What thermal material is the best these days?

Liam

Liam

Liam

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Hi all,

About to get a new case and VGA cooler so I was also looking at thermal materials. I've still got a tube of Arctic Silver 5 - Is this stuff still OK to use? I've seen a few people mention the Liquid Metal thermal material, is this much better?

Is there something you would use on the CPU and something different on a GPU?

Thanks for any advice given,

Liam
 
I find mx4 to be better than arctic silver 5,that liquid metal cant be used on aluminium as it corrodes it,only copper or plated surfaces like nickel plate

on a gpu you can use mx4 and cpu liquid pro
 
yeah just look if its copper or not,its usually very shiny if its plated,aluminium is a dull silver colour
 
mx4? just apply it as thin as you can

liquid pro you just need one tiny drop and spread it out with a cotton bud,it looks like molten solder but stays a liquid
 
the ultra is slightly thicker from what ive read,but no difference in temps

ive only used the pro myself
 
Will the liquid metal stuff be ok with a GPU chip? I've purchased the Accelero Twin Turbo II cooler which has a copper core.

Cheers
 
yeah if you super carefull not to get it anywhere else other than the gpu die as its conductive

mx4 is fine for gpu's as its thicker,ive tried liquid pro on a gpu it made 0 difference for some odd reason,but try yourself if you want
 
Thanks for the reply mate. MX-4 on a GPU - Spread evenly or put a pea sized splodge in the middle and let the heatsink do the work?
 
should be fine ive always done it that way,rubber glove/clingfilm/carrier bag? that will work

or just a tiny blob and let the heatsink spread it,i just like to make sure its spread n spread it myself
 
Thanks. I read on the Arctic Silver website that with my i5 you simply draw a line of compound down the middle down the CPU and then install the heatsink. I'm going to apply liquid metal to this when I get my nee case & heatsink anyway. Just an odd way of apply it.
 
I think the MX4 is best. I picked it up a few weeks ago to replace stock paste that came with the Coolermaster 212 EVO heatsink and got about 3C lower underload.

I personally think there is no "correct" way of applying it, but I personally just put a pea sized blob in the centre of the processor and let the heatsink spread it.
 
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