Best thermalpaste to use... ?

stefanels · Dec 27, 2008

Hello all. I just bought for my PC a brand new CPU cooler and i just wonder what thermal paste shoul i use for it.
The heatsink is a ZALMAN CNPS9700Cu LED and i pay'd 56 Euros at a local store for that - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

This 3 type of thermal paste can i buy today at that store:
1. ArcticCooling MX-2 4g - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020
2. Arctic Silver AS5 3.5g - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
3. Noctua NT-H1 1.4 ml - http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=13&lng=en&set=2

Need advice very quick. Thanks

ZenEffect · Dec 27, 2008

stefanels said:
Hello all. I just bought for my PC a brand new CPU cooler and i just wonder what thermal paste shoul i use for it.
The heatsink is a ZALMAN CNPS9700Cu LED and i pay'd 56 Euros at a local store for that - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

This 3 type of thermal paste can i buy today at that store:
1. ArcticCooling MX-2 4g - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020
2. Arctic Silver AS5 3.5g - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
3. Noctua NT-H1 1.4 ml - http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=13&lng=en&set=2

Need advice very quick. Thanks

mx2

ShadowFold · Dec 27, 2008

I am loving OCZ Freeze. Been using it for everything.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835202006&Tpk=OCZ Freeze
Easier to spread and use compared to MX-2.

Emanuel1788 · Dec 27, 2008

ArcticCooling MX-2

stefanels · Dec 27, 2008

ShadowFold said:
I am loving OCZ Freeze. Been using it for everything.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835202006&Tpk=OCZ Freeze
Easier to spread and use compared to MX-2.

But... a have to choose between the 3 that they got at that store at the moment... MX-2 then?

ShadowFold · Dec 27, 2008

Out of those 3 yea.. AS5 sucks now. MX-2 doesn't dry up and isn't conductive.

stefanels · Dec 27, 2008

Thanks all... i must now run to the store to get it and i can't wait to put in the new fansink... thanks for your post's

Homeless · Dec 27, 2008

To my understanding, MX-2, TX-2 and OCZ freeze are the top 3 compounds

stefanels · Dec 27, 2008

I just finished putting on the new cooler and it's looking very slick... and the thermal compoundthat i buy'd it was ArcticCooling MX-2 in 30g tube for 21 Euros (little expensive, big tube) and now i go to do some temp benchies

Chicken Patty · Dec 27, 2008

AS5 back then, now I still use it, but it sucks. Guess i'll be buying some OCz freeze soon!!

tw3akm@ster · Feb 15, 2009

1.Noctua NT-H1 For quick results and stability
2.Arctic silver Has held the crown for long but needs burn time
3.ArcticCooling MX-2 Well not so bad.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Noctua/NT-H1

I have mostly used AS5 so far and it does not suck. It's almost on par with NT-H1. Going NT-H1 now.

J-Man · Feb 15, 2009

According to the packaging my MX-2 came in, the MX-2 is 1c lower then the AS5 and I have been using AS5 for a while so I decided to take the plunge and go for MX-2 so my vote is MX-2.

kiriakost · Feb 15, 2009

I still have and use AS3 , got it 5 years back and i will use it too on my new GV1000 .

About the setting up time ... i use so little amount ( thin film), at its application , that i do not wait at all.

Marineborn · Feb 15, 2009

ocz freeze or formula 5

ShadowFold · Feb 15, 2009

J-Man · Feb 15, 2009

ShadowFold said:

Is that you in the avatar?

Supreme0verlord · Feb 15, 2009

My vote goes for AC MX-2, with AS5 in second.

Marineborn · Feb 15, 2009

or for the ultimate THermalpaste...take as5,formula 5 some ocz freeze mix em together and apply...DONT LISTEN TO ME!!!!!

3dsage · Feb 15, 2009

I just switched to OCZ freeze and my temps where around 2-3C lower under load after 1hr run of OCCT, than when I used AS5.

Nitro-Max · Feb 15, 2009

Best thermalpaste to use... ?

Anyones but mine :laugh:

people seem to keep borrowing mine lolz and when i need it i havent got any :banghead:

Nitro-Max · Feb 15, 2009

I tend to use zalman
i found it to be just as good and you get a nice application brush

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/intelcooling/zm-stg1

kiriakost · Feb 15, 2009

Best thermal paste ..

Ok lets speak with facts ... my paste is the best . :laugh:

One true fact that all companies took advantage of it , was that all CPU coolers was comming with thermal pads .

Thermal pads are good , but always the thermal paste wins hands down.

So when some uses thermal paste for the first time , the amazing droop of 4-6C its there.
Lapping wrong made heatsink s, gets another 2C down .

And thats it ... no more magic .

Best thermal paste .. No2

The best is the one that works for long time , with out to loose efficiency.
Arctic silver 3 and 5 , have be proved over the years , that it works and could be well trusted .

" Trust " is what the new products do not have ..
And because life are sort , i will stick to Arctic silver , as there is no way to be another product out there with better results .... only similar .

Lets say , that about thermal pastes , in the last decade, we explored and see all the "magic" about them.

Nitro-Max · Feb 15, 2009

Actually this stuff will own all mentioned above

thermal conductivity - from 2000 to 2500 W/(m * K). This are almost five times higher than in pure silver

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/ic-diamond-7-carat-thermal-compound-15-gram-p-16605.html

DrPepper · Feb 15, 2009

MX-2

Used it on my windor 6000 and temps are still on average the same as when I applied it a year ago.

kiriakost · Feb 15, 2009

Nitro-Max said:
Actually this stuff will own all mentioned above

thermal conductivity - from 2000 to 2500 W/(m * K). This are almost five times higher than in pure silver

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/ic-diamond-7-carat-thermal-compound-15-gram-p-16605.html

Synthetic Diamonds dust ... oh my ... i do not believe that theory ...

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