Question Best Thermal Paste for USED Noctua NH-D15s?

[Nervly]

Hello, I just purchased an used Noctua NH-D15s so it doesn't bring Noctua's stock thermal paste, which means I'll have to buy the paste separately.
What is the best one I can get for this cooler hooked up to a 3700x?

Thank you!

 

[Lafong]

There are minimal temp differences between any of the better known candidates.

They might differ in viscosity and how easy they are to manipulate when applying.

Are you concerned enough that you would be willing to buy 3 or 4 of them and experiment?

If not, I wouldn't devote a lot of thought to it.

 

[Phaaze88]

https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-thermal-paste
(scroll down to the section, Thermal Paste Performance Rankings and read that short bit, including taking a look at the 6 images)


It matters very little.