. Can't really tell the best technique as even more important is to add enough paste, adding too little has a bad impact on temps, too much and you have a pool of goop around the ihs...

[johnt]

9 minutes ago, leclod said:

This depends a lot on the quality of contact between cpu and cooler.

For example, currently with the contact frame on my socket 1700 I've got good contact.

That means there's very little paste in between cpu and cooler.

So the quality of the paste matters very little.

Whereas without contact frame...

Those contact frames are god tier.

[Tan3l6]

1 minute ago, johnt said:

Those contact frames are god tier.

~5C at max lower temps. I had 2-3. Thermalright LGA1700 one.

[kaiju_wars]

24 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

And just in case you're thinking that "cleaning wipes" is some super fancy thing that can help you lots and you might need it.

 

This works as well :

Not restricted to that brand, any alcohol swab that contains atleast 70%.

 

As well as Paper Towel + 70% or above Isopropyl Alcohol. The higher the IPA %, the faster it dries.

Yes, I know how to repaste, I just need some more thermal paste and I need it fast lmao.

[kaiju_wars]

22 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Even if buying one time application then there really are not many ways to go wrong with any of the listed Corsair pastes.

The difference in celsius between a very good and an average paste is perhaps ~3C at max.

Yeah, I'll just grab the XMT50 then, lol, thank you.  

 

I was just curious cause my BB used to sell Arctic MX4 in store but now only have this Corsair stuff. 

[kaiju_wars]

1 hour ago, johnt said:

30 is all you need. 50 seems like advertising but it’s a bigger quantity, which is the biggest difference in my review. 70 is an intermediate volume and comes with applicators and cleaning wipes. Wouldn’t recommend 50 or 70 if you are doing less than five CPUs. 

I'll get the 50, cause I'll be using it for other things too, just wanted to make sure, appreciate the help!

[johnt]

Just now, kaiju_wars said:

I'll get the 50, cause I'll be using it for other things too, just wanted to make sure, appreciate the help!

50 is the way to go if you need quantity.