CPU/GPU Thermal paste

[Drackeo]

Hey im having a hard time choosing between these three thermal pastes:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

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

http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Chill-Factor-Thermal-Compound/dp/B002WNCYQG

 

Im looking to be able to use it on both upgrading my CPU thermal paste and my GPUs thermal paste. It has to be non-conductive and so far as i can tell only the MX4 is. Someone help please!!

 

Oh and one last question what is the "thermal / temperature limits"? Can it get hotter then this temp? My gpu does hit 70C in game at times, my CPU is usually below 60C.

[PudgyAstronaut]

I suggest IC Diamond for both, it doesn't require time to set up like some others and it is non-conductive, non-capacitive and all that mumbo jumbo. Also it performs pretty well.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Cooling-Diamond-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0042IEVD8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437760803&sr=1-1&keywords=ic+diamond

[OfficialJsP]

I use MX4 but what ever one you go with your not going to see that much of a difference at all

[Tedster]

Hey im having a hard time choosing between these three thermal pastes:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

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

http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Chill-Factor-Thermal-Compound/dp/B002WNCYQG

 

Im looking to be able to use it on both upgrading my CPU thermal paste and my GPUs thermal paste. It has to be non-conductive and so far as i can tell only the MX4 is. Someone help please!!

 

Oh and one last question what is the "thermal / temperature limits"? Can it get hotter then this temp? My gpu does hit 70C in game at times, my CPU is usually below 60C.

That sounds fine. I wouldn't worry until the CPU is averaging 70ish load and GPU is going over 90 load.

[GlassBomb]

I would go with whatever is non-conductive and such. So that it wont short anything out if it happens to smear out on the PCB.

 

And keep in mind that you will void the warranty for most GPU vendors if you ever remove the cooler.

[arronleeds]

actually thermal paste helped me a bit, i ended up getting idle temps of 20c from around 26c.... but load temps were only a  few c less.

[tomas710]

Hey im having a hard time choosing between these three thermal pastes:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

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

http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Chill-Factor-Thermal-Compound/dp/B002WNCYQG

 

Im looking to be able to use it on both upgrading my CPU thermal paste and my GPUs thermal paste. It has to be non-conductive and so far as i can tell only the MX4 is. Someone help please!!

 

Oh and one last question what is the "thermal / temperature limits"? Can it get hotter then this temp? My gpu does hit 70C in game at times, my CPU is usually below 60C.

Out of those 3, the only one i don't recomend is AS5, it's just old, absurd curing time, can stain copper, capacitative and lower performance than the other 2, both of which are totally fine, take a look at this comparison, since the guy who did it is an extreme overclocker and you can tell he put a lot of work into it, basically anything with a delta less than 10 is a high performance thermal paste, add price, and get whatever fits, i'm using zalman STG2, but there are at least 10 other thermal pastes i would have happily used, this one happened to be easily available for me

http://overclocking.guide/thermal-paste-roundup-2015-47-products-tested-with-air-cooling-and-liquid-nitrogen-ln2/6/

[Leonard]

Hey im having a hard time choosing between these three thermal pastes:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

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

http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Chill-Factor-Thermal-Compound/dp/B002WNCYQG

 

Im looking to be able to use it on both upgrading my CPU thermal paste and my GPUs thermal paste. It has to be non-conductive and so far as i can tell only the MX4 is. Someone help please!!

 

Oh and one last question what is the "thermal / temperature limits"? Can it get hotter then this temp? My gpu does hit 70C in game at times, my CPU is usually below 60C.

 

 

I suggest IC Diamond for both, it doesn't require time to set up like some others and it is non-conductive, non-capacitive and all that mumbo jumbo. Also it performs pretty well.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Cooling-Diamond-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0042IEVD8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437760803&sr=1-1&keywords=ic+diamond

i would like to add, way less time between re-application of the TIM over time. Almost two years since i last re-applied IC Diamond on my GPU and CPU and my OC are stable and also, my temperatures. 

[xeromynd]

Between the three you listed, MX4 all the way.

 

 

Ultimately, it won't make or break anything. If you want, you can just try something new in a few years when you run out of this tube.

I went from AS5 to MX4 because I'd heard AS5 was a bit outdated, and had no idea that it actually took time to cure. Can't mention a difference, because I also changed out the CPU and AIO when swapping TIM, so not sure, but I've heard some say MX4 is a smidge cooler.