Anyone lost interest in performance heatsink paste?

Ice Tea

Ice Tea

Ice Tea

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Something i've been noticing more recently online are people saying that they will just use what ever paste comes with the cooler for their next build or heatsink remounts?

So wondered if any OCUK users have lost interest in the extra expense?
 
Expense is pretty minimal imo. A tube of "decent" stuff generally lasts ages as well. Unless you are changing things often.

Granted the temperature differences are often small but they are there.
 
I use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and won't use anything else until something better comes along in paste form. The price is reasonable and considering how long a tube lasts the price isn't worth thinking about.
 
pastymuncher said:
I use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and won't use anything else until something better comes along in paste form. The price is reasonable and considering how long a tube lasts the price isn't worth thinking about.
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Absolutely this. I had a tube of AS5 that lasted years, a tube of TGK finally replaced it and should see me through another few rebuilds yet.
 
pastymuncher said:
I use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and won't use anything else until something better comes along in paste form. The price is reasonable and considering how long a tube lasts the price isn't worth thinking about.
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I use this but I buy the small tube every time I build a new PC however last time I looked at tests and I noticed I had acquired about 5 different pastes from various coolers, etc. One of them reviewed highly and another 2 did very well and one was okay.

I think in the grand scheme of things if you buy a decent cooler you get decent paste with it.

So from now on I'll just use what comes with it.
 
It has never really bothered me - properly applied most of the good pastes really aren't within a huge difference of each other and I'd rather use a proven long term paste than the next big shouty thing that manages to shave 1-2C off in a review.
 
It depends.

I'll generally just use whatever paste the heatsink comes with, unless you're trying to solve a temperature problem or overclocking to the max the temp difference is generally irrelevant. Given the tiny amount you get with a HSF however, I end up buying a tube of the stuff at some point simply due to reapplying down the line or upgrading.
 
I've used all sorts of heatsink compound over the years but only really bought Arctic silver and Ceramique. I no longer worry about it. A degree here or there...doesn't bother me.
 
Any of you guys tried thermal grizzly
Carbonaut thermal pads?
No worries about what method to apply unlike paste
No mess or need for cleaning cpu
Reusable and doesn't dry out
Probably not ideal for heavy overclocking
And is conductive but shouldn't be applying it with power to the board anyway
But still it looks interesting
Roughly comparable to mx4 from few reviews I read
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Any of you guys tried thermal grizzly
Carbonaut thermal pads?
No worries about what method to apply unlike paste
No mess or need for cleaning cpu
Reusable and doesn't dry out
Probably not ideal for heavy overclocking
And is conductive but shouldn't be applying it with power to the board anyway
But still it looks interesting
Roughly comparable to mx4 from few reviews I read
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While the thermal properties can be better than thermal paste, you just cant produce it as thin as applied thermal paste. The amount of pressure required to compress it to match a top end paste would probably snap the board.
 
I grabbed a mighty tube of paste from China, recommended by Tech Yes City chappy. Works fine and was about £6 for a huge tube. Lost interest absolutely.
 
drakulton said:
While the thermal properties can be better than thermal paste, you just cant produce it as thin as applied thermal paste. The amount of pressure required to compress it to match a top end paste would probably snap the board.
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Could work well with a flattened IHS and cooler I guess.
 
I've always used aftermarket thermal compound. However I tend not to upgrade components like I used to.

For example, I watercooled my 1080ti 3 years ago, the block etc hasn't been off since. Temps are the same as when I first applied it.

CPU hasn't been redone for 2 years+

I find as long as it's been applied correctly theres no need to keep replacing it every few months.
 
I have a 2700k that has been sitting with some mx-4 for the past 5 years, oc'd to 4.6ghz and still idles at 30°
 
Ice Tea said:
So wondered if any OCUK users have lost interest in the extra expense?
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I have a tube of Arctic Silver 5 and I see no reason to get anything else until that tube is used up. A degree or two difference isn't worth the trouble. Noise is a different matter...
 
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