Which thermal paste is best for the ps3 super slim?

[Cad2121]

My ps3 super slim is about a year old now and it need a good clean and paste change what paste would be the choice?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

That is utterly unnecessary and will void your warranty. Small bursts of canned air in the vents should be good enough for cleaning.

 

[Spectre694]

Usually those are thermal pads even if paste it should be fine for years. Just blow everything out with some canned air like ThatVietGuy said.

If you absolutely want to re-paste for some reason get a good non-conductive like MX-4 etc.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

TIM is platform independent. So just look some reviews and pick one....tho Id stay away from the liquid metal ones.

The clear best bang for the buck winner is Shin Etsu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150080

Matches AS5's thermal properties but w/o AS5s curing and capacitance headaches.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm

While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.

Due to the unique shape and sizes of the particles in Arctic Silver 5's conductive matrix, it will take a up to 200 hours and several thermal cycles to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity. (This period will be longer in a system without a fan on the heatsink or with a low speed fan on the heatsink.) On systems measuring actual internal core temperatures via the CPU's internal diode, the measured temperature will often drop 2C to 5C over this "break-in" period.

When a user is less concerned about cost, I'll recommend Gelid Extreme.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426020


The top 5 per BMR
http://archive.benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=12

Tuniq TX-3 (0) Aluminum Oxide Moderate 37.65°C A+
Gelid GC-Extreme (0) Aluminum Oxide Low / Thin 37.65°C A+
Thermaltake Grease A2150 (4) Polysynthetic Silver Low / Thin 37.65°C A+
Arctic Silver 5 Polysynthetic Thermal Compound (4) Polysynthetic Silver Low / Thin 37.55°C A+
Shin-Etsu MicroSi G751 (0) Aluminum Oxide Moderate 37.55°C A+


(0) No Curing Time or Special Application Suggested
(4) Arctic Silver 5 Application Instructions (up to 200-hours recommended curing time)

 

[panos1]

For ps3 slim I use a set of thermal pastes that I found on ebay and is originally designed for iMac computers. The set cosists of two thermal pastes called K4-PRO and K5-PRO.
K4-PRO replaces original thermal paste and is of very high quality and increased thermal conductivity.
K5-PRO is a very gummy thermal paste that replaces thermal pads.

There is a video of this set on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9v5MDivZfc

you can find the set on ebay here http://www.ebay.com/itm/390802470139 for less than 10Euro including worldwide postage