MX-4?

mayebaza · 7 Jul 2010 at 11:21

I understand there are many who sing the praises of MX-3 over AS5. Arctic Cooling now has a successor to MX-3, MX-4. This new thermal compound improves on MX-3 by spreading, cooling better, and cheaper to buy. Have any forum members put these claims to the test?

http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16538&Itemid=1.

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Helios1234 · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:39

I've got some but I found it to be slightly worse than the MX-3. But it is cheaper...

Mr. May · 11 Jul 2010 at 01:22

i've used artic 7 and the artic ceremic and the mx-3 is a lot better but harder 2 apply would like to know if the mx-4 is any easier?

Helios1234 · 11 Jul 2010 at 19:30

Mr. May said:
i've used artic 7 and the artic ceremic and the mx-3 is a lot better but harder 2 apply would like to know if the mx-4 is any easier?

I apply all the thermal paste the same way by putting a small amount and letting the heatsink spread it. I did find that it was more viscous so it would be harder to spread by hand.