Thermal paste applied on your GPU / CPU, survey!

[GreiverBlade]

Thanks, I just popped it with a razor, since getting a delid tool for a CPU which costs about the same as the tool felt kinda stupid...

well even a G3258 can be fun with a delid .... BTW nice Catherine avatar

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I'm willing to mix it up a bit , EK provided some good stuff and I've a tube for another time ,I'd recommend visiting it.

 

[Ruru]

well even a G3258 can be fun with a delid .... BTW nice Catherine avatar

It would be cool to get this chip to even POST @ 5GHz but haven't successed yet.. Catherine was one of the best previous-gen console games!

 

[gupsterg]

Only ever done GPU TIM swap if cooler swapped, otherwise rolled with as factory. Go for good branded non electrically conductive, based on what is cheapest to buy at the time.

CPUs rolled with AS5 for far too long, not had an issue and find it easy to use. I spread a small grain size thinly using slice of plastic card. Never found an old tube of AS5 has shown separation either, so only buy when depleted. Don't have regime of swapping TIM every so often, only swap if temps are issue or cooler swapped.

When I got my i5 4690K was thinking shall I get some newer branded TIM, but rolled with AS5. Again just used an old tube I had, surprisingly on a 2nd hand TR Archon SB-E X2 gained nice temps with 4.9GHz@1.255V with AS5 .

 

[peche]

I'm willing to mix it up a bit , EK provided some good stuff and I've a tube for another time ,I'd recommend visiting it.

wondering to mix TIM?

Only ever done GPU TIM swap if cooler swapped, otherwise rolled with as factory. Go for good branded non electrically conductive, based on what is cheapest to buy at the time.

CPUs rolled with AS5 for far too long, not had an issue and find it easy to use. I spread a small grain size thinly using slice of plastic card. Never found an old tube of AS5 has shown separation either, so only buy when depleted. Don't have regime of swapping TIM every so often, only swap if temps are issue or cooler swapped.

When I got my i5 4690K was thinking shall I get some newer branded TIM, but rolled with AS5. Again just used an old tube I had, surprisingly on a 2nd hand TR Archon SB-E X2 gained nice temps with 4.9GHz@1.255V with AS5 .

i guess artic silver 5 is the most overrated thermal-paste outhere, also the most known for most people and stores... unfortunately not the best out there...

Regards,

 

[gupsterg]

i guess artic silver 5 is the most overrated thermal-paste outhere, also the most known for most people and stores... unfortunately not the best out there...

Regards,

When I built the i5 rig back in Mar 15, I did do some research as should I really use the AS5 with new CPU (besides other things). The conclusion I came to was for the cost of a new TIM and what I may gain from it, it was not worth it.

Der8auer has an interesting site, besides viewing his Haswell/DC OC guide and Asus M7 Ranger guide I viewed this.

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut delta 7.88°C

Artic Silver 5 delta 9.43°C

To me out laying say £5.80 for 1g or £14.11 for 5.5g vs using the tube I had or say £6.17 AS5 3.5g it was not worth it, perhaps it is for others .

 

[peche]

Thermal Grizzly is one of the most expensive TIM's, i like to try it out, maybe soon!

Regards,

 

[INSTG8R]

MX-4 on both.

 

[Ruru]

I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

 

[INSTG8R]

I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

 

[Recon-UK]

I use whatever i have around.

 

[Ruru]

Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

I've heard that but I'll still stick with TP

 

[Recon-UK]

I've heard that but I'll still stick with TP

That stuff stinks lol.

 

[Ruru]

That stuff stinks lol.

I prefer having some non-used when cleaning my old pastes from my HW

 

[peche]

MX-4 on both.

delidded i7?

I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

i have used toilet paper too, but ...

Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

this !

I use whatever i have around.

since its a survey, what do you have right now?

Regards,

 

[Recon-UK]

I have absolutely none left actually i need get some in for my next PC tear down for cleaning.

MX-4 though is most common for me.

 

[INSTG8R]

delidded i7?

Nah, not even OC'd either.

 

[Ruru]

I should get some more CLU since I'm thinking of another 780Ti..

 

[peche]

I have absolutely none left actually i need get some in for my next PC tear down for cleaning.

MX-4 though is most common for me.

gonna use arctic again ? cause Thermal Grizzly its another option, but a little bit expensive compared to other brands!

Regards,

 

[Recon-UK]

I keep hearing about grizzly bears on this site, is it that good?

 

[peche]

I keep hearing about grizzly bears on this site, is it that good?

one of the best rated products out there bro ...

 

[Ruru]

Here in Finland they also recommend the bear paste.

 

[Recon-UK]

About 7 quid in UK, will consider it next time

 

[peche]

Here in Finland they also recommend the bear paste.

yeah its everywhere! except costa rica....

About 7 quid in UK, will consider it next time

let us know!

 

[hat]

Well, I just sort of revived a PS3 with a re-pasting job. I used some of that infamous IC Diamond they were handing out here a while back for the job. I have a tube of MX-4, but I didn't really want to use it on a PS3... and I have lots of IC Diamond still and I figured the PS3 could handle it. The heatsink base isn't all the great to begin with anyways and the chips have heatspreaders on them so I went ahead with the IC Diamond. So far it's working great. Before I got my hands on it they used to have to have a house fan blowing on it just to use the system and it would supposedly still have overheating problems... now there's no fan blowing on it at all and it ran The Last Of Us for over an hour like a champ.

I'll save the MX-4 for applications that I think demand better performance and reliability... like applying to bare dies, preserving nice (or fragile) heatsink bases, or situations where I just want lower temps. When the application isn't critical, I'll use the IC Diamond... until I run out (if ever). At which point I'll just buy more MX-4, or whatever the current leading paste is.