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Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:07 am
by DJ Tucker
Just thought i'd see what thermal paste everyone prefers/what they swear by. i have used many pastes like:
OCZ Freeze CPU 51c GPU 62c
AS5 CPU 49c GPU 60c
Arctic MX-4 CPU 47c GPU 59c
Unknown Brand Silicon CPU 55c GPU 65c
Arctic MX-4 i swear by as i get the lower cpu and gpu load temps with it. and just to make sure i re-applied each 3 times and tested at room temp 19c.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:04 pm
by Clouseau
Always achieved best temps with Zalman's STG1. With my 940 clocked at 3.57GHz only time have seen it hit 51C was during a Prime95 session. Artic Silver5 would peek at 54C. Those are the only two compunds have ever used.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:47 pm
by Apoptosis
Have you ever tried Shin-Etsu?
I use a bunch of theirs on builds i do.
Personally, I've been using Gelid GC-Extreme on my builds
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http://www.gelidsolutions.com/products/ ... id=3&id=42
It's pretty good stuff.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:12 pm
by bubba
GC Extreme for me.
Used MX2 and MX4 in the past. Think the sun has set on AS5.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:38 pm
by PassionMangoboom
I think it would be either Arctic MX-4 or Arctic Silver 5. They are both great thermal paste and good temperature at all time.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:11 am
by DJ Tucker
i might have to try that gc extreme. as i have heard some good results with that paste.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:15 am
by Neptune24
I'll be honest I'm too lazy to use the pastes. I have always bought a motherboard with the processor and heatsink installed.
Re: Thermal paste- what do you think?
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:12 am
by alexbilas
Judging by the data, arctic mx-4 would be the best
