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Best Non-Conductive TIM?

Hi all. Going to be replacing the thermal paste on two GTX 570's soon as they need it badly. I'm generally pretty sloppy and put a bit too much thermal paste on there (better more than less, Luke proved that.) So I'd like to stick to non-conductive paste. Anywho, what's the BEST paste that suites my needs. Only other requirement is that it comes with enough paste for two GPU's and my CPU. Thanks.

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MX-4 is great :)

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the absolute best (nonconductive tim) is thermal grizzly kryonaut, but its pretty expensive ($12 per gram). id recommend getting something like nt h1, which is only $6 for something like a 4g tube and performs within 1C of kryonaut

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

Edited by DrM

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3 minutes ago, PCNoobie said:

I recommend arctic mx-4.

 

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

MX-4 is great :)

In reply to you two, is the the BEST performing or the best price/performance. I'm not giving a single shit about price as it's a cheap thing no matter what. I've head the NH T1 is better performing. 

1 minute ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

It really doesn't matter, thermal paste is thermal paste.

Google a comparison of thermal pastes, there's a surprisingly significant difference between cheapo shit paste and a $30 tube of paste. 

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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1 minute ago, DrM said:

the absolute best is thermal grizzly kryonaut, but its pretty expensive ($12 per gram). id recommend getting something like nt h1, which is only $6 for something like a 4g tube and performs within 1C of kryonaut

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

The reply I've been waiting for. Thanks bro, you just sold a tube of NT H1.

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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7 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

 

In reply to you two, is the the BEST performing or the best price/performance. I'm not giving a single shit about price as it's a cheap thing no matter what. I've head the NH T1 is better performing. 

Google a comparison of thermal pastes, there's a surprisingly significant difference between cheapo shit paste and a $30 tube of paste. 

Between the best pastes there is a fraction of a degree difference. The difference is how long they will last when installed, and MX4 is really good because it can last over 8 years.

 

10 minutes ago, DrM said:

the absolute best is thermal grizzly kryonaut, but its pretty expensive ($12 per gram). id recommend getting something like nt h1, which is only $6 for something like a 4g tube and performs within 1C of kryonaut

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

No it is not, coolaboratory liquid ultra is.

But I wouldn't recommend any newbies to use it.

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6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

No it is not, coolaboratory liquid ultra is.

But I wouldn't recommend any newbies to use it.

sorry i meant the best non conductive tim. in terms of metal, phobya lm is actually better than coolabratory

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3 minutes ago, DrM said:

sorry i meant the best non conductive tim. in terms of metal, phobya lm is actually better than coolabratory

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