Which thermal paste should I buy?

GG /thread lol

 

gelid extreme isn't available in my country .. what do you think about Noctua NT-H1? Arctic Silver 5 Antec FORMULA 7 are available too. so which one should i get?

 

Actually none of them... But maybe try Antec FORMULA 7.

 

what? so you can't import the stuff? there's plenty o' listings for it on the ebayz.

 

it will cost me like the price * 4

Some people said to me that noctua performance is close to gelid extreme performance but they were talking about PCs .. is the process different for laptops?

 

Which country?

 

Egypt

 

If you have someone in Saudi Arabia he can get GC Extreme through Amazon.com & ship it/bring it to you.

In Egypt the best I could find was Zalman ZM STG-02 ... It ain't GC Extreme but it is still much better than stock

 

i am going to UAE soon and i will order it .. are you sure about zalman is better than Arctic Silver 5 or Antec FORMULA 7?

 

It is in the same league ... Don't use AS-05 as it is conductive ... so it is risk with minimal gain

EDIT: Take care that this item is illegible for international shipping on Amazon ... That's why I recommended ordering from KSA because they have their own shipping service, so they will be picking it up from the states and getting it to the middle east ... Dunno if UAE has similar service

 

i am using shop and ship service and it's ok to ship a thermal compund with them but it will cost me 4 times the original price. i guess i will try the zalman or Antec FORMULA 7 and i will search for gelid in uae local store.

 

My GC Extreme is under shipping atm. I wish you have asked like 3 days ago and said that you need it in Egypt ... I could have got you a tube with me ... I am coming back to Egypt on early Jul

 

lol it's okay . my laptop is a mid-range specs btw (i7 4712hq and GTX 850m) so i believe that any good thermal compound will work with it. i will order GC Extreme soon but now i will try the zalman or the Antec FORMULA 7 until i get the GC Extreme.

 

Good Luck brother ... Watch out Antec as it is diamond based and most probably will scratch your die when you try to repaste ... If I were you I would stick to zalman or noctua

 

the GC-Extreme appeared to be available in UAE local stores. i will buy it in my next visit. thank you!

 

I have used both. Noctua is not as good as Gelid extreme. A useless thermal grease for laptops who have poorer cooling than a desktop pc...

 

you won't regret getting gelid.

 

Make sure it's this one:

http://www.gelidsolutions.com/products/index.php?lid=1&cid=3&id=42&tab=3

 

i will, thank you for helping

 

@MahmoudDewy and OP, Zalman STG-2 is supposedly quite good.. According to @GodlikeRU, it's almost as good as Gelid performance wise.. If you can get it immediately, try it out... Especially if it's much cheaper!

 

It's half the price and available in too many local stores. I will use it until I can get gelid.

 

Give it a shot.. You probably won't need Gelid...

 

I will. any idea how should I apply it? I Saw different methods Not sure which one is the best for a laptop

 

clean the CPU/GPU die then apply the thermal paste about the size of a rice grain. the heatsink will do the spreading.

 

All the online comparisons put it in 1-3c CPU-GPU difference to Gelid Extreme on low mounting pressure ... As for lifetime, I repaste every 3-4 months & it is never dry so dunno about longer than that ... I went through the grueling process of getting Gelid just to put my mind at ease

 

More normal with a 5 degree difference between Gelid and a medium paste on laptop processors. The difference is bigger for laptop processors and graphics cards due to weaker cooling than desktop PCs. The longevity is also important. It's not everybody that apply new paste every 3-4 months .

 

lol yeah I have bad cleanliness OCD... I open that baby and give it a thorough cleaning and in the process repaste quarter annually.

 

Have used the same thermal paste now for 15 months. Not a degree change. But this is of course due to the Liquid Ultra. Am I lazy ?

 

I take joy in gutting my laptop open ... But judging by how difficult it is to reapply Liquid Ultra & consistent its performance is, I can't blame you

 

Open my laptop every 3 months for dust removal. There is almost nothing there. Using my mod Cooler Master U3 with homemade fan filters. Works brilliantly. Filters are free so I do not cleaning them . I use worn nylon stockings from my wife. Maybe I'd rather do the dust cleaning only every 4 or 5 months?

 

Hey,

@TomJGX is right. Zalman STG-2 is good and cheap. Almost as good as Gelid extreme. Im using STG-2 with my two 880M and temperatures never reached 80C

 

Working in an oil & gas refinery under construction in the middle-eastern desert really takes its toll on a lappy

Wish it was more simple

 

I bought the zalman stg today. applied it about the size of rice grain. i am getting worse temps. not sure what can be wrong. maybe overattach heat sink idk

okay edit, i made a benchmark test with XTU .. i got 637 marks on stock clocks,values and zalman stg vs 485 with tuned settings and stock thermal compund.

http://hwbot.org/submission/2881577_
http://hwbot.org/submission/2897014_

Does it require some time to take effect? I am a little worried and don't want to repaste

 

Zalman has no curing time at all so your effect should be immediate.

For the processor (Or at least for my heat spreader design) rice grain gave me the ****tiest possible results ever ... Line method worked the best very thin line along the long length of the heat spreader rectangle.

On a different note I got the Gelid ... from CPU perspective almost exactly same results versus the Zalman maybe 1-2c difference at best ... The insane impact was on the GPU, that thing dropped my GPU temp by 3-5c and that is BIG.

So if you are only concerned by your CPU temps I believe you can stick with the Zalman.

For reference these are my light use temps (Down at the notification area) @25c room temp. Blue for Intel, Green for Nvidia & Brown for WD ... If you done a successful repaste you should see something similar especially for the CPU as both Zalman & Gelid idle the same.

 

Wait I thought you lived in a 45C inferno?

 

lol it is 7 am I am still at home ... You think I take my laptop to site ... I believe it could melt down

 

Oh OK. I thought you lived in those insane temps, that's why I wondered whether you're dead or alive.

 

Unfortunately the poor people here have non ACed homes & they do live in these temperatures , if you can call that living.

 

No, I call that being slow roasted to death

 

37? i am getting 50 degrees on idle .. so i have to try the line method?

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50 idle on a repasted 4710 is way too much My 50%-75% load @3.9 GHz temp is 50ish ... I am pretty sure you need to redo the repaste but out of curiosity I idle @ 0.635V what voltage are you idling at ?

 

1.026 .. i will try the line method

 

If your heat spreader is rectangular the difference will be night and day between the line and dot

 

here are the results for what i did before .. doesn't seem too good.

 

Too much brother too much ... you need a very thin line of paste along the spreader

 

That was the rice grain size method .. i repasted using the line method and i am getting 40 degrees now after 2 minutes of repasting

 

Solid ! enjoy your new temps

 

40 degrees idle at 30 degrees room temperature and HP laptop .. i like that

 

i am impressed how much difference that thermal compound and the line method made on the laptop. it's 40 degrees in my city now, no AC working. and i am getting 45 degrees on my laptop with moderate usage.

it would be 60-65 with the stock compound.

Thank you @MahmoudDewy you saved my summer.

Happy Ramadan!

 

I am really happy for you brother... That's what we are here for

Happy Ramadan to you too!