Thermal Compound

[Dreaper]

Best thermal compound for overclocking a 6 core cpu?

[Billy_Mays]

basically any but the best of the best would Artic Silver 5

[Dreaper]

Just now, Billy_Mays said:

basically any but the best of the best would Artic Silver 5

What about thermal grizzly?

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, Dreaper said:

What about thermal grizzly?

I've only heard about it once or twice

[Droidbot]

an Liquid Metal paste if you're really ballsy and wanting a good temp drop 

 

otherwise AS5, MX4, or GC-Extreme are good options

[Dreaper]

Just now, Droidbot said:

an Liquid Metal paste if you're really ballsy and wanting a good temp drop 

 

otherwise AS5, MX4, or GC-Extreme are good options

Why do you say ballsy?

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

Why do you say ballsy?

Because it's conductive. if it leaks/drips/etc. it could actually ruin stuff.

[Dreaper]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

Because it's conductive. if it leaks/drips/etc. it could actually ruin stuff.

Yea then i dont think ill do that

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

Why do you say ballsy?

It has the possibility to kill your components.

[Dreaper]

Just now, Droidbot said:

It has the possibility to kill your components.

ive heard that thermal grizzly is really good is this true?

[Dreaper]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

It has the possibility to kill your components.

Also it can really be any price

[Pachuca]

1 minute ago, Dreaper said:

Yea then i dont think ill do that

thermal griz and artic silver are also conductive. I have used both without any problems. I would suggest you get something like MX4, it's good for the price and non-conductive. You can apply as much of it as you like. Don't over do it so you don't have to clean up a mess. Stay away from the liquid metal cooling it's not worth it unless thermals are super critical for what your using the cpu for. 

[ARikozuM]

I believe Grizzly Kryonaut is a good paste. 

 

Edit: It's pricey, but if the cost is an issue AS5 is a good one as well.

[Enderman]

MX4 is really good, also easier to clean off than some other pastes.

[HeartOfGermany]

Just about the topic: What about the 5 bucks 10 to 30ml syringes with thermal paste? Sure not high grade, but can it compare to regular good thermal paste?

 

Arctic silver is expensive and since I use it quite often, I'd love to have good paste for cheap at a high ammount. Can these cheap ones be recommended?

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, HeartOfGermany said:

Can these cheap ones be recommended?

AS5 10g (it might be 12g) lasts me for 30 or more PC's so it should last for a long time and it isn't expensive at $15 a syringe.

[HeartOfGermany]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

AS5 10g (it might be 12g) lasts me for 30 or more PC's so it should last for a long time and it isn't expensive at $15 a syringe.

 

17€, more like 20$ for 12g, but yeah, that will last a while! Thanks for the tip. Did not search properly.

[SageOfSpice]

Liquid metal solutions usually use gallium as a base which has a significantly lower thermal conductivity than silver. AS5 has time and time again been shown to be a sub par paste. 

 

Kryonaut and GC Extreme are some of the best pastes.

 

I'm not saying that there aren't good liquid metal solutions, but you'll be paying anot arm and a leg for anything decent.

[Phate.exe]

AS5 is okay, but it hasn't been the best choice for like a decade.  I wouldn't hesitate to use it if it's what I happened to have around, but its not much better than most stock pastes.

 

List of thermal pastes, AS5 is pretty midpack

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

 

 

[ravenshrike]

The first question is, what CPU are you using? The second question is, what cooling solution are you using? If you are using an aluminum based heatsink, liquid metal is right out. If you are using anything significantly less effective than a cooling solution in the Noctua D14 realm there is no reason to go liquid metal unless you are going extremely small form factor. If you have a copper cooler and go liquid metal, you're going to want to clean off the remnants of LM(You won't be ably to get the discoloration itself off, which is actually a copper/gallium alloy but unlike aluminum hasn't presented itself as a significant structural issue) in 6 months or so just in case and reapply. After reapplication there should be no further issues. For a nickel plated cooler you're looking at 1-2 years before needing to do the same thing but again after re-application there should be no issues. For thermal paste, unless you are trying to squeeze every last bit of performance out, in which case you should go LM anyway, Cooler Master's IC Essential is the top of the perf/$ game if you have to buy any, but some coolers come with their own paste which is as good or better. Make sure to check before you go out and buy paste. If you do go LM the only current one really worth a damn to buy would appear to be the TG Conductonaught, and from what I've watched of it online appears to be easier to apply than most. I'm planning on using it in a Ryzen build myself in October/November to see if it goes any farther in overclocking later this year. As for LM 'leaking', the three major reasons for that are 'evaporation' where it alloys itself with the cooling solution and isn't leaking at all, people using way too much, or moving the PC around a lot immediately after turning it off having used a bit too much.

[Dreaper]

12 hours ago, ravenshrike said:

The first question is, what CPU are you using? The second question is, what cooling solution are you using? If you are using an aluminum based heatsink, liquid metal is right out. If you are using anything significantly less effective than a cooling solution in the Noctua D14 realm there is no reason to go liquid metal unless you are going extremely small form factor. If you have a copper cooler and go liquid metal, you're going to want to clean off the remnants of LM(You won't be ably to get the discoloration itself off, which is actually a copper/gallium alloy but unlike aluminum hasn't presented itself as a significant structural issue) in 6 months or so just in case and reapply. After reapplication there should be no further issues. For a nickel plated cooler you're looking at 1-2 years before needing to do the same thing but again after re-application there should be no issues. For thermal paste, unless you are trying to squeeze every last bit of performance out, in which case you should go LM anyway, Cooler Master's IC Essential is the top of the perf/$ game if you have to buy any, but some coolers come with their own paste which is as good or better. Make sure to check before you go out and buy paste. If you do go LM the only current one really worth a damn to buy would appear to be the TG Conductonaught, and from what I've watched of it online appears to be easier to apply than most. I'm planning on using it in a Ryzen build myself in October/November to see if it goes any farther in overclocking later this year. As for LM 'leaking', the three major reasons for that are 'evaporation' where it alloys itself with the cooling solution and isn't leaking at all, people using way too much, or moving the PC around a lot immediately after turning it off having used a bit too much.

The CPU will be the skylake x 6 core 

[ravenshrike]

1 minute ago, Dreaper said:

The CPU will be the skylake x 6 core 

Which comes with it's own liquid cooler, and any gains are probably not going to be worth it to upgrade to a better liquid solution unless you're trying to hit the bleeding edge. Besides, there hasn't been any cooler testing done yet for 2011. So, are you planning on overclocking or not? If you aren't, buy some Cooler Master Essential IC and slap it on there since you're probably getting some crap paste pre-applied on it that you're want to clean off with rubbing alcohol. If you want to significantly overclock the only solution worth getting on the current market is Conductonaut unless the thing's got an aluminum base. In which case stay away from LM and go with the Kryonaut.

[Dreaper]

Just now, ravenshrike said:

Which comes with it's own liquid cooler, and any gains are probably not going to be worth it to upgrade to a better liquid solution unless you're trying to hit the bleeding edge. Besides, there hasn't been any cooler testing done yet for 2011. So, are you planning on overclocking or not? If you aren't, buy some Cooler Master Essential IC and slap it on there since you're probably getting some crap paste pre-applied on it that you're want to clean off with rubbing alcohol. If you want to significantly overclock the only solution worth getting on the current market is Conductonaut unless the thing's got an aluminum base. In which case stay away from LM and go with the Kryonaut.

its 2066 not 2011. i am planning on overclocking. For the actual cooling i am getting one of the krakens from NZXT or maybe the corsair v2

[ravenshrike]

Just now, Dreaper said:

its 2066 not 2011. i am planning on overclocking. For the actual cooling i am getting one of the krakens from NZXT or maybe the corsair v2

Meh, you know what I meant. Until you know what Intel's cooling solution does, it's probably not worth it. If it's just Intel's standard BXTS cooler, then it would be worth the upgrade, but if they stick a beefier one on there from the get go it's a different story. Not to mention, if it fits 120mm fans it might be cheaper to just buy one or two of Noctua's new NF-A12X15s and slap them on there for as good or better performance.

[Dreaper]

33 minutes ago, ravenshrike said:

Meh, you know what I meant. Until you know what Intel's cooling solution does, it's probably not worth it. If it's just Intel's standard BXTS cooler, then it would be worth the upgrade, but if they stick a beefier one on there from the get go it's a different story. Not to mention, if it fits 120mm fans it might be cheaper to just buy one or two of Noctua's new NF-A12X15s and slap them on there for as good or better performance.

No matter what im getting liquid cooling all i need help with is the compound