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I am looking for the best thermal paste for cooling I don't care if I have to replace it often. I know Linus like IC Diamond but does anyone have a better thermal paste suggestion?

I have an Anet A8 as my project printer and a i3 MK3 for when I want things to work. 

 

I extrude my own filament and haven't saved a penny yet.

 

 

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IC, Thermal Grizzly, Artic Silver

 

Those are the best you can get and you have to replace it pretty much only when you swap heatsink or CPU.

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apparently Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut is one of the best

 

Edit: here is some graph a user made in a german forum where he tested several pastes

wlp-testvvk8d.jpg

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well i did a bit of research on this when i was choosing my thermal paste, there are alot of websites with statistics, mx-4 was the best one in few of them, i went with it and i have had no problems. certainly, anything but the cheapest must be good

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IC Diamond can be corrosive to the cpu if you replace your cooler alot, try MX-4 thermal paster by artic cooling its cheap and one the most used

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The good ones all perform pretty much the same, the only real difference will be the consistency.

Arctic Silver 5, Arctic Cooling Mx-4/5, Prolimatech PK-3 are for example some of the good ones.

Only when you use the liquid metal pastes, things start to look a bit different, though only about 2-3°C difference.

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the diffrence between thermal paste with cpu temps is like 1 or 2

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I've been told this is a good thermal paste Is it? 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00405DHG0/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3JR0YCXC6EG04

I have an Anet A8 as my project printer and a i3 MK3 for when I want things to work. 

 

I extrude my own filament and haven't saved a penny yet.

 

 

My PC:

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i7 8700k

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A Pro

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V (2x8GB) DDR4-3200

GPU: GTX 1070 Founders Edition (OC'd)

Storage: 2x 2TB Seagate 5400RPM, 128GB ADATA SSD

Power Supply: EVGA Supernova 750w  B2

Cooling: Noctua NH-D15. 3 Intake Fans, 2 Outtake

Case: Fractal Design Define R6

 

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7 minutes ago, Ykno said:

IC Diamond can be corrosive to the cpu if you replace your cooler alot, try MX-4 thermal paster by artic cooling its cheap and one the most used

Not corrosive, just abrasive.  Major difference.

 

For pure heat transfer the liquid metals are best.  But they have serious downsides - conductive and almost impossible to remove being two of them.

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I liked IC Diamond. Right up until it scratched the living hell out of my CPU die and probably killed my warranty.

 

MX-4 and AS5 are my go-tos.

I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk.

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20 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

I am looking for the best thermal paste for cooling I don't care if I have to replace it often. I know Linus like IC Diamond but does anyone have a better thermal paste suggestion?

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-silver-thermal-paste-as535g

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