Which Thermal Paste?

[AStaley]

Been a while since I last built a PC and when I did I always used Arctic Silver, but seems a lot of people now recommend Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste.

Is it this one; https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ther...formance-thermal-paste-1-gramm-th-020-tg.html

Thanks.

 

[AStaley]

I've personally not had any issues with Kryonaut either, but the official Thermal Grizzly representative has confirmed that a bad Kryonaut batch was the cause of component damage:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32810140

So for me, I'd still do small test first to be on the safe side.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll test a small amount before applying to CPU.

 

[AStaley]

MSI had the best application method

As I'll be working on an Asus board should I wear red rubber gloves, or will they cause the temps to be slightly higher?

 

[AStaley]

So got my 3900X and applied some Kyronaught, which even though I warmed it up was hard going. I went with the spread method but as I was trying to spread it it kept coming away. After a little perseverance I got it spread although was a little patchy, do you think this will be okay, I imagine it will spread as I apply pressure with the cooling block?

 

[AStaley]

Did you use the included spreader? I had a mare with the spreader on my 3700x and resorted to the tried and tested old credit card, which was much better.

I did, I even left it in a glass of boiling water to try and soften it. In the end I've cleaned off the Kyronaut and replaced it with MX-4, application was much smoother and around the same temps. Lows are currently around 33c and maximum when running Prime95 is 82c and that's leaving my cooler on silent setting, if I bring the fans speed up to just about audible it drops to 74c. In hindsight should have stuck with what I know.