Thermal Compound - Best between stock Scythe, Cooler Master or AS5?

[effinahole]

Just looking for some help here. If someone has any idea. I bought a new Scythe Mugen 5 to replace my Hyper 212+ for my cpu. It comes with its own stock scythe paste of course. I also have AS5 that I have always used for years as well as cooler master paste that came with the hyper 212+.

Between these 3 pastes which one would you think is best? I am being lazy and would rather not have to benchmark all 3. Any ideas? It is not a big deal but since I am already have to pull off and reapply a compound, I figured I should use whichever is the better compound.


Thanks.

 

[Greeko85]

What cpu are you going to be cooling? Normally you won't notice much difference between the different compounds unless you are going for an aggressive overclock. The main thing I would be looking for in a compound is it being non conductive as it can make accidents less painful.

 

[DanKem06]

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[effinahole]

What cpu are you going to be cooling? Normally you won't notice much difference between the different compounds unless you are going for an aggressive overclock. The main thing I would be looking for in a compound is it being non conductive as it can make accidents less painful.

Yeah thanks. I just installed it tonight. Its for my current and outdated i5-2500k. At the moment I am just replacing the Hyper 212+ because I am tired of the noise levels. The fan is not at all quiet. But I bought the mugen 5 for my future build here as soon as I figure out what to buy later on this year.

I went with the AS5. I dont think there is much of a difference so I would rather just use up my AS5 tube I have had forever. It was a good thought though.

On a side note, Scythe Mugen 5 dropped temps to 66C at full load prime95(small ffts) and basically inaudible from 73-75C with the CM hyper 212+ which was fairly loud and annoying at only 70% fan speed at that temp.