recommend me thermal paste/grease/compound?

[donvitos]

Just ordered a full custom loop EK CPU/GPU block etc

 

forgot about getting some thermal paste.

 

what is the best quality I can buy? looking to spend ~15-20$ max? 

 

thanks!

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

arctic silver 5 premium  cross method ( best ive ever tested over all my thermal pastes , tried pea methods... line methods, cross methods )   just keep in mind that cross method takes a lil practice ( though its the best by 5degree difference compared to pea/rice )

[W-L]

Just ordered a full custom loop EK CPU/GPU block etc

forgot about getting some thermal paste.

what is the best quality I can buy? looking to spend ~15-20$ max? 

thanks!

 

EKWB comes with some pretty good non-conductive Gelid thermal paste if I recall, but another good one is MX-4. And both have no cure time.

[Guest]

Arctic Silver 5 is my choice, if you want to go full extreme http://www.indigo-xtreme.com/page-bab.shtml

[The Pizza Thief]

Arctic Silver 5 is my choice, if you want to go full extreme http://www.indigo-xtreme.com/page-bab.shtml

 

What is that Indigo thingy ?? Is it like a physical guide to apply thermal paste? 

[donvitos]

arctic silver 5 premium  cross method ( best ive ever tested over all my thermal pastes , tried pea methods... line methods, cross methods )   just keep in mind that cross method takes a lil practice ( though its the best by 5degree difference compared to pea/rice )

so this?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Premium-Adhesive-ASTA-7G/dp/B0087X7262/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1439101281&sr=1-2&keywords=arctic+silver+5+premium

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

so this?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Premium-Adhesive-ASTA-7G/dp/B0087X7262/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1439101281&sr=1-2&keywords=arctic+silver+5+premium

yea just that is the 7g  version,  the thermal paste spreads well its great for cross method ( just keep in mind for cross method u require abit of practice to get it right with each thermal paste )

 

its the best thermal paste i have tried on any kind of enviroment and even on GPU,s, also if it comes with a thermal paste spreader... never ever spread ur thermal paste because as u seat ur heatsink u will get airbubbles, only use rice/pea/line or cross method ( beware with crossmethod to use a thin line not a thick one )

 

7g is pretty overkill in how much ul have but if u wanna practice cross method, why not ( i would recommend putting it on ur gpus with cross method aswell )

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

i personally use these btw

 

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-High-Density-Polysynthetic-Compound/dp/B000OGX5AM/ref=pd_sim_147_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NFQ3Z081VDCJ0B2AVR7

 

amazing lil tubes

 

either artic silver is fine but i recommend the lil tube as its super soft and best for all methods

[W-L]

so this?

 

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Premium-Adhesive-ASTA-7G/dp/B0087X7262/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1439101281&sr=1-2&keywords=arctic+silver+5+premium

 

No not that, it's the 2 part adhesive stuff for gluing on heatsinks to VRAM.

 

I don't really recommend arctic silver though since it has a long cure time(200 hours) but this is the stuff you want:

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-High-Density-Polysynthetic-Compound/dp/B000OGX5AM

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

No not that, it's the 2 part adhesive stuff for gluing on heatsinks to VRAM.

 

I don't really recommend arctic silver though since it has a long cure time(200 hours) but this is the stuff you want:

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-High-Density-Polysynthetic-Compound/dp/B000OGX5AM

with the cross method i have not seen difference between curetime and normal ...great temps right off the bat

 

 

psst just noticed it was adhesive version that he linked ( dat blooper ) 

[Guest]

What is that Indigo thingy ?? Is it like a physical guide to apply thermal paste? 

Okay, its a semi-extreme type of thermal grease I want to say, its almost like a liquid but its not

for more info

[Matthew10550]

Linus himself actually says to use IC diamond

[Ryoku]

Just ordered a full custom loop EK CPU/GPU block etc

 

forgot about getting some thermal paste.

 

what is the best quality I can buy? looking to spend ~15-20$ max? 

 

thanks!

 

EK ships their blocks with some quality termal compound so I wouldn't even bother going and buying somemore.

[The Pizza Thief]

Okay, its a semi-extreme type of thermal grease I want to say, its almost like a liquid but its not

 

 

Looks really cool, he only mentioned idle temperatures I believe, do you think that the difference could be more noticeable under heavy load? Any good reviews of this product tested under pressure? 

[Guest]

Looks really cool, he only mentioned idle temperatures I believe, do you think that the difference could be more noticeable under heavy load? Any good reviews of this product tested under pressure? 

With a bit of searching thats what I found, If you plan on overclocking heavily, I would recommend it, that couple of degrees can make a huge difference 

[The Pizza Thief]

 

With a bit of searching thats what I found, If you plan on overclocking heavily, I would recommend it, that couple of degrees can make a huge difference 

 

Thanks a lot mate! looks like its worth it, especially here where the room is really really hot all day long, I was skeptical since I haven't heard much about it.