Best Thermal Paste?

[flibberdipper]

Arctic Cooling MX-2 for the cheap, Noctua NT-H1 for the goods.

[Smash.Mac]

here's an old list including Mayonnaise, toothpaste, butter, lipstick and chocolate.

lol

[Smash.Mac]

Arctic Silver. ;p

 

 

I like MX-4, Arctic Silver 5 turns into glue I find, IC Diamond is good as well.

 

 

Arctic silver 5

 

 

Noctua's thermal paste is not bad. 

 

 

Arctic Cooling MX-2 for the cheap, Noctua NT-H1 for the goods.

Well it looks like NT-H1 and Arctic Silver 5 are the two most favoured. And also when you are applying it, I put an uncooked-grain-of-rice sized drop on and then spread it so it covers the entire plate like this: http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u57670/coolerlift.jpg . Is this right? And does it matter if you put it on the CPU or the Heatsink?

[Excon]

Well it looks like NT-H1 and Arctic Silver 5 are the two most favoured. And also when you are applying it, I put an uncooked-grain-of-rice sized drop on and then spread it so it covers the entire plate like this: http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u57670/coolerlift.jpg . Is this right? And does it matter if you put it on the CPU or the Heatsink?

Go NT-H1, I forgot to mention it. Like I said Arctic Silver 5 turns into glue from my expediences, meaning the cooler will not come of nicely.

[Clyne]

Spreading it is the worst way, just a pea size drop and your fine. If you do the spreading method , the cpu will overheat.

[Smash.Mac]

Spreading it is the worst way, just a pea size drop and your fine. If you do the spreading method , the cpu will overheat.

Hmmm...

[Askew]

[flibberdipper]

Well it looks like NT-H1 and Arctic Silver 5 are the two most favoured. And also when you are applying it, I put an uncooked-grain-of-rice sized drop on and then spread it so it covers the entire plate like this: http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u57670/coolerlift.jpg . Is this right? And does it matter if you put it on the CPU or the Heatsink?

CPU is a little easier IMO (don't smear it all around or possibly get it on something). I tend to use just over a pea-sized amount.

[Smash.Mac]

CPU is a little easier IMO (don't smear it all around or possibly get it on something). I tend to use just over a pea-sized amount.

So just put the pea on and it will spread out when you put the cooler on?

[Trik'Stari]

I'd still like to see how JB weld would work.

 

SOMEONE WITH MORE MONEY THAN ME GIVE IT A TRY

[flibberdipper]

So just put the pea on and it will spread out when you put the cooler on?

Yup. So long as the cooler is mounted properly and snugly (but not too snug).

[Clyne]

Hmmm...

what do mean hmmm when you do the spread method, theres air bubbles between the heatsink and cpu . It's best to do the pea size method.

[daemonowner]

An X axis on that graph above would be nice. Presumably that shows temperature, but is it under load, with what cooler and what stress test, what CPU, overclocked? Almost meaningless to show a comparison of temperatures that aren't from load when we know nothing about the test.

[Smash.Mac]

Yup. So long as the cooler is mounted properly and snugly (but not too snug).

Oops. I see now - http://youtu.be/Uk45njIUvH0?t=15m39s

 

I had always been told to spread around but, obviously not.

[NannerBeans]

I like IC Diamond and Gelid extreme but I got a free tube of the Noctua thermal paste and it's pretty good too. 

[UzturkGame]

I would say arctic silver

[KemoKa]

Arctic Silver 5. I know this because my laptop is pushing a bit more heat out of it than it usually did. (which means more heat is getting to the heatpipe -- yaaaaay)

 

You will be pretty happy with any aftermarket thermal paste to be honest, but Arctic Silver won't set you back that much anyway.

[NeCrOmAnCiN]

If dont benchmark or push hard ware very hard thermal dosnt matter... If it did then pcs from 20 years ago wouldnt run today

[ANNIHILATOR284]

Deep Cool Z9

[Judist]

Crest Pro Care with Whitening Action

[cluelessgenius]

here's an old list including Mayonnaise, toothpaste, butter, lipstick and chocolate.

i like how a broad spectrum of those are not even better than mayonaise i mean come on u mean to tell me i can go to the fridge and drop some mayo on the cpu and it will work just as good as (relative) expensive paste? why are we buying this sh*t then 

 

(i bet it smells though)

[rcarlos243]

In terms of the best of the best, hands down the Coolaboratory Liquid Pro. It is better than anything else by a huge margin but it is very toxic and not for the faint hearted.

 

In terms of mainstream brands. They are pretty much all the same

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-18.html

[RayBalls]

Which Thermal Paste Should I Go For?

[GloriousPain]

Which Thermal Paste Should I Go For?

IC Diamond is fairly well known.

[Clyne]

Arctic Silver 5 or Noctua NH-H1