Best Thermal Paste

Reaper652 · 7 Aug 2010 at 17:29

nlr said:
I'm shocked that no-one mention mx-4 the new version? surely thats got to be better than mx-3?

Its not much different on performance from what ive seen, but is cheaper and apparently easier to spread.

Helios1234 · 7 Aug 2010 at 18:22

I'd normally go for the MX-3 but the Thermalright Chillfactor II is better. MX-4 suck

wonderlust · 7 Aug 2010 at 18:27

I've been using ceramique, just trying some free IC diamond product, getting 2-4 degree drop so far

mrtckane · 7 Aug 2010 at 18:43

i dunno what am using, possibly the akasa gear or something.

bulldog147 · 7 Aug 2010 at 18:59

Or perhap a butter paste would be better then!

madindehead · 7 Aug 2010 at 19:32

MX-3 is pretty good

dfour · 8 Aug 2010 at 10:25

The cool lbratory liqued pro looked good until I read its electrically conductive and you can use it on AMD chips

Looks like I will have to retire my tubes of ceramiq and as5 and just use the Diamond IC and maybe get some chillfactor 2 when that runs out.

pastymuncher · 8 Aug 2010 at 15:43

MX-2 is the best bang for buck these days. It's only minimally behind MX-3 in performance yet can be picked up for a mere £2.59 a tube now. AS5 is prehistoric now and should be left to die. Why wait 200 hours for full performance when you can have it instantly?

Jargan · 8 Aug 2010 at 19:57

gelid paste

Helios1234 · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:54

Spooner God said:
gelid paste

The Gelid isn't as great as the mx3.

RobEves · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:05

MX-2, never used anything else.

celliott · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:24

Artic cooling MX2 or MX3. Used to swear by AS5 but this stuff is just as good / if not better, much much cheaper and isnt conductive.

Razor Time · 9 Aug 2010 at 11:57

I have just swapped from MX3 to Gelid Extreme and I must say I prefer it. Glid covers the cpu much better than MX3 and my temps dropped a few degrees at load.

kayomani · 9 Aug 2010 at 12:41

MX3, impressed with the results and quite thankful its not conductive as I made a bit of a mess of applying it ;/

koooowweeee · 9 Aug 2010 at 13:55

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62

that should clear things up

CaptainRAVE · 9 Aug 2010 at 14:04

To use the Arctic Silver 5 or mx2 that I have lying around? That is my decision this week. Ideas?

perry081064 · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:54

mx2 was a winner for me, woldve used mx3 but i already had some mx2

exotic444 · 5 Sep 2010 at 02:01

nlr said:
just found this

Doesnt that mean Indigo xtreme is the best thermal compound? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Larry365 · 5 Sep 2010 at 02:16

Graphs dont lie lol

I dunno whether the best two are conductive or not. Some times its nice to go for one that isnt.

I found mx-3 to be really nice to work with, and it delivered

Duff-Man · 5 Sep 2010 at 04:24

exotic444 said:
Doesnt that mean Indigo xtreme is the best thermal compound? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes it does, and if you read the roundup that came from (on skinnee labs website) then you will see that the indigo extreme is a near-perfect thermal compound.

BUT, it doesn't work like a normal compound. You dont squeeze it from a tube like all the others. It's a solid metal that melts under heat. It comes on a single-application card that you place on the cpu. You then 'cook' this card, by not using a fan or pump on your heatsink, in order to melt the metal and generate the seal.

It's about $20 for two applications, only works with LGA 1366 CPUs, and I've not seen it for sale over here.

The shin etsu compound is the winner of the traditional thermal compounds in that roundup. By far. Though ski.nee still likes MX2 because it's easy to work with.