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My build, RYZENONE, is about a year and three months old now. I'm thinking of replacing the thermal paste of it since the idles of the device is now at 50 degrees, as opposed to 40 when first bought.

 

Now, local retailers has a couple of choices available: the three Cryorig thermal pastes (CP5, CP7 and CP15), the Noctua NT-H1, and the CoolerMaster MasterGel Pro and Maker, priced as follows (I'd put in other brands here but they're generic):

 

CP15 - ~5 USD

CP7 - ~7.50 USD

CP5 - ~9.50 USD

NT-H1 - same as CP5

MasterGel Pro - ~10.50 USD

MasterGel Maker - ~13.50 USD

 

Now, the general knowledge is that unless its liquid metal, thermal pastes produces little to no difference from each other. So, my inquiry is that would it be okay for me to get the cheapest, decent tube available (Cryorig CP15) and call it a day or shell out a couple of bucks more to get either a CP5 or a NT-H1?

 

I don't think it matters, but I'll put it here anyways: I'm planning to use the same thermal paste that will be bought on my laptop, and I don't mind using the same tube when re-applying again in the future.

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Thermal grizzly kryonaut for air cooling or hydronaut if you have a water cooling solution. Idk about conductonaut.

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Its about personal preference more than anything else. I've had Noctua coolers, so I buy Noctua paste. But I also prefer tube that comes with cooler over buying something else just because.

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Are you sure that there aren't more processes running in the background now than when you last tested for idle temps? Are your load temps any higher than before?

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5 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Are you sure that there aren't more processes running in the background now than when you last tested for idle temps? Are your load temps any higher than before?

recorded a couple of temps this morning (all in celcius)

 

BIOS idle temp was 37-44 degrees

Windows idle was 46 per AIDA64, but 54 per HWMonitor

MemTest(1-pass) - 50-51

AIDA64 load had an average of 64.2, but HWMonitor reports 79

1 game of a 50v50 in Fortnite yields 56-59, but HWMonitor records 65

 

i call the HWMonitor results fishy tbh, but do these temps warrant a TP replacement?

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8 minutes ago, AmateurPCGuy said:

BIOS idle temp was 37-44 degrees

Windows idle was 46 per AIDA64, but 54 per HWMonitor

MemTest(1-pass) - 50-51

AIDA64 load had an average of 64.2, but HWMonitor reports 79

1 game of a 50v50 in Fortnite yields 56-59, but HWMonitor records 65

i call the HWMonitor results fishy tbh, but do these temps warrant a TP replacement?

Have you tried using Ryzen Master for temps?

Updating the bios if it isn't already and using the latest versions of these programs might get them to agree.

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1 hour ago, WoodenMarker said:

Have you tried using Ryzen Master for temps?

Updating the bios if it isn't already and using the latest versions of these programs might get them to agree.

updated the monitoring programs, as well as intalled ryzen master: on consecutive 50v50 games in fortnite, aida64, HWMonitor and ryzen master reports 60-70 degrees,

 

at this point, i'm almost sold on buying a cp15 and calling it a day

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16 minutes ago, AmateurPCGuy said:

updated the monitoring programs, as well as intalled ryzen master: on consecutive 50v50 games in fortnite, aida64, HWMonitor and ryzen master reports 60-70 degrees,

at this point, i'm almost sold on buying a cp15 and calling it a day

Unless it's throttling and you're having performance issues, it's using a 20c offset. Those are fine temps and won't throttle until 75c.

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17 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Unless it's throttling and you're having performance issues, it's using a 20c offset. Those are fine temps and won't throttle until 75c.

So don't change thermals for now, but do so when temps get to around 75-80?

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2 minutes ago, AmateurPCGuy said:

So don't change thermals for now, but do so when temps get to around 75-80?

Temps are fine and it doesn't seem like changing the thermal paste would make much of a difference if any.

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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