MX4 Thermal Paste

bulldog147 · 19 Oct 2010 at 12:47

I just ordered MX4 thermal compound from ocuk and will test it over the weekend to compare with MX3 and Chillfactor III. Wish me best of luck. And I hope (Rich from ocuk) is right about this beauty MX4 is the best ever.

And guess what, it my birthday today! 41 today!

Greebo · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:03

He's wrong. MX-3 is the best.

But seriously, is your loop so high end that you might notice the less than half a degree difference between MX-3 and MX-4? Is it really worth the cost and the effort?

rjk · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:21

happy birthday mate

greebo - im never wrong

MX4 is a spectacular element
it is a superb addition to anyones system.

bulldog, you will not be dissapoint

MooMoo444 · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:22

Greebo said:
He's wrong. MX-3 is the best.

But seriously, is your loop so high end that you might notice the less than half a degree difference between MX-3 and MX-4? Is it really worth the cost and the effort?

Hey, it's his hobby so why not have some fun :cool:

And happy birthday

AgedIdiot · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:39

MooMoo444 said:
And happy birthday

+1

bulldog147 · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:59

Thank you all so much. I try to keep away from pc to spend time with my family tonight on my birthday

bulldog147 · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:59

MX3 v CF3 v MX4 result for i7 920 4.3ghz at 1.29vcore with 1 fan of viper at full max speed:

mx3 idle are 42, 43, 42, 41 and under load 76, 77, 76, 75
cf3 idle are 41, 42, 43, 42 and under load 74, 75, 75, 74
mx4 idle are: 39, 37, 37, 36 and under load 74, 72, 73, 72

mx4 spread out is more easy than mx3 and it better than mx3. Thanks Rich

rjk · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:09

wow
a nice improvement of your core i7 temperatures

good to see a better result

Freelanc3r · 20 Oct 2010 at 19:22

Sweet, happy birthday bulldog.

Defo will invest in some when I have an urge to take my CPU block off lol

XILLAX · 20 Oct 2010 at 19:31

nice bulldog
it's really good to see someone test the differences and then post the results so others know that they are really buying the better product.

also, happy belated birthday

!

bulldog147 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:18

I like the mx4 as it much better and I was surprise to see lower temp max out at around 74C compare to chillfactor 3 at around 75C and the mx3 are 2 degree higher at 77C.

I have to say that mx4 and chillfactor 3 are one of the best but for easy spread out on the cpu is mx4 come out the winner overall.

bulldog147 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:21

rjkoneill said:
wow
a nice improvement of your core i7 temperatures

good to see a better result

Thank Rich, you ought to start build ocuk system with mx4 thermal from now on as it cheaper than mx3 (only a pound less saving)

alistair55 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:28

*clicks add to basket*

alistair55 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:29

tips on applying it?

bulldog147 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:39

alistair55 said:
tips on applying it?

just put a small pea sized in the centre and it will spread out even itself

MouthBoy · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:42

Can I ask how AS5 would perform against MX4 then?

bulldog147 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:52

smeaney said:
Can I ask how AS5 would perform against MX4 then?

Oh blimey, that's was a long time ago with my old tower case (poor airflow) before I upgrade to Antec 1200 case, so I cannot comment about AS5 but I would say MX4 will beat AS5 by miles ahead because of no curse time.

MouthBoy · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:53

Might have to get myself a tube then... will order a second Apache too I thinks

rjk · 21 Oct 2010 at 08:34

smeaney said:
Can I ask how AS5 would perform against MX4 then?

mx4 is also non conductive and has no cure time before working optimally.

Pers · 21 Oct 2010 at 10:23

Happy 41st! Got there in July myself.

I've been thinking of giving the Mx-4 a whirl. Intresting to see those temps in comparison to Mx-3.