This heat sink compound is electrically capacitive, and the heatsink must be cleaned with alcohol before the application of this paste. Paste must be applied using a brush, which is included with the paste.
This must not be used on aluminum materials. All of these drawbacks and difficulties just might be worth it for your trouble, however. This thermal paste can reduce the temperature of your computer by more than 10 degrees, depending on the rest of the components in your PC. Weigh the options and be sure to read all of the included instructions before pulling the trigger on purchasing this particular thermal paste.
Here is yet another completely different product. Cooler Master was off the market for a while, but it returned with its Maker series of thermal pastes. This compound uses nano-diamonds, and while these can sometimes scratch up the materials they are meant to protect, the diamonds in this product are too small to do that. These tiny particles can get into very small places, making for better conductivity. Reviewers are very impressed with this paste, and in certain tests it was only beat out by one other thermal paste.
It also includes a cleaning cloth, which most other pastes do not. Leave that job to the Noctua NT-H1. Using the wrong paste can lead to damage and overheating, so be sure to avoid making the wrong choice when you add a thermal paste to your online shopping cart. Remember to carefully consider pricing and your own gaming needs. If you have the best gaming PC , for instance, you might need a paste that works better for overclocking.
Other needs will require other pastes, so do your research on each one presented here before going out and buying one. Arctic Silver Official Site. Arctic Official Site. Thermal Grizzly Official Site. CoolMaster Official Site. These are a few factors for computer enthusiasts to consider before purchasing a thermal compound that will work best to improve the temperature, as well as the performance of their PC.
The second factor to consider is the thermal conductivity of the paste. Each thermal paste comes with its own thermal conductivity rating for how efficient it is at transferring heat from the processor to the heatsink. Liquid and non-metallic compounds have different conductivity levels. As a general rule, the higher the number rating, the better the compound is going to be at heat conduction.
This will allow it to squeeze throughout the CPU easily. When choosing the right paste, care must also be taken to ensure that the paste has the right consistency for applying it directly to the CPU or GPU without risking damage to the components.
The higher the viscosity of the compound, the thicker it will be so that it looks more like an actual paste. This type of paste is typically better for sticking the heat sink compound to the processor. Compounds with lower viscosity are typically more liquid, and these tend to leak onto the motherboard easily when too much of the compound is used.
A compound with low conductivity can also be chosen to allow application without shorts, even if the paste touches any of the electrical components. The thermal design power shows the amount of power that a processor is going to use. This can be used as an estimate to determine how hot it is going to get. A processor with higher TDP is likely to use more power and, therefore, generate a lot more heat.
This is something else to consider when choosing the best thermal compound to ensure that it can handle the heat generated to keep the components safe, cool, and performing at their best. The TDP is listed on the processor specs. Even with the best thermal compound on the market, it will be next to impossible to bring down the temperature of a system if the cooling solution being used is not a very effective one.
Use only a pea-sized amount of paste. Apply it to the center in order to allow the heatsink to push the substance down onto the CPU. This is a great technique to prevent spreading the paste over the heat spreader and the method works particularly well with less viscous solutions. When using a liquid compound, apply a paper-thin layer over your CPU using just a dot of the substance on either side of the CPU.
Most manufacturers specify a shelf life of up to three years for packages that are unopened. However, that does not take into consideration the date the tube was produced. This means that even when enthusiasts buy compounds new, they may have been sitting on some shelf for quite a while which makes it likely that the compound has already degraded.
This buying guide is a great resource to use when searching for the best thermal compound to keep any system cool and enhance performance dramatically. Christian is a tech enthusiast with a strong background in computer systems and smart devices.
You'll find Christian writing about computer components, electronics, smart devices, and more. He's a content creator by day and a hardcore gamer by night. In his free time, you can find him on a number of World of Warcraft servers or capturing epic landscapes with his mini drone. It makes no sense win paired with the rest of the article. Granted that particular pc never did anything other than simple internet browsing mostly email related and word processing.
Reasons to avoid - None. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. Reasons to avoid - Price per gram. Cooler Master MasterGel Pro v2. Relative Performance: 3. Reasons to avoid - Moderate price per gram cost. Arctic MX Thermal Conductivity: 6.
Thermal Conductivity: 8. Noctua NT-H1. Thermal Conductivity: Unlisted. Gelid GC-Extreme. Reasons to avoid - Requires some pressure on the syringe to apply correctly. Thermal Conductivity: 2. Reasons to avoid - Difficult to find. SYY Ease of Use: 3. Reasons to avoid - Rather thick - Difficult to spread. Thermal Conductivity: 1. Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut.
Specifications Electrically Conductive: Yes. Ease of Use: 2. Reasons to avoid - Price - Difficult to apply - Electrically conductive. CoolLaboratory Liquid Pro. Reasons to avoid - Difficult to apply - Electrically conductive. Image 1 of 6. Image 2 of 6. Image 3 of 6.
Image 4 of 6. Image 5 of 6. Image 6 of 6. Image 1 of 5. Image 2 of 5. Image 3 of 5. Image 4 of 5. Image 5 of 5. Topics Thermal Compound. See all comments Dang, this is nice. The results for gpu applications would be different though, as the more viscous pastes would have an edge here - at least from what I've read so far.
Yep, I agree, but the thinking being GPU thermal paste updates are a bit more specific and not necessarily as user-friendly as CPU cooling applications, so we will likely be focusing on them as a standalone article with some reference back here. But yes, I would like to get something like that in the near future. Oh yeah, it's definitely a bit more involved than cpu coolers. Wow, how's things have improved! I've used MX-4 for like the last decade.
Good to know there's something better and not overly expensive. I use GD As usual, great review, Garrott, and very thorough.
I can appreciate how tedious and time consuming that work can be, as well as the research, patience and attention to detail that's required.
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