should i use Gellid paste or Arctic5..?

snadge · 17 Jul 2011 at 16:08

I have both = the Gellid came with the CPU Cooler (Gellid Tranquillo) and i have some arctic5

which should I use?

thanks

ScratchFive · 17 Jul 2011 at 18:00

arctic 5 is generally considered to be one of the best.
I have no experience with the gelid stuff but I think its a pretty safe bet the arctic 5 is better

maj · 17 Jul 2011 at 18:15

I have same cooler but used some arctic thermal paste that I bought separately.

iridium21 · 17 Jul 2011 at 22:11

I have the same cooler and used the paste included on my 1100T - seems very good!

snadge · 17 Jul 2011 at 23:46

i used the arctic5 following the guide online creating a 1mm line down center of the CPU - i didnt tint the HSF & CPU though cos i didnt have suitable cloth to remove paste - this reduces break in durations which is 200 hours for artcic 5 silver

OLDPHART · 18 Jul 2011 at 13:44

While AS5 is tried and tested but a little out of date, go for MX4 no curing time, etc, lasts upto 8 years, very easy to apply. A small pea sized blob in the middle of your cpu, tight'n down your heatsink in the correct way as instructed, check your temps. Overclock your CPU about a weeks time tight'n the heatsink just a tad more as the TIM would have settled down.

Subliminal Aura · 18 Jul 2011 at 14:51

OLDPHART said:
While AS5 is tried and tested but a little out of date, go for MX4 no curing time, etc, lasts upto 8 years, very easy to apply

+1

I've grown very tired of AS5, it's conductive too :/

vectisitch · 19 Jul 2011 at 09:43

i've no experience of mx-4 but i know mx-3 is the nuts so no reason why mx-4 should'nt work