Best Thermal Paste for up to £8 for my OC'ing Build?

[PapaShand]

Hi there,

I'm getting an Intel i5 6600K or 7600K and was wondering what Thermal Paste to buy for OC'ing to around 4.5 GHz. My Cooler is a Hyper 212 Red LED from Cooler Master, and has 4 Heat pipes, what Thermal Paste should I buy, is there any better than others?

Thanks,
Stanley

 

[Makentox]

Use toothpaste or mayonnaise,
Whatever ill google for you http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,3616-18.html

 

[scout_03]

i usualy use mx2 or mx4 from arctic cooling .

 

[PapaShand]

I see this as Top Dog: Coollaboratory Liquid Pro 0.15g Thermal Paste... But is there any difference? I notice you only get 0.15 G and I may want to clean the Heat sink every once in a while and reapply etc. so is there a better option?

 

[scout_03]

for myself i would stay with paste .

 

[Makentox]

I see this as Top Dog: Coollaboratory Liquid Pro 0.15g Thermal Paste... But is there any difference? I notice you only get 0.15 G and I may want to clean the Heat sink every once in a while and reapply etc. so is there a better option?

Its not that easy to suggest a good tim just because many types of tim can burn out in days or weeks and will give u worse performance. Metal liquid pastes most of the time will give u 3C advantage over non conductive pastes. Real problem with metal types of pastes is that they become worse after a while like 6-8 months and need reapply. 9/10 pastes will perform the same once they fresh, and if u check again in couple of weeks results will be much worse than when first time applied.
Brands that i used myself, and heard many good things about are grizzly, noctua NT H1, MX4. these pastes are very effective as well as can last very long with no performance degradation. But toothpaste or mayonnaise is a king.

 

[ahnilated]

Use Coollaboratory Liquid Pro and delid your processor if it isn't soldered on. You will see between 15-25C cooler temps. Just make sure not to use it on an aluminum heatsink.

 

[PapaShand]

I think I'm gonna go with Arctic MX4, unless the Coollaboratory is really that good ahnilated?

 

[SgtScream]

Just use the thermal paste that comes with the cooler. Thermal differences between paste are at most 3c difference. Besides, intel uses horribly cheap/ineffective thermal interface material INSIDE the processor to begin with, so you shouldn't waste too much time making this decision.

 

[jwcrellin]

I think I'm gonna go with Arctic MX4, unless the Coollaboratory is really that good ahnilated?

That's what I use and always got good temps.

 

[ahnilated]

I think I'm gonna go with Arctic MX4, unless the Coollaboratory is really that good ahnilated?

Yes, I have used it on 2 delidded systems of mine. An i7 3770K and an i7 4790K. I saw a 12C and 17C drop in temps total.

 

[scout_03]

the evo 212 usualy come with paste on but for repaste the mx 4 do not need cure time .

 

[Seanie280672]

I'm using good old faithful Arctic Silver 5, never had any problems with it, tried Noctua NT-H1 once, which also performed very well.