Soldato
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Anyone better than the others ?
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Best thermal paste
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The mx 6 is a slightly thicker paste compared to the mx4.
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The best thermal paste to get?
Hi All, Going to make a cheap AM4 + a AM5 monster build in the new year and was wondering which thermal paste people recommend these days? many moons ago i used Arctic Silver. what its the go to that everyone swears by now? Other question is isopropyl alcohol, I may use the opportunity to add...
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Thermal grizzly
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yer but it isnt cheap
Yeah that's true, a lot of other brands do it cheaper for the cost of 1 or 2c
having tried thermal grizzly in the past and also trying MX 6 I dont see any difference I will be sticking with mx 6 its cheaper
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Still using this till this day, its awesome stuff.
Soldato
Thermalright Chill Factor is good and cheap, better than the MX-4.
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mx4 for me as well
Unless you're doing some sort of extreme mod or OC there's not a lot between them, just use whatever your HSF comes with.
It's worth having MX-4 on hand, it's more than ample for almost any purpose and if you need to reseat your kit or repaste something it does the job while being inexpensive.
Thermalright actually supplies a tube of TF4 with their HSF's which is quality stuff too.
It's worth having MX-4 on hand, it's more than ample for almost any purpose and if you need to reseat your kit or repaste something it does the job while being inexpensive.
Thermalright actually supplies a tube of TF4 with their HSF's which is quality stuff too.
While AS5 is still one of my favourites there are definitely benefits to using MX-6 for the higher end Intel 13th and 14th gen and some AMD CPUs where the temperatures under load can be a crucial couple of degrees different - especially if using an air cooler can make a critical difference between thermal throttling or not and/or how long boost holds up for. A lot of reviewers (even ones who should know better) and end users persist in applying/testing AS5 incorrectly which has dragged it down compared to what it is capable of - although that in itself can be a problem in that it does require the end user to utilise it correctly to get best results whereas something like MX-4 is far more tolerant.
I always have to facepalm when a reviewer does a round-up of thermal pastes and states "I'm going to use the same technique with them all for consistency"... just no - read the application notes and use each paste as it performs best FFS.
I always have to facepalm when a reviewer does a round-up of thermal pastes and states "I'm going to use the same technique with them all for consistency"... just no - read the application notes and use each paste as it performs best FFS.
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Apply as little possibly spread as thinly as possible unless dealing with very concave/vex then consider lapping to 800/1000 grit. Temps will be great.
I’ve just built a 64 core overclocked OEM EPYC system and the core temps are amazballz.