thermal paste

[knightmeer]

 i recently bought  a brand of thermal paste ( or it should be ) named thermally conductive silicone...  does this work as well as the main brands such as artic etc ?

[Crunchy Dragon]

It's probably ok, but I would recommend Arctic Silver 5 over that.

[W-L]

1 minute ago, knightmeer said:

 i recently bought  a brand of thermal paste ( or it should be ) named thermally conductive silicone...  does this work as well as the main brands such as artic etc ?

The difference won't be massive between brands but unless it's the ultra cheap stuff which can sometimes be kinda crappy. 

[Theguywhobea]

I just googled thermally conductive silicone, did you get the adhesive kind? Probably don't want to use that if you ever plan on removing your heatsink again

[RyzenDoctor]

Was it bought in bulk?

 

 

[Coaxialgamer]

If you bought a generic silicone paste , i have bad news . It's typically 10-15C hotter than high performance pastes...

[knightmeer]

9 hours ago, RyzenDoctor said:

Was it bought in bulk?

 

 

no its a small round container

[knightmeer]

7 hours ago, Coaxialgamer said:

If you bought a generic silicone paste , i have bad news . It's typically 10-15C hotter than high performance pastes...

mmmhmm thats what i was afraid of 

[RyzenDoctor]

I recommend something like Arctic Silver 5 

 

http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm

 

If it comes in a size larger than a small tiny syringe, it's probably not as good.

[knightmeer]

9 hours ago, Theguywhobea said:

I just googled thermally conductive silicone, did you get the adhesive kind? Probably don't want to use that if you ever plan on removing your heatsink again

makes sense i go with artic silver then ?

[knightmeer]

the problem for me is that wheni google the brand i cant find anything on it lol so im very skeptical 

[Coaxialgamer]

2 hours ago, knightmeer said:

the problem for me is that wheni google the brand i cant find anything on it lol so im very skeptical 

That's because it is generic. That stuff is meant for discreet electronic components like power mosfet's, not really for cpus. I actually used some for a while because i had no proper paste. I switched to NT H1 after that, which served me well. 

 

As much as the difference between high performance pastes is minimal ( a couple degrees at best), it's really worth going for something actually made for computers.