Decent Thermal paste???

[Tarun10]

I want to repaste my laptop, HP Envy x360 so any recommendations for a decent thermal paste. I keep hearing how IC Diamond is the best but its a little too expensive in India.

I also found Arctic Silver 5 for around 10$ while IC Diamond is nearly 25$. So I don't think its worth the extra price but just asking for a second opinion.

[Ginger_]

Arctic Silver is my go to. It's better than most and well priced 

[MaxBunny]

21 minutes ago, Tarun10 said:

I also found Arctic Silver 5 for around 10$ while IC Diamond is nearly 25$. So I don't think its worth the extra price

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07CKVW18G/?coliid=I2F8DZQTBS0VKJ

 

As good as the quality pastes and you'll never need to repaste ever.

[Tarun10]

2 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07CKVW18G/?coliid=I2F8DZQTBS0VKJ

 

As good as the quality pastes and you'll never need to repaste ever.

I watched a few videos on it but the problem is its for my laptop and I don't know how big the heat spreader is and also I can't find it anywhere online in India.

[LogicalDrm]

Which dollars? NT-H1 is $6.50 at Amazon US and thats premium paste.

[Christophe Corazza]

For an HP Envy x360, it won't wake such a big difference which thermal paste you're using.

As long as you buy a reputable brand you will be fine.

@LoGiCalDrm and @Ginger_ already gave some good ones. Artcic Silver, Noctua NT-H1, Arctic MX-4, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut (although more expensive than the other two) etc.

[Tarun10]

18 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

.Which dollars? NT-H1 is $6.50 at Amazon US and thats premium paste.

US Dollars. I know most cooling stuff is pretty highly marked up for that matter. NT-HI is nearly 15$ here.

 

12 hours ago, Christophe Corazza said:

For an HP Envy x360, it won't wake such a big difference which thermal paste you're using.

As long as you buy a reputable brand you will be fine.

@LoGiCalDrm and @Ginger_ already gave some good ones. Artcic Silver, Noctua NT-H1, Arctic MX-4, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut (although more expensive than the other two) etc.

Thanks for the reply. I don't think Kryonaut is worth the nearly 35$ asking price here.

 

[Froug]

How much is Arctic MX-4 over there? It's pretty close in performance with Silver 5.

[LogicalDrm]

38 minutes ago, Tarun10 said:

US Dollars. I know most cooling stuff is pretty highly marked up for that matter. NT-HI is nearly 15$ here.

 

Thanks for the reply. I don't think Kryonaut is worth the nearly 35$ asking price here.

 

With conversion then. Which pastes are in your price range? $10 for Arctic Silver is good price, the smallest difference in prices between US Amazon and after conversion to your options.

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, Tarun10 said:

 

Thanks for the reply. I don't think Kryonaut is worth the nearly 35$ asking price here.

 

 

Kryonaut is indeed more expensive.

Where do you live? Then we can look for a thermal paste on Amazon that ships to your country.

[Tarun10]

5 hours ago, Froug said:

How much is Arctic MX-4 over there? It's pretty close in performance with Silver 5.

15$

 

4 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

With conversion then. Which pastes are in your price range? $10 for Arctic Silver is good price, the smallest difference in prices between US Amazon and after conversion to your options.

10 to 15$

4 hours ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Kryonaut is indeed more expensive.

Where do you live? Then we can look for a thermal paste on Amazon that ships to your country.

Shipping costs a lot and not many ship to India. If possible get me a paste on amazon.in

[LogicalDrm]

36 minutes ago, Tarun10 said:

15$

 

10 to 15$

Shipping costs a lot and not many ship to India. If possible get me a paste on amazon.in

 

MX.4, Arctic Silver and NT-H1 are pretty much all worth of pick. There isn't much difference between premium pastes. 1-2C according to some reviews, but thats usually within margin of error.

[Tarun10]

22 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

 

MX.4, Arctic Silver and NT-H1 are pretty much all worth of pick. There isn't much difference between premium pastes. 1-2C according to some reviews, but thats usually within margin of error.

Thanks I think I will just pick the cheapest one of the 3

[Christophe Corazza]

22 minutes ago, Tarun10 said:

Thanks I think I will just pick the cheapest one of the 3

 

You can’t go wrong with them, so the cheapest one makes the most sense indeed.

[Amaranth]

56 minutes ago, Tarun10 said:

Thanks I think I will just pick the cheapest one of the 3

I would avoid Arctic Silver since it under-performs when compared to the others, can be conductive/capacitive, and has an extremely lone cure time. HT-N1 and MX-4 are decent if you don't want to use Kryonaut or a liquid metal.

[Tha Joker]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087X728K/?tag=pcpapi-20

[Christophe Corazza]

13 hours ago, Amaranth said:

I would avoid Arctic Silver since it under-performs when compared to the others, can be conductive/capacitive, and has an extremely lone cure time. HT-N1 and MX-4 are decent if you don't want to use Kryonaut or a liquid metal.

 

There isn’t much of a difference in performance between MX.4, Arctic Silver and NT-H1when they are used under real world conditions. Depending on the study, the difference in performance typically turns out to be a mere few degrees.

[Tarun10]

7 hours ago, Tha Joker said:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087X728K/?tag=pcpapi-20

Oh thanks that ships for free.

[Amaranth]

7 hours ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

 Depending on the study, the difference in performance typically turns out to be a mere few degrees.

 

A few degrees can be enough to make an overclock go from stable to unstable, that's why something like an aftermarket IHS is valuable even though you're only gaining 5-6c on average.

[Christophe Corazza]

4 minutes ago, Amaranth said:

 

A few degrees can be enough to make an overclock go from stable to unstable, that's why something like an aftermarket IHS is valuable even though you're only gaining 5-6c on average.

 

That's true, but I highly doubt you're going to overclock the HP Envy x360 

[Amaranth]

1 minute ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

That's true, but I highly doubt you're going to overclock the HP Envy x360 

Fair enough, although every degree lower also allows you to run the fans at a slower speed and, if you have Pascal on board, get more out of your Boost 3.0 before it starts to throttle. And MX-4 and NT-H1 still have the advantage over Arctic Silver of not being capacitive/conductive and not requiring a 200 hours of curing.