Recommended Thermal Paste?

[arc@css]

Hi,

I'm going to be adding a new CPU into my AM4 system,
and I'm completely out of the loop in regard to which thermal paste to get.

Can someone please recommend a couple of options?

Thanks.

 

[welshrat]

Hi,

I'm going to be adding a new CPU into my AM4 system,
and I'm completely out of the loop in regard to which thermal paste to get.

Can someone please recommend a couple of options?

Thanks.

MX6 or thermal grizzly have been really good for me the last few years. Built about 5 systems in that time. Currently using MX6 and is keeping my 9800X3D cool.

 

[dave28]

Been using MX4 for as long as I can remember, it might not be the best in tests but i found it easy to use, usually easy to remove coolers and easy to clean

 

[arc@css]

Thank you, chaps.
Is the sheet/pads (like the Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet) better or worse than the pastes?

 

[mickyflinn]

Thank you, chaps.
Is the sheet/pads (like the Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet) better or worse than the pastes?

They are good but mx4 is still the best bang for buck imo.

 

[sx_turbo]

Ptm7950 is another choice people rave about.

Ive had great success with noctuas nt-h2 paste.

 

[Rroff]

Hard to go wrong with MX4, in my experience 6 will perform a little better for load temperatures on higher wattage CPUs but otherwise performs fairly similar to 4.

 

[PowerPie5000]

I've tried a few different brands over the years, but Arctic MX-6 is what I usually use now (MX-4 is still decent too). There's not really much difference in temps between brands when it comes to regular thermal pastes these days. Pretty much anything from Noctua, Arctic, Thermal Grizzly, Geilid, Thermalright, Cooler Master and others will be fine.

The thermal paste that comes with whatever cooler you get will most likely be fine too.