Cooling / GPU

Snodge · 24 Aug 2015 at 16:03

Hi Guys, I'm currently looking to replace the Paste on my 4980HQ and 980M on my alienware 17 R2 and my PC's parts.

What paste would you recommend? Apparently IC Diamond is the best however it's no longer available did they make an alternative?

ttaskmaster · 24 Aug 2015 at 16:08

Have used MX2 and MX4, as well as Thermal Grizzly. All three are just dandy, IMO and miles better than the crappy Arctic Silver stuff I used to use!

Deathjester · 24 Aug 2015 at 16:16

EK Gelid Extreme, or coollaboratory liquid ultra.
The latter is harder to use however.

fobose · 24 Aug 2015 at 17:17

I've always used Arctic MX 2 too and had excellent results. I replaced my 8800GT compound with the stuff and, although I put a new cooler on as well, it dropped the temps from 82c to 65c full load (the cooler was a passive Arctic accelero, the original was a reference design BFG cooler).

Danny75 · 24 Aug 2015 at 17:25

MX2 seems to be good for GPUs. I used some, together with cleaning out the heatsink (about a year or so of use, wasn't terribly dusty) and it helped drop temps to below original temps at time of purchase.

Having said that, there's so much buzz about Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut that I'd probably get that if I were buying more paste today.