TG Kryonaut - 3 years in tube, is it still usable?

Robert T.

Robert T.

Robert T.

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Hi all,

I bought tube of Kryonaut 3 years ago and used it only to do my 8700K, rest of it is still in tube.

Have two HP microservers Gen 8, where I want to replace CPU from whatever Atom/Celeron dual core CPU they have to more powerful units.

My questions are:
1. Is this paste any good for application anymore?
1a. Would it be enough for 2 more CPU's??
2. After 3 years of having 8700K overclocked to 5.1Ghz, would it be beneficial to buy new tube, repaste it and use remainder for microservers? Refer to question 1a..

Not really have experience with repasting CPU's once applied, but my CPU doesn't go above 85 degrees even when gaming...
 
Robert T. said:
Hi all,

I bought tube of Kryonaut 3 years ago and used it only to do my 8700K, rest of it is still in tube.

Have two HP microservers Gen 8, where I want to replace CPU from whatever Atom/Celeron dual core CPU they have to more powerful units.

My questions are:
1. Is this paste any good for application anymore?
1a. Would it be enough for 2 more CPU's??
2. After 3 years of having 8700K overclocked to 5.1Ghz, would it be beneficial to buy new tube, repaste it and use remainder for microservers? Refer to question 1a..

Not really have experience with repasting CPU's once applied, but my CPU doesn't go above 85 degrees even when gaming...
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I wouldn't, get some more or TFX/NT-H2/etc.
 
If you've kept it at steady neither cold or especially hot temperature it's likely perfectly OK.
Storage condition is big factor for shelf life of thermal pastes.

You know it's gone bad if it comes out from tube unevenly as separate liquid and solid parts.
(or solid part doesn't come out at all)
 
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