I have some Thermal "Compound"

[CrownG]

I have this tube of Arctic Alumina "Premium Ceramic Polysynthetic Thermal Compound" by Arctic Silver, it's a 14gram tube, used it once on an older computer i cleaned up but didnt test lol.

For my FX-6300 and so on, will this work fine when using a T4 cpu cooler? Currently on stock cooling with stock pre-applied pasties, waiting for the T4 to ship.

I can't and wont be overclocking I'm just curious what the difference is and effectiveness of my current paste and what other types are out there. Also had this one for about a year now... does this stuff expire?

 

[matthoward85]

Spend the $8 on this and remove all doubt: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

 

[Jaime3d]

The only thing you really need to worry about is the difference between thermal paste and thermal compound. Thermal paste is a thermal glue, and is not meant to come off. If you do use it and manage to get the glued parts apart without breaking them, cleaning it up will be a nightmare.

As for thermal compounds, I've found that among the good branded stuff, they all perform similarly. There might be a super-premium kind that performs marginally better than a lesser version, but that's the thing, it's marginal. You're going to see far more variance in performance depending on the method you use to apply it and how much of it you apply.

No, it does not expire.

 

[CrownG]

The only thing you really need to worry about is the difference between thermal paste and thermal compound. Thermal paste is a thermal glue, and is not meant to come off. If you do use it and manage to get the glued parts apart without breaking them, cleaning it up will be a nightmare.

As for thermal compounds, I've found that among the good branded stuff, they all perform similarly. There might be a super-premium kind that performs marginally better than a lesser version, but that's the thing, it's marginal. You're going to see far more variance in performance depending on the method you use to apply it and how much of it you apply.

No, it does not expire.

I and SO glad i didn't get Paste then. Holycrap that would have been a nightmare!