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[EOL] Arctic MX-5 is here!!Tests incoming! Completed. Now its MX-6 testing time!

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lexluthermiester said:
I just don't see Noctua doing that. They have a reputation to protect and making a TIM that fails quickly would do their reputation very serious harm.
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Hmmm. I used an NT-H1 on my Aorus 1070 way back in 2016. I gave it away and was advised that it was running hot. He changed it to MX4 and its a lot better. It was stuck in a box for a couple of months though.

It seems that these thermal pastes aren't really meant to just sit idle and must be xposed to heat constantly to prevent performance loss.
 
toilet pepper said:
Hmmm. I used an NT-H1 on my Aorus 1070 way back in 2016. I gave it away and was advised that it was running hot. He changed it to MX4 and its a lot better. It was stuck in a box for a couple of months though.

It seems that these thermal pastes aren't really meant to just sit idle and must be xposed to heat constantly to prevent performance loss.
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Ok, good to know. I'll have to see what happens when the tube I bought arrives.
 
toilet pepper said:
I just ordered a Thermalright TFX to check if it is any better for my GPU. I have already used Kryonaut, NT-H1, Cryorig CP7 and an MX4 on it and they pretty much are all the same. Might as well try a new paste while I do my routine cleanup. (GPU is deshourded)

On the same thought, this youtube channel got a different result with MX5 being better (marginally) all round.

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I ordered some of this stuff this morning to see how it works.
I also want to see if it isn't just rebranded TFX or Subzero (Phobya Nanogrease), etc. Apparently they have their own factory in China so there's hope this is something good here.


No copper Jet Lube 1 pound Kopr-Kote ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LGA6BQ/ ) or 1/4 pound Jet Lube pure copper anti seize ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GZG04U ) samples anytime soon. Maybe next month or if someone doesn't do it first, then July. On a fixed income so I can't afford to just buy stuff to tell people how it is.
 
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y'all are taking this paste thread way to far. LOL

its all good, I understand its just part of the hobby. I still can't decide what I want my next paste to be, if I had a few people IRL that needed paste right now though I'd just ask each of us to do 10 bucks each, do kyronaut extreme, and be done with it. and don't change it for 3-5 years. /shrug haha
 
lynx29 said:
y'all are taking this paste thread way to far. LOL

its all good, I understand its just part of the hobby. I still can't decide what I want my next paste to be, if I had a few people IRL that needed paste right now though I'd just ask each of us to do 10 bucks each, do kyronaut extreme, and be done with it. and don't change it for 3-5 years. /shrug haha
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Kryonaut Extreme is total highway robbery for $25 for 2 grams though!
And I can't recommend the 33 grams for $104 unless you want a lifetime supply of the stuff.

Try the 8 grams of SYY ?
 
Hi,
Hobby, fighting and paying a premium for 1-2c lower temps
Guessing bengay would be the wrong direction to try I'm sure some may have some laying around though lol
 
lynx29 said:
y'all are taking this paste thread way to far. LOL

its all good, I understand its just part of the hobby. I still can't decide what I want my next paste to be, if I had a few people IRL that needed paste right now though I'd just ask each of us to do 10 bucks each, do kyronaut extreme, and be done with it. and don't change it for 3-5 years. /shrug haha
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If you think thermal paste discussions are long and aimless, try doing research on motor oil. Everyone has their own opinions on brand, viscosity, API ratings, base oil groups, ZDDP, SAPS, in fact basically anything to do with oil. The problem is that there's no real way to test oil and most people fall back on their experience like "I used Mobil1 for five years and nothing went wrong", or how smooth the engine acceleration feels or how clean the rocker assemblies are. There isn't much factual information to go by. Thermal paste still isn't great in that regard but at least it's possible to test it to some extent and make informed decisions.

Falkentyne said:
Kryonaut Extreme is total highway robbery for $25 for 2 grams though!
And I can't recommend the 33 grams for $104 unless you want a lifetime supply of the stuff.

Try the 8 grams of SYY ?
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It performs good but it's a waste of packaging to be selling 1-2g of paste. I'd rather get more paste than a certificate of authenticity and stickers and a birthday party hat.
 
Should I give this a go? Same texture and color as an MX4.

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Depending on how much I have left over from a purchase, I may be picking up a 20g or 50g MX-5 tube. Not interested in smaller quantities as I want this to last me for a LONG time. I go through about 1g per year right now, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
I'm not going to repaste my Ryzen 5 3600, but the GTX 690 that I'm going to own will definitely get some fresh paste after I do thermal testing, for comparison. After that I'll be doing some thermal pad swap.

Will update ya on the results!
 
I just got 120g of GD900 for $15 on ebay; I'm set for life.
 
lexluthermiester said:
If you're going to give it a go, make sure it's on a system you can afford to loose and take it easy on the CPU. I'f you want to try, show us pictures/screenshots and let's have some fun!
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That's basically an epoxy. I ain't that stupid. Kinda like cement when it dries out.

Come to think of it. Its a gap filler but I gues the thermal conductivity would be horrendous.
 
Repasted my 1080 Ti. With my crappy ventilation, temps went down by ~6C.
 
lynx29 said:
it doesn't expire?
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The GD900 tube says a shelf life of two years. I found that even with a lot of testing it still took me about a year to get through one 30g tube.

The one thing I don't like about GD900 is that it's initially watery each time you go to apply it. You need to apply some on a paper towel first before you get a good consistency.
 
lynx29 said:
it doesn't expire?
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I got tubs and not tubes so I can remix.

PooPipeBoy said:
The GD900 tube says a shelf life of two years. I found that even with a lot of testing it still took me about a year to get through one 30g tube.

The one thing I don't like about GD900 is that it's initially watery each time you go to apply it. You need to apply some on a paper towel first before you get a good consistency.
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Strange, mine is not watery
 
PooPipeBoy said:
If you think thermal paste discussions are long and aimless, try doing research on motor oil. Everyone has their own opinions on brand, viscosity, API ratings, base oil groups, ZDDP, SAPS, in fact basically anything to do with oil. The problem is that there's no real way to test oil and most people fall back on their experience like "I used Mobil1 for five years and nothing went wrong", or how smooth the engine acceleration feels or how clean the rocker assemblies are. There isn't much factual information to go by. Thermal paste still isn't great in that regard but at least it's possible to test it to some extent and make informed decisions.



It performs good but it's a waste of packaging to be selling 1-2g of paste. I'd rather get more paste than a certificate of authenticity and stickers and a birthday party hat.
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I linked the 8 gram one though.
8 grams for $12 is a pretty good deal if it performs well.
Considering 50 grams of MX-5 is $45 (the 40 gram MX-5 is a bit worse price/gram), that's not too far off at $48 for 32 grams.
 
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Paid 8EUR from 4g syringe myself.
 
Hi,
Just a couple weeks ago did my 1080ti and a week earlier did my titan xp after disassembly after finding sludge after a year of using mods water filter don't lie and time to look through the plexi gpu water block
lol
Went back with nt-h1 though but seems I disassemble yearly anyway so longevity past 12 months isn't needed also went back to distilled and biocide/ inhibitor+ products instead of premix.
 

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