• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

What the best thermal paste in 2019?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Joined
Jan 31, 2010
Messages
5,363 (1.04/day)
Location
Gougeland (NZ)
System Name Cumquat 2021
Processor AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory 32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s) Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage 1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s) AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s) RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard Logitech G915 Wireless
Software Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores it sucks even more less now ;)
@lynx29 yeah they're not supposed to be to bad I remember watchin Linus do a video on it a while ago now

 
Joined
May 12, 2017
Messages
2,178 (0.87/day)
@lynx29 yeah they're not supposed to be to bad I remember watchin Linus do a video on it a while ago now


I'm keeping an eye on "Hitachi TC-HM03" thermal pad which is used in Radeon 7 graphic card according to reveiws. I'v used Innovation Thermal pad, but idle temperature is too high, so it could not stay on my CPU/GPU die, but it is used elsewhere inside my R9 Nano.
 
Last edited:
Joined
Mar 8, 2018
Messages
350 (0.16/day)
Location
U.S.A.
System Name Dell T3500
Processor Xeon X5687
Motherboard Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling Dell U016F
Memory 12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s) MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage 1tb WD blue
Case Dell T3500
White toothpaste is not all that silly when you consider it's comprised mainly of Aluminum oxide (alumina, aloxide, etc). Same component in many ceramic based TIMs. Makes an excellent abrasive too.
 
Joined
Mar 8, 2018
Messages
350 (0.16/day)
Location
U.S.A.
System Name Dell T3500
Processor Xeon X5687
Motherboard Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling Dell U016F
Memory 12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s) MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage 1tb WD blue
Case Dell T3500
Except that it's been tested and shown to be worse than if you just used nothing and had bare metal to metal contact.
My tests were not that way. Once the fluids evaporated after a few days it was still a bit better than just slapping the sink on there. Then again I tried toothpaste on unmodified heatsink. Probably would be different if lapped flat to a mirror finish. I also tried some 10,000 grit alumina polishing compound. Seemed to work better than the standard white paste. Anyway ... was just making a comparison and happy they don't test with bologna anymore. Glad I bought the big tube of Kryonaut.
 
Last edited:

peche

Thermaltake fanboy
Joined
Nov 7, 2014
Messages
6,709 (1.96/day)
Location
San Jose, Costa Rica
System Name Athenna
Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
shite came a bit late to the party, i do love thermal interface material threads!

Best paste for bla bla bla.... well my friends, there is no best, better or worse, is all matter of application method, what does this mean?

Application method, surface clean-out, also mounting presure and cooler might affect results, as well case airflow and ambiance temperature, so taken this out, performance and results may vary according the choice of TIM, i truly state that i love Arctic mx 4 cause it brings great performance and you could find it pretty easy out there, also it spreads easy, might be to hard for some and to easy for others, but according results this babe sits around the best sellers and best performers!

Regards,
 
Joined
Jul 5, 2013
Messages
25,559 (6.52/day)
My tests were not that way. Once the fluids evaporated after a few days it was still a bit better than just slapping the sink on there. Then again I tried toothpaste on unmodified heatsink. Probably would be different if lapped flat to a mirror finish. I also tried some 10,000 grit alumina polishing compound. Seemed to work better than the standard white paste.
Fair enough. It would be interesting to see more in-depth testing like that.
Glad I bought the big tube of Kryonaut.
It's good stuff.
 
Joined
Mar 8, 2018
Messages
350 (0.16/day)
Location
U.S.A.
System Name Dell T3500
Processor Xeon X5687
Motherboard Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling Dell U016F
Memory 12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s) MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage 1tb WD blue
Case Dell T3500
shite came a bit late to the party, i do love thermal interface material threads!

Best paste for bla bla bla.... well my friends, there is no best, better or worse, is all matter of application method, what does this mean?

Application method, surface clean-out, also mounting presure and cooler might affect results, as well case airflow and ambiance temperature, so taken this out, performance and results may vary according the choice of TIM, i truly state that i love Arctic mx 4 cause it brings great performance and you could find it pretty easy out there, also it spreads easy, might be to hard for some and to easy for others, but according results this babe sits around the best sellers and best performers!

Regards,
This is very true. Far too many variables for any absolutions here. Not to go off on a tangent, surface finish can be a critical factor too. Being a career machinist I am bit of a geek about those kind of things. Even within the Dell T3500 proprietary heatsinks I have seen two variations in how the contact surface is machined. One is far more smooth and flat than the other. CPU heatspreaders? They are rarely flat either, if ever.
 
Last edited:

peche

Thermaltake fanboy
Joined
Nov 7, 2014
Messages
6,709 (1.96/day)
Location
San Jose, Costa Rica
System Name Athenna
Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
This is very true. Far too many variables for any absolutions here. Not to go off on a tangent, surface finish can be a critical factor too. Being a career machinist I am bit of a geek about those kind of things. Even within the Dell T3500 proprietary heatsinks I have seen two variations in how the contact surface is machined. One is far more smooth and flat than the other. CPU heatspreaders? They are rarely flat either, if ever.
totally true, surface is where the reason for Tim starts, also monthing presure might affect, there is no rule for mounting presure, since you cant measure it, but is important to try, research and also do this, exchange ideas...

Cleaning must have a place here, traces or leftovers of old tim could affect results.

Regards,
 
Joined
Jun 7, 2018
Messages
155 (0.07/day)
System Name Strix-13700K
Processor Intel i7-13700K
Motherboard Asus Strix-A D4
Cooling Corsair H150i Elite LCD
Memory Thermaltake ToughRam 4 x 8GB DDR4 3600
Video Card(s) Asus TUF RTX 3080 12GB
Storage Western digital Black SN850 1TB - PCIe Gen 4 M.2-2 and Western Digital Blue 1TB SN750 PCIe Gen 3
Display(s) MSI Optix MPG341CQR Ulta-wide 3440x1440p 144Hz and a Samsung 50 inch TV 4K TV
Case NZXT H7 Flow
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster X4
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G5 1000w Gold
Mouse Corsair M65 Pro Mouse
Keyboard Corsair STRAFE MK2 RGB
Software Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores Cinebench R23 = 31270 Multicore test
Always used the good old MX-4 but just changed to the new Cooler Master MasterGel Maker Thermal Paste 'Ultra High Performance, Nano Diamond Particles....
I found it great and did better than the MX-4 but most importantly it was so easy to spread...Not bad at all..
 

hat

Enthusiast
Joined
Nov 20, 2006
Messages
21,731 (3.43/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s) PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s) Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores >9000
I would be wary of diamond pastes. I still remember the whole IC DIamond debacle here at TPU... that was fun.
 
Joined
Jun 7, 2018
Messages
155 (0.07/day)
System Name Strix-13700K
Processor Intel i7-13700K
Motherboard Asus Strix-A D4
Cooling Corsair H150i Elite LCD
Memory Thermaltake ToughRam 4 x 8GB DDR4 3600
Video Card(s) Asus TUF RTX 3080 12GB
Storage Western digital Black SN850 1TB - PCIe Gen 4 M.2-2 and Western Digital Blue 1TB SN750 PCIe Gen 3
Display(s) MSI Optix MPG341CQR Ulta-wide 3440x1440p 144Hz and a Samsung 50 inch TV 4K TV
Case NZXT H7 Flow
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster X4
Power Supply EVGA Supernova G5 1000w Gold
Mouse Corsair M65 Pro Mouse
Keyboard Corsair STRAFE MK2 RGB
Software Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores Cinebench R23 = 31270 Multicore test
I would be wary of diamond pastes. I still remember the whole IC DIamond debacle here at TPU... that was fun.

Thanks for the heads up...I'll look into it.
 

hat

Enthusiast
Joined
Nov 20, 2006
Messages
21,731 (3.43/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s) PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s) Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores >9000
If I could go back and edit my post on the first page, I would. It seems TG Kryonaut is also a diamond paste, so I wouldn't recommend it... not without specifically mentioning that it is a diamond paste and can scuff up surfaces. As for me, I'll stick with MX-4.
 

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman
Joined
Jul 2, 2007
Messages
40,435 (6.61/day)
Location
Republic of Texas (True Patriot)
System Name PCGOD
Processor AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s) AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s) NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s) Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software Windows 7 Pro 64
If I could go back and edit my post on the first page, I would. It seems TG Kryonaut is also a diamond paste, so I wouldn't recommend it... not without specifically mentioning that it is a diamond paste and can scuff up surfaces. As for me, I'll stick with MX-4.

Conductonaut I'd be wary of for sure
 
  • Like
Reactions: hat

hat

Enthusiast
Joined
Nov 20, 2006
Messages
21,731 (3.43/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s) PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s) Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores >9000
Conductonaut I'd be wary of for sure
That's a liquid metal paste. I wouldn't even mention it, unless I knew the person I was talking to was quite experienced, or delidding a CPU (in which case, I'd hope they'd be experienced anyway).
 

peche

Thermaltake fanboy
Joined
Nov 7, 2014
Messages
6,709 (1.96/day)
Location
San Jose, Costa Rica
System Name Athenna
Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
I still remember the whole IC DIamond debacle here at TPU... that was fun.
stinky fish memories, cant believe i came late to that party too. lool
 
Joined
Mar 2, 2013
Messages
529 (0.13/day)
Location
st. louis missouri
Processor Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard Asus b450F ROG Strix
Cooling 3 case fans plus deepcool maxx V2 cpu heatsink
Memory 16 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4
Video Card(s) Zotac RTX 3060 TI
Storage 3 SSD's, 1 Samsung 970 Evo NVME and 2 sata (Crucial 1 TB and ADATA 480 GB) and 2 sata hardrives
Display(s) 27 inch Asus 75hz gaming monitor
Case NZXT h500i black
Power Supply Corsair cx650m 650 watt psu
Mouse Corsair M65 Pro RGB
Keyboard Inland RGB mechanical keyboard with blue optical switches.
Software windows 10 64 bit
Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate the input and I learned some new and interesting things about TIM.

I ordered some noctua nt h1.
 
Joined
Mar 18, 2015
Messages
2,960 (0.90/day)
Location
Long Island
It's hard to claim "the best" from a single test or even a test with limited samples. The benchmark test for product performance and application methods was the 80-way test done by benchmark reviews. If anyone every finds a link to that and the application article archived anywhere, the link would be most appreciated. The ones mentioned are mostly in the top 10 but unless all the others are in it and performance among tests is not consistent, it's hard to say anything with certainty ... that's why I used the 80-way test as my benchmark.

Another facet that must be considered however is "working time". IC Diamonds products for example are a bit thick. You can make it more workable for longer by putting a cup of water in the microwave a bit and, after taking it out, give the tube a warm bath ... don't take too long tho as it will get to room temps rather quickly. Some even warm up their CPU and heat sink with a hair dryer. Deinitely not for use with GFX cards ... no matter what you do, not going to keep it workable on 16 VRMs, 8 memory chips and the GPU ... and then flipping it over to do the backplate side.
 
Joined
Jun 16, 2016
Messages
409 (0.14/day)
System Name Baxter
Processor Intel i7-5775C @ 4.2 GHz 1.35 V
Motherboard ASRock Z97-E ITX/AC
Cooling Scythe Big Shuriken 3 with Noctua NF-A12 fan
Memory 16 GB 2400 MHz CL11 HyperX Savage DDR3
Video Card(s) EVGA RTX 2070 Super Black @ 1950 MHz
Storage 1 TB Sabrent Rocket 2242 NVMe SSD (boot), 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO, and 4TB Toshiba X300 7200 RPM HDD
Display(s) Vizio P65-F1 4KTV (4k60 with HDR or 1080p120)
Case Raijintek Ophion
Audio Device(s) HDMI PCM 5.1, Vizio 5.1 surround sound
Power Supply Corsair SF600 Platinum 600 W SFX PSU
Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard Logitech G613 and Microsoft Media Keyboard
Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate the input and I learned some new and interesting things about TIM.

I ordered some noctua nt h1.

Compared to Kryonaut, NT-H1 is cheaper and easier to use. Kryonaut is like a thick paste. NT-H1 is more viscous and forgiving. I saw next to no temperature change going from NT-H1 to Kryonaut, and it cost way too much.

Next time I'm probably going to try NT-H2. Sticking with Noctua is my plan, they make good everything.
 
Joined
Jun 28, 2014
Messages
2,388 (0.67/day)
Location
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia USA
System Name Home Brewed
Processor i9-7900X and i7-8700K
Motherboard ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme & ASUS Prime Z-370 A
Cooling Corsair 280mm AIO & Thermaltake Water 3.0
Memory 64GB DDR4-3000 GSKill RipJaws-V & 32GB DDR4-3466 GEIL Potenza
Video Card(s) 2X-GTX-1080 SLI & 2 GTX-1070Ti 8GB G1 Gaming in SLI
Storage Both have 2TB HDDs for storage, 480GB SSDs for OS, and 240GB SSDs for Steam Games
Display(s) ACER 28" B286HK 4K & Samsung 32" 1080P
Case NZXT Source 540 & Rosewill Rise Chassis
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair RM1000 & Corsair RM850
Mouse Generic
Keyboard Razer Blackwidow Tournament & Corsair K90
Software Win-10 Professional
Benchmark Scores yes
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut is what I use most of the time.
 
Joined
Jun 1, 2011
Messages
3,817 (0.81/day)
Location
in a van down by the river
Processor faster than yours
Motherboard better than yours
Cooling cooler than yours
Memory smarter than yours
Video Card(s) better performance than yours
Storage stronger than yours
Display(s) bigger than yous
Case fancier than yours
Audio Device(s) clearer than yours
Power Supply more powerful than yours
Mouse lighter than yours
Keyboard less clicky than yours
Benchmark Scores up yours
Compared to Kryonaut, NT-H1 is cheaper and easier to use. Kryonaut is like a thick paste. NT-H1 is more viscous and forgiving. I saw next to no temperature change going from NT-H1 to Kryonaut, and it cost way too much.

Next time I'm probably going to try NT-H2. Sticking with Noctua is my plan, they make good everything.

NT-H2 review below, plus it's in French so it got the stinky cheese award making it fantastique! (or bad, my french sucks)


https://www.hardwarecooking.fr/test-noctua-nt-h2-et-lingettes-na-scw1/

 
Joined
Mar 8, 2018
Messages
350 (0.16/day)
Location
U.S.A.
System Name Dell T3500
Processor Xeon X5687
Motherboard Dell - 9KPNV
Cooling Dell U016F
Memory 12gb ECC 1333
Video Card(s) MSI rx480 gaming X
Storage 1tb WD blue
Case Dell T3500
If I could go back and edit my post on the first page, I would. It seems TG Kryonaut is also a diamond paste, so I wouldn't recommend it... not without specifically mentioning that it is a diamond paste and can scuff up surfaces. As for me, I'll stick with MX-4.
TG Kryonaut is diamond based? Worried about scuffing surfaces? Better not use any aluminum oxide (a common abrasive) products either as it is just below Diamond on the Mohs hardness scale. Which leaves out virtually all the ceramic based TIMs.
 
Joined
Oct 21, 2009
Messages
100 (0.02/day)
Location
Netherlands
System Name LazyOldMan
Processor 9900KF
Motherboard Asrock z390 Taichi Ultimate
Cooling Corsair custom Watercooled
Memory 64 Gb
Video Card(s) RX 6800 XT
Storage Too much to mention in all 980 TB
Display(s) 2 x Dell 4K @ 60 hz
Case Crap case
Audio Device(s) Realtek + Bayer Dynamics 990 Pro headset
Power Supply 1300 watt
Mouse Corsair cord mouse
Keyboard Corsair red lighter cabled keyboard ages old ;)
@MrGenius
I do not really agree that it does make such a big difference however all 3 are pretty the best you can buy and they all are expenssive.
I preffer still grizzly however i am no longer opening up my gpu's to put better paste in them ... especially because they made it much harder to open up the cards.
And you also might damage any vapor chamber if is present, which many use these days (if your not cautious enough)
 
Joined
Oct 21, 2005
Messages
6,874 (1.02/day)
Location
USA
System Name Computer of Theseus
Processor Intel i9-12900KS: 50x Pcore multi @ 1.18Vcore (target 1.275V -100mv offset)
Motherboard EVGA Z690 Classified
Cooling Noctua NH-D15S, 2xThermalRight TY-143, 4xNoctua NF-A12x25,3xNF-A12x15, 2xAquacomputer Splitty9Active
Memory G-Skill Trident Z5 (32GB) DDR5-6000 C36 F5-6000J3636F16GX2-TZ5RK
Video Card(s) EVGA Geforce 3060 XC Black Gaming 12GB
Storage 1x Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe (OS), 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB (data 1 and 2), ASUS BW-16D1HT
Display(s) Dell S3220DGF 32" 2560x1440 165Hz Primary, Dell P2017H 19.5" 1600x900 Secondary, Ergotron LX arms.
Case Lian Li O11 Air Mini
Audio Device(s) Audiotechnica ATR2100X-USB, El Gato Wave XLR Mic Preamp, ATH M50X Headphones, Behringer 302USB Mixer
Power Supply Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000W 80+ Platinum White
Mouse Zowie EC3-C
Keyboard Vortex Multix 87 Winter TKL (Gateron G Pro Yellow)
Software Win 10 LTSC 21H2
Joined
Nov 1, 2018
Messages
583 (0.30/day)
All tests are pointless the minute after applying paste.
Apply mayo or toothpaste, let the computer run for at least ONE MONTH, and then test for temps !

That's what makes the difference between a good compound and a not so good one (or something really bad), how long it keeps it's characteristics after time passes, humidity and oxygen make their way into the substance and so on.

Another example:
Put french fry oil inside a cooling fan - Works great. Start the computer the next day... it's noisy. Let the computer sit for 1 month - The fan doesn't even spin anymore, it's completely locked solid.

~~~
Edit: I vote for TG Kryonaut.

Applied it on my pretty hot 6800K. It has the same decent and good temp delta today as it had 6 months ago when I applied it. No degradation whatsoever.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top