What kind of thermal paste do you use?

[Nogghan]

Just curious what kind is the most popular, I listed some of the more popular pastes I've heard of. 

If it's not on the list please comment below what paste you use 

 

 You can also choose more than one 

 

[AndrewMKlasen]

I use ThermalTake TG-7

[RollinLower]

i'm currently using Arctic MX-2 on everything (CPU, GPU's) because i bought 60 grams of the stuff way back when and it's still not run out!

[lmeneses]

thermal grizzly 

[Nogghan]

Just now, lmeneses said:

thermal grizzly 

What one? I listed kyro and hydronaugt and liquid metal 

[lmeneses]

Just now, Nogghan said:

What one? I listed kyro and hydronaugt and liquid metal 

lmao none you listed

[Nogghan]

Just now, lmeneses said:

lmao none you listed

I didn't think people bought aeronaugt from some things I heard 

[Nogghan]

2 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

lmao none you listed

There fixed it

[lookpuppy]

Cooler master paste

[Bananasplit_00]

i use a lot of pastes, MX-2 for when temperature is less important than price, Cryopaste CP7 when i happen to not have anything around or want something thats better than MX-2. Hydronaut i used a bit when i had it around because it came with my waterblock but mainly i use NT-H1 because i like the performance, consistency and dont mind paying a bit more if its for a rig where i care about thermals

[dcgreen2k]

I got Arctic Silver 5 and Cryorig CP7, and they both perform pretty well when I'm gaming or doing video editing/compression..

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I used to use Arctic MX-4 since it's pretty much goof proof but I'm going to try the IC graphite pad on the build I'm currently working on since it will never dry out and be just as goof proof as long as it doesn't slip when I put the cooler on (it's also supposedly reusable).

[Nogghan]

8 hours ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

I used to use Arctic MX-4 since it's pretty much goof proof but I'm going to try the IC graphite pad on the build I'm currently working on since it will never dry out and be just as goof proof as long as it doesn't slip when I put the cooler on (it's also supposedly reusable).

Take my anecdotal evidence that those pads are everything they're cracked up to be, I bought the 40x40 for my Intel CPU and cut it to 30x30 when I realized it was too big, but either way I've remounted my cooler atleast 20 or more times with this same pad under it, at one point I had kapton tape on the edge to hold it in place and I would not recommend that for a couple reasons one you don't need to do it, and two it will remove material from the graphite pad, but over all highly impressed with the pads 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

33 minutes ago, Nogghan said:

Take my anecdotal evidence that those pads are everything they're cracked up to be... 

That seems to be the general concensus. Thanks for the feedback!

[markr54632]

Depends on what I'm doing. For bare die applications ic diamond 7 or ceramique.

 

For anything with an ihs literally any of the good performing paste perform a degree or two from each other

[Nogghan]

6 hours ago, markr54632 said:

For anything with an ihs literally any of the good performing paste perform a degree or two from each other

Agreed, but don't always assume the highest W/mK is better because each company that produces thermal paste tests their W/mK differently so it's hard to compare them directly