Best Thermal Compound

[Stuman1]

What's the best third-party thermal compound that's still reasonably priced?

[W-L]

What's the best third-party thermal compound that's still reasonably priced?

 

MX-4 is very popular for a reasonable price

[uofaboy]

I use MX-4 as well. 

[d33g33]

I also use MX4

[Agosto]

Choose the cheapest you find among these:

Noctua NT H1, MX4, Gelid GC Extreme, Prolimatek PK3

[brandishwar]

I've seen nothing but good things out of IC Diamond -- it's my go-to compound when building now. On a lark I replaced the stock thermal compound on a GT 620 with IC Diamond and left the second one at stock, put both into the system and ran a Bitcoin miner against both. The card with IC Diamond stayed about 10C cooler than the card with the stock compound. I've seen drops in temperatures of >5C on AIOs when I replaced stock compound with IC Diamond. It's slightly more difficult to work with because it's a thicker paste, but works very well.

[Stuman1]

Okay, thanks everyone for your answers.

[bloodstrike11]

gelid is the best...

[farhanorakzai]

I like arctic silver 5

[Leonard]

7Carat IC Diamond.

[CYaN_Bob]

7Carat IC Diamond.

The one that includes the microfiber cloth is cheaper  :huh:

[arnavvr]

NT-H1 or MX-4

[Leonard]

The one that includes the microfiber cloth is cheaper  :huh:

Just different sellers, get that one then and then buy what ever snack you can with 60cents  :lol:

[-CLASSIFIED-]

ive been using ceramique 2 and its been doing good so far 

[JustCallMeVlad]

 

Or

 

[CYaN_Bob]

Just different sellers, get that one then and then buy what ever snack you can with 60cents  :lol:

Just bought the thermal compound and cloth. I can now get some sunflower seeds for 59 cents. Thanks   

[SatansHollow]

I think a thermal compound sticky would be a plan (pick which one you like or is going cheap unless you want to use Cool laboratorys or Indigo extreme)

[Gregotav]

I use either Phobya HE grease or Noctua NT-H1 in all of my builds.

[Foxxer]

Arctic Silver 5 here...