Which Thermal Paste to get please

foster grant · 27 Jun 2018 at 15:43

OK I have 3 PCs to clean out and put some new Thermal Paste in, all of them use AIO coolers and I'm not sure which Thermal Grizzly to use ?

Thanks

ExRayTed · 27 Jun 2018 at 17:07

This one I imagine.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1.5ml / 3.9g= £8.45

Total: £11.19 (includes shipping: £2.74)

Kyo · 27 Jun 2018 at 19:55

Can't go wrong with artic silver 5.

lee32uk · 27 Jun 2018 at 20:40

I would go with the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

Not sure how much 1g will cover so they do a larger tube as well.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99
1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 5.5g / 1.5 ml= £13.49

Total: £21.96 (includes shipping: £3.48)

EsaT · 27 Jun 2018 at 21:34

Kyo said:
Can't go wrong with artic silver 5.

Actually it hasn't been top performer in decade.
Though it's certainly not bad, but why take risks with possible electric conductivity when there are better non-conductive pastes?

Also AS5 doesn't seem to be rated for easiest spreading/using:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-13.html
I don't think there's any other as big comparison:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-9.html

Kyo · 27 Jun 2018 at 21:57

I haven't upgraded in quite a while, is the thermal paste really changed that much? In the process of an upgrade so better change what I was going to use. Thanks.

foster grant · 28 Jun 2018 at 00:44

OK thanks

flea.rider · 28 Jun 2018 at 05:54

arctic silver ceramique been using this for yrs ...then again I did buy a 30gm tube

Skorpion · 28 Jun 2018 at 11:54

lee32uk said:
I would go with the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

Yep, kryonaut works very well on temps

Glanza · 28 Jun 2018 at 12:08

+1 for Grizzly.

Rroff · 28 Jun 2018 at 12:17

EsaT said:
Actually it hasn't been top performer in decade.
Though it's certainly not bad, but why take risks with possible electric conductivity when there are better non-conductive pastes?

Also AS5 doesn't seem to be rated for easiest spreading/using:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-13.html
I don't think there's any other as big comparison:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-9.html

That is because AS5 was not designed for spreading despite quite a few people persisting in doing so - the original application notes even said not to but they seem to have changed it more recently to be more tolerant of spreading (it is still not optimal). Possibly because so many keep using it that way.

It also takes a few more heat cycles than most pastes before it reaches optimal performance.

Both factors often aren't taken into account in comparisons - often under some misguided idea of "consistency".

Yadda · 28 Jun 2018 at 12:20

I used Arctic MX4 last time, seems to work well (PC specs in sig, CPU usually sits in the low 40's when gaming and in the 50's when benching).

I used AS5 for years before that, which also worked well.

To be honest, unless you're trying to break world records I don't think it makes much difference. Just pick a flavour you like.