Best thermal paste

[TheOnlinePotato]

so my stick of silver 5 has run out after swapping my i3 out of an i7 and im going to need a new stick of thermal paste. what are the recommended pastes?

[Enderman]

I like MX-4, but NT-H1, IC diamond, gelid, thermal grizzly etc.. are good too.

TBH there is no significant difference between any of them.

[TheOnlinePotato]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

I like MX-4, but NT-H1, IC diamond, gelid, thermal grizzly etc.. are good too.

TBH there is no significant difference between any of them.

yeah ive seen reviews of thermal paste thats why i got silver 5 in the first place cause of the stability but ic diamond and mx4 seem to get better temps so im kinda stuck on what to get.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

6 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

yeah ive seen reviews of thermal paste thats why i got silver 5 in the first place cause of the stability but ic diamond and mx4 seem to get better temps so im kinda stuck on what to get.

Are you gonna be OCing a lot?

[TheOnlinePotato]

Just now, bob51zhang said:

Are you gonna be OCing a lot?

well i have a locked cpu and no intention of cracking open my gpu so no. just after lower temps for more longevity.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Just now, TheOnlinePotato said:

well i have a locked cpu and no intention of cracking open my gpu so no. just after lower temps for more longevity.

TBH those few degrees won't impact CPU longevity in any meaningful way, and by the time it does, you'll probably have already upgraded.

[TheOnlinePotato]

Just now, bob51zhang said:

TBH those few degrees won't impact CPU longevity in any meaningful way, and by the time it does, you'll probably have already upgraded.

might get a new rig with oc and need some thermal paste just want some just in case you know.

[AdmiralMeowmix]

Gelid GC extreme through my research seems to provide the best temps give or take 1-2C

[RadiatingLight]

for a locked CPU, any normal thermal paste will work.

if you want the absolute best, get what people here have recommended, but don't waste it on a locked CPU.

[Skiiwee29]

I have been  using IC Diamond now for the past 7 years and love it. Here is a video that is testing a ton of different pastes I found with a quick google search. I have not watched the video personally as my ISP has a massive fiber outage in my area so I am only getting about 1-3 Mbps down instead of my usual 60 so no bandwidth to watch it right now without stuttering and buffering constantly.

 

 

[TheOnlinePotato]

20 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

I am only getting about 1-3 Mbps down instead of my usual 60

Lol 1-3mbps is good where i live.

[Skiiwee29]

7 minutes ago, TheOnlinePotato said:

Lol 1-3mbps is good where i live.

Yea, it sucks for me lol... they had 3 100gig core links go down from a bad network card as well as 2 of the 3 were cut because someone was digging without getting lines marked from the proper authorities...

[TheOnlinePotato]

Just now, legacy99 said:

Yea, it sucks for me lol... they had 3 100gig core links go down from a bad network card as well as 2 of the 3 were cut because someone was digging without getting lines marked from the proper authorities...

what an idiot. sad thing for me a city which is only 40ks down the road gets 1gig download while the rural areas only get 1-3megs at exorbitant prices