Question about Thermal Paste

[Tweed]

I'm deciding between the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and the Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme. I have an air cpu cooler, I don't have any plans to overclock. 6700k, be quiet! Dark Rock TF. Opinions/advice?

[Andrew Storlie]

thermal paste is thermal paste, especially on a air cooler... 

[Naeaes]

On paper the Thermal Grissly looks better but I gotta say, neither of those have made name for themselves in the enthusiastic circles. Might be an indication of unreliability issues. I myself only use Arctic Silver 5 or Noctua NT-H1. With all that said, since you're not overclocking, none of this will matter. The paste that comes with the cooler is just fine for everyday use. You'd be unlikely to witness any difference.

[Lays]

26 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

On paper the Thermal Grissly looks better but I gotta say, neither of those have made name for themselves in the enthusiastic circles. Might be an indication of unreliability issues. I myself only use Arctic Silver 5 or Noctua NT-H1. With all that said, since you're not overclocking, none of this will matter. The paste that comes with the cooler is just fine for everyday use. You'd be unlikely to witness any difference.

In the enthusiast circles?

 

You're joking right?   Thermal Grizzly and GC Extreme are literally the top pastes on the market, and are used by ALL serious extreme LN2 overclockers. (And frankly all serious overclockers on OCN & Hwbot) Any serious person either uses grizzly or they use GC Extreme.   Grizzly was literally designed by the best overclockers on the planet, Dancop + Der8auer and a few others were all behind the making & testing of it.

[Gofspar]

35 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

On paper the Thermal Grissly looks better but I gotta say, neither of those have made name for themselves in the enthusiastic circles. Might be an indication of unreliability issues. I myself only use Arctic Silver 5 or Noctua NT-H1. With all that said, since you're not overclocking, none of this will matter. The paste that comes with the cooler is just fine for everyday use. You'd be unlikely to witness any difference.

Did you even try to research something before you spew shit out of your mouth?

on HWBOT, GC Extreme and Kryonaut are the most popular pastes because they dont crack when they freeze on LN2 or DICE and they're the best two pastes on the market right now.

 

Kryonaut being designed by Der8auer..

[WoodenMarker]

Don't you have the paste that already comes with the cooler? That should already be fine.

[ThomasD]

If you are set on those two then go with whichever is cheaper.

 

But also understand that you are effectively paying double to get maybe a 1-2 degree improvement over multiple less expensive options.