Question I need recommendations for CPU Thermal Paste ?

[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.

 

[MasterYoda327]

Thanks. I will let you guys know when I have selected a CPU cooler.

 

[SydneyAngel]

Artic Silver 5 forever

 

[LordVile]

Wouldn’t bother, just use what’s on your cooler first and get some more if you remove it later down the line.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Thermal Paste is thermal paste as long as it's not cheap junk. You'll usually see fractions of a degree variance and that can even flip depending on application and other variables.

Stay away from Thermal Grizzly. Good benchmarking, not long term. It dries Out faster and also has abrasives that have scratched my IHS and plate the few times I tried


My go to is ALWAYS Noctua NH2 now.

 

[USAFRet]

Whatever is already on the CPU cooler is fine.

 

[CountMike]

Thermal Paste is thermal paste as long as it's not cheap junk. You'll usually see fractions of a degree variance and that can even flip depending on application and other variables.

Stay away from Thermal Grizzly. Good benchmarking, not long term. It dries Out faster and also has abrasives that have scratched my IHS and plate the few times I tried


My go to is ALWAYS Noctua NH2 now.

Thermal Grizzly has improved immensely last few of years and NH2 is now NH3, better adhesion but very thick.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Thermal Grizzly has improved immensely last few of years and NH2 is now NH3, better adhesion but very thick.

Tried their paste one time and wasn’t a fan of the cost and how hard it seemed to spread.

I used to always use Arctic silver, the last few years I’ve been rolling with Arctic Mx-4 which has been pretty decent. But most pastes I find are generally decent

 

[CountMike]

Tried their paste one time and wasn’t a fan of the cost and how hard it seemed to spread.

I used to always use Arctic silver, the last few years I’ve been rolling with Arctic Mx-4 which has been pretty decent. But most pastes I find are generally decent

Arctic Mx-6 is now one of best. Using it just now because it came with my Liquid Freezer III 360, After a year I had to remove cooler temporally and there was no drying or pump out like with NH-2. TG Hydronaut I used before and now on another PC. it's there for at least 2 years under prolonged hot conditions and no loss.