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Do after market thermal compounds such as like "IC diamond" actually make any difference in performance? if so any recommendations?

Yes, by a few degrees. Worth the money IMO if you wanna squeeze the most out of a decent aftermarket cooler, but with stuff like stock coolers and Hyper 212's its not really worth it.

 

Arctic MX4 and Noctua NH-T1 is what I stick with.

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I still rely on my good ol' Arctic Silver 5. 

 

Most people will recommend certain ones, but the difference between them isn't that great tbh. 

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MX4, NH-T1, IC diamond, etc.. will allperform better.

Don't use Arctic Silver 5, its actually pretty bad...

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Do after market thermal compounds such as like "IC diamond" actually make any difference in performance? if so any recommendations?

Yes, by a few degrees. Worth the money IMO if you wanna squeeze the most out of a decent aftermarket cooler, but with stuff like stock coolers and Hyper 212's its not really worth it.

 

Arctic MX4 and Noctua NH-T1 is what I stick with.

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Yes, by a few degrees. Worth the money IMO if you wanna squeeze the most out of a decent aftermarket cooler, but with stuff like stock coolers and Hyper 212's its not really worth it.

 

Arctic MX4 and Noctua NH-T1 is what I stick with.

perfect just what i wanted to know thank you, and im going with NH-T1 becuase i love Noctua :)

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