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Hey guys,

I'm getting all my parts for my new computer this week and would like to know if I should change the thermal paste that comes with my cpu water cooler ( Cooler Master Nepton 240M).

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I don't know about Cooler Master, but on my Corsair H100i, I've used the preapplied thermal paste and it works great (about 30C idle and 60C full load).

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I don't know enough about thermal paste to really make a difference in this thread.

But I do trust cooler master to send good enough thermal paste.

I know most of the good cpu cooler company have good thermal paste but want to make sure before I install.
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No need to change.

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Hey guys,

I'm getting all my parts for my new computer this week and would like to know if I should change the thermal paste that comes with my cpu water cooler ( Cooler Master Nepton 240M).

Good thermal paste makes a difference of 2~3º, but It largely depends on the application.

Arctic Silver 5, Arctic MX-2, Noctua NT-H1, Tuniq TX-4, Prolimatech PK-1 and Thermalright Chill Factor 3 are all safe and good pastes.

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the stock thermal paste should do the job. If you want to got it a couple of degrees cooler then some or arctic silver or noctua thermal paste is the way to go if you're willing to go through the of cleaning it off the cooler.

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the stock thermal paste should do the job. If you want to got it a couple of degrees cooler then some ice diamond or arctic silver or noctua thermal paste is the way to go if you're willing to go through the of cleaning it off the cooler.

Diamond paste is actually shit, it destroys the heatsink base and even the IHS.

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I think if I could get the Arctic mx-4 would be the best,people were saying Arctic silver 5 is too thick. And what about that Geld GC Extreme?

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I think if I could get the Arctic mx-4 would be the best,people were saying Arctic silver 5 is too thick. And what about that Geld GC Extreme?

It's a bit more thick yeah, since it's silver based. But it spreads well depending on the mounting system.

When I had a 212 Evo, it barely spread at all, only covering the die. With the thermalright macho it spreads completely.

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I'd say gelid has high viscosity. It's not for spread method although it comes with the aplicator for spreading (i found it useless for making a thin layer). Higher mounting pressure should spread it well using pea method.

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It's a bit more thick yeah, since it's silver based. But it spreads well depending on the mounting system.

When I had a 212 Evo, it barely spread at all, only covering the die. With the thermalright macho it spreads completely.

So the Arctic MX-4 would be better?
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So the Arctic MX-4 would be better?

Takes less time to cure and it spreads better if the mounting has less tension. It's a great ceramic based paste.

It's honestly up to you.

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Diamond paste is actually shit, it destroys the heatsink base and even the IHS.

Thanks, I never knew. I'll add that to my list of products to never recommend. (fixed the post)

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Thanks, I never knew. I'll add that to my list of products to never recommend. (fixed the post)

Yep, I didn't know also. A couple months ago I was trying out different pastes and I stumbled upon some reports mentioning "micro-craters in the IHS and quite significant damage in the heatsink's base" and was quite shocked but makes sense.

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Takes less time to cure and it spreads better if the mounting has less tension. It's a great ceramic based paste.

It's honestly up to you.

I'm getting the Cooler Master Nepton 240M I don't know if it has to of tension, hesitating between the silver or the mx-4.
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Aftermarket coolers come with very good thermal paste these days... but when in doubt, I use Arctic MX-4 :)

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Artic mx4 is pants in comparison to other pastes such as Shin-etsu X23 775D, junplus, IC Diamond and Gelid Extreme.

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I am currently using IC Diamond 24 Carat Diamond thermal paste on my i7 4770k which is sat at 28c while I have the forum open and I also have youtube running for music, when I am gaming my i7 has yet to hit 40c I have tried many over the years but ICD 24 is one for me its a good 5c lower than the formula 7 I was on

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Here's a picture of some dudes testing of a bagillion different thermal compounds.

EDIT:

I don't know if it attached properly, so here's an imgur link:

http://imgur.com/KHw1ad3

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Here's a picture of some dudes testing of a bagillion different thermal compounds.

I don't see any pictures hehe!

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I don't see any pictures hehe!

I fixed it. I think.

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Here's a picture of some dudes testing of a bagillion different thermal compounds.

EDIT:

I don't know if it attached properly, so here's an imgur link:

http://imgur.com/KHw1ad3

Thanks the paste I use is not on there but the ICD 7 is there I am guessing this is down to when these tests were done

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