Which thermal paste brand worked for you?

Hi guys! Can an expert point me to the right direction in the BEST brands of thermal compounds/pastes out there?

I have an M11xR2 and I'd like to believe that the stock thermal paste isn't really good.



I'm seeing Antec & Artic Silver in different variants with generally great reviews. But which one is really worth it?

Thanks

 

i got an atric silver paste from radioshack (said artic silver on the box) anwyas, all branding aside, this paste worked wonders. cheers.

 

I use gelid gc extreme. it worked wonders, especially with my cpu

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I always used Arctic Silver 5 on all my laptops and PCs, but based on recommendations of others might actually try IC Diamond 7 as it's non-conductive.

 

Tuniq TX-2 for me. Works better than the AS5, is completely non-conductive, and is quite cheap. Comparisons:

Thermal Interfaces Roundup: Retail Products. Page 12 - X-bit labs

Thermal Compound Roundup - January 2012 | Hardware Secrets

Managed to reduce the temps in my M17x by 20C compared to the stock paste!!

 

Just read through the pages you've linked, Tuniq sounds awesome!

Where can I grab a tube of it though? I mean, aside from Amazon & Newegg.

 

Well, I am in Malaysia, and lelong.my has it listed. I am sure there would be at least one local seller in the Philippines.

Best suggestion I can give is to look around local forums. I bought the TX-2 since it was easier to get than the TX-3 and TX-4. Maybe you could get those, they are better than the TX-2 by a small margin

 

I recently just put some TX-4 on my r2. Newegg.com - Tuniq TX-4 Extreme Performance and Exceptional Reliability Thermal Compound

 

Arctic cooling mx-4 non conductive too, better than arctic silver, got this one over arctic silver for being non conductive, price not too different either, also no need to re-paste every few years, as it doesn't lose its thermal conductivity, or so they say. After a year it still works just as well, must be true.

 

Arctic Silver 5 is now very old, and has been passed in almost every category I can think of.

 

Arctic Silver is the one that I personally use. It's really good to be honest.

 

The best I've tried so far, re-pasting was starting to get old.. haha, Mx-4 has given me the lowest temps + about 6 months so far without repasting.

 

I have always used arctic silver 5, has never let me down. Might try MX4 next time.

 

I bought Cooler Master Extreme Fusion X1, I hope it won't kill my Nvidia GPU like the Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra did
Luckily Dell replaced my motherboard without doing checkup.....