Thermal Paste

[Vandorlot]

My mother was looking  at my wraith sprire cooler for my new 1600. She accidentally touched the thermal paste. Now, its not that big of a deal, but I think would still be a good idea to get a new thermal paste. Which one would you reccomend. I wont overdo it so metal would be fine. I only need to use it once and my budget is 7 dollars.

[PCGuy_5960]

Arctic MX-4, 100% recommended

[Vacras]

Of she just barely touched it there is no need to replace the standard one.

otherwise Arctic MX-4

[maybethisnamewillwork]

Gelid GC-Extreme, best price-performance ratio.

[Vandorlot]

1 minute ago, Vacras said:

Of she just barely touched it there is no need to replace the standard one.

otherwise Arctic MX-4

Is this considered barely. Theres also a little black dot on the paste.

[Vacras]

Just now, Vandorlot said:

Is this considered barely. Theres also a little black dot on the paste.

Looks fine to me. That little piece of dirt won't impact performance noticeably.

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Vandorlot said:

Is this considered barely. Theres also a little black dot on the paste.

Seems fine, but MX-4 is pretty cheap, so replacing the stock thermal compound with MX-4 wouldn't be a bad idea

[-rascal-]

1 minute ago, Vandorlot said:

Is this considered barely. Theres also a little black dot on the paste.

- SNIP -

The tampered thermal paste is only at the hedge of the contact area -- you'll be okay.

We were expecting like...right smack in the middle of it.

 

The small black piece of dust / dirty shouldn't be too much of a problem either.

[kb5zue]

This is a repeat post.  Guess he didn't like the answers he got the first time around.

[Vandorlot]

1 minute ago, kb5zue said:

This is a repeat post.  Guess he didn't like the answers he got the first time around.

Last time I asked if its fine. This time im asking for a kind of thermal paste to put.  

[kb5zue]

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