What thermal paste is the best?

**bomberboysk** · 07-02-2009, 07:36 AM

Well, i think this test shows which out of 80 different thermal compounds is the best, thought i would share the link with everyone:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Item id=62

Orbitron · 07-02-2009, 07:39 AM

OCZ Freeze has worked best for me.

Bodaggit23 · 07-02-2009, 07:52 AM

Arctic Silver 5

Nevakonaza · 07-02-2009, 08:22 AM

Heard that Shin-Etsu paste is soppose to be real good,but its quite hard to come by.

I use either Artic Silver 5, or MX-2.

I also have some paste made by Asus,ive not tried it yet.

**bomberboysk** · 07-02-2009, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevakonaza

Heard that Shin-Etsu paste is soppose to be real good,but its quite hard to come by.

I use either Artic Silver 5, or MX-2.

I also have some paste made by Asus,ive not tried it yet.

Shin-Estu is marketed under the masscool brand here in the states.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835150080

It appears, that once you include the drying/curing time, as5 and Shin-Etsu perform the best, but i like ocz freeze and tx-2 for its no cure time.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...&limitstart=12

Russian777 · 07-05-2009, 11:10 PM

There is not a big difference in thermal paster, people thing one is better than the other, but overall they are all the same, Company's are just making money of of us idiots thinking thermal paster makes a difference.

Orbitron · 07-05-2009, 11:51 PM

I've seen up to 5C differences

**bomberboysk** · 07-06-2009, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russian777

There is not a big difference in thermal paster, people thing one is better than the other, but overall they are all the same, Company's are just making money of of us idiots thinking thermal paster makes a difference.

THats not true, compare silicone and as5 for example, on just the testing i did, before the as5 even had its 200hr cure time i saw a 12c difference(on air). On stock coolers, i have seen 5-6c difference on a Q8200 stock vs as5, same with a pentium D.

smellsorange · 07-06-2009, 01:54 AM

I use artic silver, just cause that is what everyone at the datacenter swears by. with my q9400 and the stock cpu fan those intels come with my cpu is running at 78F right now. motherboard reports 98F for a comparison of temp in the case..

Orbitron · 07-06-2009, 02:37 AM

IC7 is apparently the best.

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smellsorange Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 110	I use artic silver, just cause that is what everyone at the datacenter swears by. with my q9400 and the stock cpu fan those intels come with my cpu is running at 78F right now. motherboard reports 98F for a comparison of temp in the case.. __________________ http://geeknexus.com/smellsorange My profile on GeekNexus.com Primary Machine: intel q9400 ep45-ud3r gigabyte mobo 8gb OCZ thermaltake armor case bfg gtx260oc Win7 RC 64bit Images of my Desk Area 22inch NEC CRT 22inch widescreen x223w LCD, 15 inch widescreen EloTouch Touch screen File Server: Intel p5 2.66ghz 2gbram- mobo intel d945gccr - five 500GB drives Raid5 with 1 hotspare on adaptec cerc 6port pci raid for /home two 120gb IDE in raid1 for / and 40gb ide for /tmp and swap

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07-02-2009, 07:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Orbitron New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15	OCZ Freeze has worked best for me.

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Russian777 Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 431	There is not a big difference in thermal paster, people thing one is better than the other, but overall they are all the same, Company's are just making money of of us idiots thinking thermal paster makes a difference.

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Orbitron New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15	I've seen up to 5C differences

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Orbitron New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15	IC7 is apparently the best.

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