Best thermal paste for Overclocking an R5 2600x

[joestanley2003ct]

Which is the best thermal paste for the Ryzen 5 2600x - i am going to keep the stock cooler until i have the money to upgrade but i want to have some good thermal compound.

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

I’ve heard Arctic Silver 5 is good.

 

[terry4536]

The thermal paste that comes reapplied is fine. I'd use commercial thermal paste once you need to remove the CPU cooler.

There are many good thermal paste. Artic Silver 5, Noctua NT-H1 , or Tuniq TX-2 are a few examples.

Artic Silver 5,
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

 

[TJ Hooker]

I wouldn't sweat it too much, your choice of thermal paste will only make a few degrees difference at most.

 

[joestanley2003ct]

i am also looking to repaint my GPUs backplate (Zotac 1070ti AMP EXTREME) and that will require me to replace the thermal paste. is the gpu and cpu compound the same?

 

[terry4536]

i am also looking to repaint my GPUs backplate (Zotac 1070ti AMP EXTREME) and that will require me to replace the thermal paste. is the gpu and cpu compound the same?

You would only need to change the thermal paste on the GPU if you removed the cooler. And that will void the warranty. Besides you can't really see the GPU back plate once it is installed.

Normally there is a a thermal paste in ribbon form applied to the GPU itself and the VRM's. But I wouldn't mess with it unless there is a problem.

 

[joestanley2003ct]

no the zotac backplate is an absolutely hideous yellow and grey and is very noticeable lol

 

[terry4536]

no the zotac backplate is an absolutely hideous yellow and grey and is very noticeable lol

Then why did you buy it?

 

[TJ Hooker]

What sort of paint are you planning on using?

 

[terry4536]

If you are intending to paint the GPU, realize that the warranty is voided every which way from Tuesday. Use a fine grit sanding sponge to prep the individual exterior parts of the GPU. Then use a high temperature spray paint intended for plastic if possible. When spraying the parts use a fine mist that would take a half dozen applications to reach a full coat. Taking that approach will limit the development of pooling and drips of paint. Let the parts dry between coats of paint with very fine sanding between coats.

 

[joestanley2003ct]

i am going to paint it with plastic-dip and i bought it because it was the best 1070ti for its price by far (black friday sale).

 

[TJ Hooker]

After a quick google, it looks like that's some sort of spray on rubber coating? Seems like a weird thing to paint a graphics card with. Would likely negatively impact thermals, although I don't know if it'd be significant.

 

[joestanley2003ct]

After a quick google, it looks like that's some sort of spray on rubber coating? Seems like a weird thing to paint a graphics card with. Would likely negatively impact thermals, although I don't know if it'd be significant.

no its what most people use because it can withstand high heats and is non conductive. If you don't like it you can just peel it off if you want