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Captain_Darkness
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Anything that isnt too cheap, the key is a good application not the quality of the paste. I used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. The applicator is great and easy to use.

 

http://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/products/16-kryonaut-en

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1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NT-H1-Pro-Grade-Thermal-Compound/dp/B002CQU14A

I've had good experience with this from Noctua.

This is great paste. If you by a Noctua cooler you get a tube for free. 

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 3600X | CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO XT | Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X370-F GAMING | RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 2x8Gb DDR4 @3000MHz | GPU: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS XTREME Video Card | Storage: Samsung - 860 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 - Sandisk SSD 240GB - Sandisk SSD 1TB - WD Blue 4TB| PSU: Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | Case: Corsair - Corsair Obsidian 500D RGB SE ATX Mid Tower Case | System Fans: Corsair - ML120 PRO RGB 47.3 CFM 120mm x 4 & Corsair - ML140 PRO RGB 55.4 CFM 140mm x 2 | Display: Samsung KS9000 |Keyboard: Logitech - G613 | Mouse: Logitech - G703 | Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

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I personally use Arctic MX-4 with my i5-8600K, I previously used to use Arctic Silver 5, but the MX-4 is my new compound due to the way it's able to transfer heat quicker, at least from my experience.

 

A 4g tube of Arctic MX-4 is £4.96 on Amazon here in the UK, although if you buy an Arctic cooler, you get a 1g sachet for free included with the cooler.

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Whatever comes on the heatsink/coldplate pre applied is usually best long term. Itll be Dow Corning, 3M or Shin Etsu or something good, and just the right amount too.

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Another vote for MX-4. Reasonably priced, good availability, and good quality. Noctua is good too. Gelid makes a good paste as well. It really doesn't matter what brand you buy as long as it is not garbage.

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Hey,

i was wondering if the stock thermal paste of the r5 2600x stock cooler is good ehnough for the r5 2600x and what 120mm or 140mm to use for my case

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it's good enough, but something like artic silver is still recommended.

there are a lot of choises of fans, any budget and prefferences on looks?

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It's fine, don't worry about it unless you really need to knock 3 degrees off

The ryzen stock cooler is great, don't worry about getting that either unless you really have a problem 

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6 hours ago, Captain_Darkness said:

Is the arctic f14 pwm pst 140mm good ehnough?

It's an alright fan. What case are you using and where are you planning to use the fan?

Are you looking for better alternatives?

 

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