Question Need Recommendations for Thermal Paste for CPU

[MasterYoda327]

I plan to build a new mid-range gaming PC in the near future. I will go with AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU. I haven't selected a CPU cooler because I haven't decided on a motherboard yet. If it helps, I plan to go with either an Nvidia RTX 5070/5070 Ti or Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT GPU and plan to game at 1440p (possibly 4K if GPU is capable), do some YouTube content creation and some basic drone video editing (just incase, drone is 4K capable). I do not plan to overclock. I have researched CPU thermal pastes, but I am not familiar with all of the ingredients involved with the pastes. The most commonly mentioned thermal pastes from my research are listed below:


• Arctic
o Arctic MX-6
• Noctua
o Noctua NT-H2
• Thermal Grizzly
o Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
• Corsair
o Corsair XTM70
• Thermalright
o Thermalright TF9

Would any of these pastes meet my needs? I am open to suggestions and reliable alternatives.

Thanks.

 

[geofelt]

Most coolers will come with a tube of paste suitable for several re-applications.
Check the list of box contents.
Noctua paste is good, I have used them for a very long time.
Differences are minimal.

 

[CountMike]

Thermal Grizzly has great pastes for all kinds of applications. Decide on cooler first but real difference in performance between best and worst paste is within few degrees.