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I plan on replacing  my stock cooler with an after market cooler. I am not sure which thermal paste i should get. 

 

Thank you for your help.

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some great options are: ic diamond, mx-4 but most time you are good with the included with the cooler

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I plan on replacing  my stock cooler with an after market cooler. I am not sure which thermal paste i should get. 

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Maybe your new CPU cooler comes with some thermal paste preaplied.

If not, the Artic MX-4 is a good one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186038

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There are a lot of good ones, I have not a lot of experience with thermal pastes yet but Linus is a huge fan from IC diamond, which seems to be very good but very thick.

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I use MX-4. And no you cannot eat it.

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some great options are: ic diamond, mx-4 but most time you are good with the included with the cooler

Had a friend that used IC diamond and he swears it is the worst think on the face of the planet. said it scratched his CPU and that his temps go flying. I would stick to arctic personally, a lot of people use it. and if im not mistaken MOST aftermarket coolers come with thermal paste preapplied but it never hurts to have some laying around.

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Had a friend that used IC diamond and he swears it is the worst think on the face of the planet. said it scratched his CPU and that his temps go flying. I would stick to arctic personally, a lot of people use it. and if im not mistaken MOST aftermarket coolers come with thermal paste preapplied but it never hurts to have some laying around.

"scratched his CPU"

... He must've been applying it pretty hard to scratch the thing. AKA, PEBKAC.

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"scratched his CPU"

... He must've been applying it pretty hard to scratch the thing. AKA, PEBKAC.

Idk but either way. there is still his thermal problem. 

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Had a friend that used IC diamond and he swears it is the worst think on the face of the planet. said it scratched his CPU and that his temps go flying. I would stick to arctic personally, a lot of people use it. and if im not mistaken MOST aftermarket coolers come with thermal paste preapplied but it never hurts to have some laying around.

i recomended it because its highly rregarded by linus, i personally cant even buy it without paying like 20€ on shipping alone but that is a pretty weird problem

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i recomended it because its highly rregarded by linus, i personally cant even buy it without paying like 20€ on shipping alone but that is a pretty weird problem

ya, well linus has those things where he has used it for a while and had good luck and other people hate it. thats why i always do research :p

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If he scratched his CPU, was he smearing the thermal compound on a knife and applying it that way?

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well ketchup works best but mx-4 last longer but usually your aftermarket cooler comes with something quite good 

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ya, well linus has those things where he has used it for a while and had good luck and other people hate it. thats why i always do research :P

most people highly recomend it though, i think it was your friend that had bad luck :P but yeah just use any thermal paste, they are all good pretty much

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I go for the Arctic Silver 5. Does really well and is reasonably priced.

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Linus got a whole box of IC diamond, as he showed in 1 of his videos.

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Had a friend that used IC diamond and he swears it is the worst think on the face of the planet. said it scratched his CPU and that his temps go flying. I would stick to arctic personally, a lot of people use it. and if im not mistaken MOST aftermarket coolers come with thermal paste preapplied but it never hurts to have some laying around.

Scratched his CPU? Thermal paste can't do that, its paste. I think you'll find that he himself scratched his CPU because he wasn't being very careful. People are quick to blame something else for their mistakes, this really irritates me.

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Scratched his CPU? Thermal paste can't do that, its paste. I think you'll find that he himself scratched his CPU because he wasn't being very careful. People are quick to blame something else for their mistakes, this really irritates me.

Like i said, im just going off of what he said, i didnt see anything im just the messenger. 

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Like i said, im just going off of what he said, i didnt see anything im just the messenger. 

Well I wouldn't believe a thing he's said as I know for a fact that thermal paste in no way shape or form could do that, he'd have to apply it using sandpaper in order to even scratch it. Also if his temperatures are going crazy hes probably put FAR to much thermal paste on. I'm not trying to be offensive here so don't take this the wrong way but... you seem to know some very dense people. How do you deal with it? I'd of shouted at someone! haha

 

Back on topic. I feel as if the OP should be using MX-4 as i've always had good experiences with it, AS5 is also quite good however it has a longer curing time so i'd go for something a bit more immediate.

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Well I wouldn't believe a thing he's said as I know for a fact that thermal paste in no way shape or form could do that, he'd have to apply it using sandpaper in order to even scratch it. Also if his temperatures are going crazy hes probably put FAR to much thermal paste on. I'm not trying to be offensive here so don't take this the wrong way but... you seem to know some very dense people. How do you deal with it? I'd of shouted at someone! haha

Ya, i wouldnt call him dense seeing as how he is on the forum as well. Just saying i doubt he will appreciate it. and again, dont shoot me, im the messenger,

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Ya, i wouldnt call him dense seeing as how he is on the forum as well. Just saying i doubt he will appreciate it. and again, dont shoot me, im the messenger,

Ye you dont shoot messengers you behead them..... 

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Ye you dont shoot messengers you behead them..... 

Either way :p

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