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Best thermal paste

Alpenföhn Permafrost 2 for me. :)

Which reminds me, how often do people re-apply thermal paste? And also does it have a shelf life (my tube is 3 years old now)? If I have to renew I may try out their Alpenföhn Blitzeis next (on par with Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut but cheaper apparently).
 
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Firegod said:
Alpenföhn Permafrost 2 for me. :)

Which reminds me, how often do people re-apply thermal paste? And also does it have a shelf life (my tube is 3 years old now)? If I have to renew I may try out their Alpenföhn Blitzeis next (on par with Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut but cheaper apparently).
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You need to reapply haha.

I just launch the thermal pad in and forget about it.
 
Firegod said:
Alpenföhn Permafrost 2 for me. :)

Which reminds me, how often do people re-apply thermal paste? And also does it have a shelf life (my tube is 3 years old now)? If I have to renew I may try out their Alpenföhn Blitzeis next (on par with Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut but cheaper apparently).
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Very rarely have to re-apply thermal paste if applied properly in the first place, some exceptions like earlier batches of certain Thermal Grizzly types which were needing redoing in a couple of years or so though supposedly they've fixed that. Typically I've not seen any noticeable degradation in performance until around 7 years or so, by which point most systems are past their useful life anyhow.

Properly stored shelf-life is usually 6-8 years though it can be hit and miss - I've found pastes which weren't useable past 3 years in a drawer and others fine at 10 years, etc.
 
Rroff said:
Very rarely have to re-apply thermal paste if applied properly in the first place, some exceptions like earlier batches of certain Thermal Grizzly types which were needing redoing in a couple of years or so though supposedly they've fixed that. Typically I've not seen any noticeable degradation in performance until around 7 years or so, by which point most systems are past their useful life anyhow.

Properly stored shelf-life is usually 6-8 years though it can be hit and miss - I've found pastes which weren't useable past 3 years in a drawer and others fine at 10 years, etc.
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Cheers @Rroff
 
anyone use the Extreme version of Kryonaut? Either the paste i have is too old and needs replacing (have a stash of thermal paste since a good couple years ago maybe) or i'm not patient enough, and when trying to repaste my CPU, it was extremely thick and almost impossible to spread evenly, so i gave up and used normal Kryo instead.

Is it meant to be that hard to do? it was like Cryonaught but just wouldn't spread properly.
 
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anyone use the Extreme version of Kryonaut? Either the paste i have is too old and needs replacing (have a stash of thermal paste since a good couple years ago maybe) or i'm not patient enough, and when trying to repaste my CPU, it was extremely thick and almost impossible to spread evenly, so i gave up and used normal Kryo instead.

Is it meant to be that hard to do? it was like Cryonaught but just wouldn't spread properly.
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Depending on how old the paste is, though I thought it more than 2 years ago now, apparently they changed some of those pastes due to issues with lifespan past about 2 years both applied and shelf life. I had to repaste a couple of systems but if my memory is correct that was like 2019.
 
Rroff said:
Depending on how old the paste is, though I thought it more than 2 years ago now, apparently they changed some of those pastes due to issues with lifespan past about 2 years both applied and shelf life. I had to repaste a couple of systems but if my memory is correct that was like 2019.
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i see ok. Will get new paste in due course and retest
 
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i see ok. Will get new paste in due course and retest
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Have you checked the authenticity (depending where you got it from) ? there was some fakes of TG pastes popping up on the likes of Amazon and/or old batches being sold by some marketplace sellers, etc. not sure if still the case but they used to have a code you could scan.
 
Rroff said:
Have you checked the authenticity (depending where you got it from) ? there was some fakes of TG pastes popping up on the likes of Amazon and/or old batches being sold by some marketplace sellers, etc. not sure if still the case but they used to have a code you could scan.
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nah.. i get all my TP from OCUK or any reputable retailers online... and in urgent situations, theres a local Currys nearby which stocks them.
 
im4gine3 said:
anyone use the Extreme version of Kryonaut? Either the paste i have is too old and needs replacing (have a stash of thermal paste since a good couple years ago maybe) or i'm not patient enough, and when trying to repaste my CPU, it was extremely thick and almost impossible to spread evenly, so i gave up and used normal Kryo instead.

Is it meant to be that hard to do? it was like Cryonaught but just wouldn't spread properly.
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Yeah it's a pain to spread for sure, the lower ones are easier to use unless you intend to go sub 0.
 
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