Thermal Paste for GPU

[Daryydarius]

I`m not sure this is the right place to post this but I figured it might help.

Could you guys suggest a good thermal paste to apply on the GPU? 

A few days ago I asked about a GPU related problem

and you guys said it might because it was overheating, I checked with MSI AFTERBOOSTER and although it was not overheating, Utilization limit keep dropping to 0 every once in a while(and by that I mean quite too often) and sometimes it would stay there quite some time, and on the forums it was saying that it might be because it's over heating(but not only).

I reckon it was a good time to change the paste for both the GPU and CPU as I have this PC for about 8 years, and I`ve never did it. I do need to upgrade but I`ll give this PC to my sister for some art related work and I want it to be usable.

I will also try to downgrade to win 8.1 or 7 in a few days, to see if that will fix it.

Thanks again guys !  

 

[kaiju_wars]

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Thermal-Compound-Heatsink-SILVGREASE1/dp/B00006B8DX/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487779403&sr=1-7&keywords=thermal+paste

I mean, I use this stuff just because I get it for about a buck and a half at work.

I've used it on multiple CPUs, my GT 610, my HD 6770, and my GTX 780, no issues.

So it works good for both.

[Sack]

Think Linus swears to artic silver or ic diamond

[Maxinfamily]

This one is sold in Amazo.es (spain). Ive used It on my gpu (and It lowered 7-9 degrees). Ive also used on y laptop which had some thermal throttling troubles (yes the paste was kinda old) but It no longer throttles.

 

Ive used many before and I can vouch ofr this one. Its the best Ive ever used and theres a REAL diffrence (of 10 degrees or more) between a bad one, and a good one. 

 

P.D: why 20g? Isnt It way too much? Yes It is, but I change lost of pastes on lots of pcs, my brothers, my brothers laptop, my mothers laptop, my dads pc, mine, my laptop, etc... And eventhough I dont use It all It is well preserved during the years if you keep It well closed and not exposed to sun, and stuff.

 

Edit: ~4g is just enough to use It on your gpu, and your cpu whne the time comes and replace both a couple of times.

[Daryydarius]

I was thinking Artic Silver 5 as well, only heard good things about them