Is Cooler Master IC Value V1 worth it?

[Einsteinium]

I am upgrading my PC in the coming weeks and also plan to do a thorough clean on the components that I am using again as my current case allows for A LOT of dust to enter. This includes also removing and cleaning my GPU heatsink and while I'm at it I will also clean out my laptop fan and heatsink.

Now to come onto topic. Because I will be removing the heatsinks I will have to reapply the thermal paste applied by the manufacturers. This will be my first time that I apply thermal paste so I opted for the cheaper thermal paste to that I do not waste to much money if I mess things up.

Now I bought Cooler Master IC Value V1 when I bought my motherboard and only now found out that is is quite inferior to the other stuff on the market.

Now my question is will this suffice? I am not going to overclock. My GPU is Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 OC Edition, but I will be putting my new PC in a Cooler Master N600. So I thought maybe the good airflow in the case will maybe up for that. As for the laptop I have a Lenovo G500 with Intel Core i3 third gen (I cannot remember the exact model), it is only one year old.

 

[C12Friedman]

If applied properly, the thermal compound should be just about as effective as the factory paste job (you'll see what I mean about that when you remove the heatsinks). IMO, you would be better served by getting a better compound and not using the Cooler Master stuff especially since there is a laptop involved and effective heat dissipation is necessary to prolong it's life expectancy.

 

[Einsteinium]

If applied properly, the thermal compound should be just about as effective as the factory paste job (you'll see what I mean about that when you remove the heatsinks). IMO, you would be better served by getting a better compound and not using the Cooler Master stuff especially since there is a laptop involved and effective heat dissipation is necessary to prolong it's life expectancy.

I think what I will do is get some baselines of what I have now and later on after applying the TIM I will compare the temps to that.