[SOLVED] Should I use the thermal paste that comes with an AIO cooler?

[techflame700]

Should I remove the thermal paste the comes with the Corsair H100i Pro and use aftermarket thermal paste? Or should I just leave it alone? Is there any performance difference between those methods and if so by how much on a i7 7700K? Thanks!

 

[nukefluffy01]

If you have a better thermal paste then definitely use your separate one for better performance.

 

[nobspls]

What are the 2 thermal paste you are comparing? Without the details, it is a coin flip. So did you get a AIO just so you can take a coin flip at getting that last 2C temperature reduction? If you care enough that it bothers you, then you should figure out what the specs of your thermal paste.

 

[techflame700]

What are the 2 thermal paste you are comparing? Without the details, it is a coin flip. So did you get a AIO just so you can take a coin flip at getting that last 2C temperature reduction? If you care enough that it bothers you, then you should figure out what the specs of your thermal paste.

Thermal paste that comes with the H100i Pro and the Arctic MX 4

 

[nukefluffy01]

Use Arctic MX 4

 

[techflame700]

Use Arctic MX 4

How much lower will the temps be if I use the MX 4?

 

[nukefluffy01]

Use Arctic MX 4

How much lower will the temps be if I use the MX 4?

I don't have the same CPU as you so I don't know however out of all the thermal paste I have used before, the Arctic MX 4 was one of my better choices.

 

[Crosslhs82x2]

I have 3 corsair coolers 2x h110i- 1 h100iv2 all 3 had the factory paste wiped off and cleaned 2-3 times with at least 70% isopropyl (90% is best) then Thermaltake Tg 7 thermal paste used my temps on my ryzen 2600x with h110i runs 76c running prime95 small fft's
Over a 8-10 hr run.
Read on the pastes some have cure times.
The tg 7 can be purchsaed from most best buy's for around 10.00 usd.
I have seen better temps with tg 7 then IC DIAMOND or Artic Silver 5 on my 3 system's.

 

[nobspls]

Here is Tom's data on a large number of thermal pastes and various applications:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-8.html

The mx-4 is one of the better ones.

 

[nobspls]

And in Tom's review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-h100i-pro-cpu-cooler,5471.html

"Corsair wisely chose to use a copper base contact plate for heat transfer between the cooler and the CPU’s integrated heat spreader. The H100i Pro ships with factory-applied thermal compound, but we cleaned the base to instead use our standard testing compound of Arctic MX-4. "

 

[nobspls]

And here is another review, with some thermal paste considerations:
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3344-corsair-h100i-pro-review-vs-h100i-v2-clc-280-more

 

[USAFRet]

And in Tom's review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-h100i-pro-cpu-cooler,5471.html

"Corsair wisely chose to use a copper base contact plate for heat transfer between the cooler and the CPU’s integrated heat spreader. The H100i Pro ships with factory-applied thermal compound, but we cleaned the base to instead use our standard testing compound of Arctic MX-4. "

So between the included Corsair paste, and the MX-4, there was a 1C difference.
33.4 vs 32.4.

I'd just use what is on there, unless I already had something better laying around.

 

[techflame700]

And in Tom's review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-h100i-pro-cpu-cooler,5471.html

"Corsair wisely chose to use a copper base contact plate for heat transfer between the cooler and the CPU’s integrated heat spreader. The H100i Pro ships with factory-applied thermal compound, but we cleaned the base to instead use our standard testing compound of Arctic MX-4. "

So between the included Corsair paste, and the MX-4, there was a 1C difference.
33.4 vs 32.4.

I'd just use what is on there, unless I already had something better laying around.

So there is only a 1C difference? I thought it would be more than that. Are you sure about that number?

 

[USAFRet]

So there is only a 1C difference? I thought it would be more than that. Are you sure about that number?

As this graph shows...

 

[techflame700]

So there is only a 1C difference? I thought it would be more than that. Are you sure about that number?

As this graph shows...

Ok thanks just wanted to make sure.