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I accidentally posted before I had started my post. :P

...was that always a gif

 

 

also throwing in the Phanteks paste. IIRC it's the same thing as NTH1

 

What is the difference between AS5 and MX4?

MX4 is good.

 

Or some OCZ thermal paste on ebay mixed with toothpaste.

sweet jesus no. don't waste your time with that mixed garbage, it'll give you some pretty poor thermals. Pure toothpaste or don't bother.

(i herd the OCZ paste was good if you can find it)

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...was that always a gif

 

 

also throwing in the Phanteks paste. IIRC it's the same thing as NTH1

 

MX4 is good.

I think I'll get NT-H1 or MX-4.

 

Or some OCZ thermal paste on ebay mixed with toothpaste.

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this has a pretty nice comparison chart

obviously all your temps will vary +/- a degree, so almost all of them are more or less equal

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=71658

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also i have seen quite a few bad reviews of the arctic silver 5

see what the consumer reviews are before purchasing

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Yeah, I used and it's good, but not great. Looking at those charts I think I'll use the NT-H1. It's cheaper than the MX-4 too :D

 

also i have seen quite a few bad reviews of the arctic silver 5

see what the consumer reviews are before purchasing

 

this has a pretty nice comparison chart

obviously all your temps will vary +/- a degree, so almost all of them are more or less equal

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=71658

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I quite like Arctic MX-4.  So my vote goes to that.

You could have done a poll. B)

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I used all this years Arctic Silver 5 and is showing a little meh in cooling my cpus, so I will pick the MX4 in the next time I change my thermal compound, if I had here in the shops the Noctua NT-H1 I would buy it, seems to be the best price/performance...

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What is the best thermal paste to use on a GPU? I can't find my AS5 for the life of me.

 

Thanks.

 

Phobya HE-Grease is one of the best ones you can buy. And in TPU comparisons is always pretty high up ^^

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Obivously

the... 

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Synthetic Silver

 

 

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Tastes good too. +1 on this.

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i Use MX-4 works fine for me!

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Coollaboraty Liquid Ultra is the best one I have ever used, much easier to apply than the Pro version aswell. (also put it between my CPU die and the IHS)

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I purchased some GELID GC-EXTREME a few weeks ago, haven't applied it yet but planning on replacing the paste on my stock cooler.

 

But guess what. No joke. It has a comparative graph on the back of the packaging stating that it lowered the CPU temperature (with stock cooling) by 18 degrees celsius over the stock thermal paste. 

 

I really doubt it, but I'll test it out anyway.

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I want to renew the thermal paste on my, my mums and everyone's PC in this damn house who keeps complaining their computer is slow and hot to me. What's the best thermal paste and does anyone have a video explaining how much to use and stuff? Iv'e done it before but I wasn't very good.

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Linus has a few vids on how to apply it, and from what i heard the product from Noctua was supposed to be really good

 

but simply a thin line or a dot in the middle as its only meant to fill in micro scratches in the metal and not actually create space between the components 

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@woochikaboo

 

I use IC-Diamond

 

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I'm gonna be getting another tube on NT-H1, because I love that stuff.

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I like Prolimatek PK-3.

Also, how to apply it PROPERLY, the Kentucky way.

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Arctic MX-4

Noctua NT-H1

Amen

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Arctic MX-4

Noctua NT-H1

 

both are excellent, get whichever you find cheaper.

 

This ^

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