We tested 90 different thermal pastes to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2024: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked : Read more
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2024: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked : Read more
An additional measurement that might be most useful is how a paste holds its thermal properties over time. I would rather know which paste can (or can't) maintain its cooling ability over 5+ years of use vs which is 2 degrees better when new. Maybe all pastes work well over the years or maybe several have a severe performance drop in just a year or two. They all seem to perform very well when new but what about in 5 years?
I don't think that's a problem if we're using quality paste of known brands. I'm quite sure that in 5 years, we loose more cooling performance because of dust that accumulates (glues) on air cooler surface.They all seem to perform very well when new but what about in 5 years?
Something makes me wonder in this test.. for example: When Noctua is used on AIO it's on 6th place, but on air cooler it's on 7th place (both high tension). If we test paste only, that shouldn't happen, because paste has the same conductivity on both cooling solutions. Or, why is i.e. Kingpin KPx so much better on air cooler than on AIO?
What I'm trying to say is, cooler model/type shouldn't influence quality of thermal paste. Or am I missing something?
Excellent post, I'd just want to report that the link "best methods for applying thermal paste here" is down.We tested 90 different thermal pastes to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2021: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked : Read more
Dang it.We tested 90 different thermal pastes to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2021: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked : Read more
Hi, please see my post here about the "paste test" https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...astes-tested-and-ranked.3690828/post-22414162We tested 90 different thermal pastes to help you find the best one to help cool your CPU.
Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2021: 90 Pastes Tested and Ranked : Read more