Thermal paste recommendation?

[NeatSquidYT]

Hi,

I'm looking for a great thermal paste for the Silverstone Argon AR01.

P.S. Try and make it cheap... Like, very cheap.

[SpyRosL]

How's 7 bucks? 3.5g of arctic silver 5.

[Excon]

Noctua NT-H1, Arctic MX-4, Prolimatech PK-1, IC Diamond 7 are the best, avoid Arctic Silver 5 in my opinion

[NeatSquidYT]

Noctua NT-H1, Arctic MX-4, Prolimatech PK-1, IC Diamond 7 are the best, avoid Arctic Silver 5 in my opinion

Why avoid Arctic Silver?

[Excon]

Why avoid Arctic?

Silver 5 more specifically, MX-4 is great. Silver 5 from past experiences turns into super glue between the CPU and cooler. I've seen CPUs ripped out of the socket because of it

[Ialyrn]

Silver 5 more specifically, MX-4 is great. Silver 5 from past experiences turns into super glue between the CPU and cooler. I've seen CPUs ripped out of the socket because of it

Ive used Arctic silver a fair bit over the years, never had this problem at all.

[Fulgrim]

Silver 5 more specifically, MX-4 is great. Silver 5 from past experiences turns into super glue between the CPU and cooler. I've seen CPUs ripped out of the socket because of it

Never heard/seen of this before due to Silver 5. Only time that's happened is when people have too much paste on the cpu, and are too forceful when handling the heatsink. Plus the fact i've used it in about ~40 builds including my own and have never had this happen.