Guru3D Thermal Paste Mega Roundup 2019
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Captain_Hook
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/pic_disp.php?id=22014&width=601
That's the main reason and also I've seen some other tests which indicate it as one of the most effective methods. I know - sometimes it's a bit more troublesome to clean it, but IPA makes life easier 🙂
Yes, it's worth considering and adding to the list for the second revision of the roundup 😎
RealNC
I haven't replaced the AS5 on my CPU for like 7 years now. Maybe 8, I don't actually remember anymore. Temps haven't increased. I think it's going to outlive the CPU itself at this point...
Arctucas
Did my own test.
Sig rig, processor delidded, solder replaced with Conductonaut, RockitCool copper IHS, Kryonaut on waterblock, ambient ~71F.
https://i.imgur.com/VHCF59u.png
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anxious_f0x
Thanks for the great article Hilbert, will definitely be referencing this with future builds.
fantaskarsef
Thanks for the review, was waiting on a proper roundup at some point!
While you put mayonnaise between CPU and cooler, you might as well remove the fans and fry a few slices of salami on the CPU. Just keep it below shutdown temp and all's good.
icedman
Very informative thanks for the comparision I know which pastes to stick to, up until now I've always used arctic silver 5.
The Goose
Im using Noctua`s nt-h2 on my I7 7700k(delidded) at the moment and i`d say its on Parr with my previous Thermal grizzly hydro and cryonaught but given that h2 is 3.5g compared to the other 2 which you can get in 5.5g tubes for a similar price but get the same results i`d say if your curious...try it but there is little to gain.
It may be worth pointing out that my first application i used a line but was not happy with the temps so tried a grain of rice size with idle temps 3-4 degree`s lower after a cuple of hours gaming.
Radical_53
Very nice review. What I'd like to see is a closer monitoring of room temperature and perhaps a multi-time application to get a shootout of the better pastes.
From my own experience, room temperature fluctuates quite a lot while testing, so it's rather hard to find small differences without it as part of the equation.
The Goose
Trying the Noctua`s nt-h2 on my Evga gtx 1080ftw and temps have gone up 3 degrees from the stock paste...got more Kryonaut on order, cant say im impressed with the H2 at all, i spent an hour on the division 2 and max temp went up 10c to 82c but after another hour idle dropped from 44c to 37c, H2 supposedly needs no burn in time but i think it does need time to spread itself
boombastik
The only non conductive and non capacitive paste that dont fail (pump out effect) in bare die application paste with gpu heatsink is the mediocore arctic ceramique 2. I find zero degration if you dont open the heatsink. Good lack with other silicon pastes that need replace every three months.
Mx4 in bare die applications with gpus like gtx980 and rx580 last 8 days not 8 years. When i open is only water and no paste.
For thermal pad replacement i use the greek product k5 pro with good results and no degration as well.
Athlonite
In the Arctic Silver 5 part of the article you state that it's slightly conductive this is in actual fact false it is slightly capacitive not conductive . But otherwise a good article and as someone in here has also said it would have been nice to see the carbon pad tested aswell to see how it performs against this years lot of thermal paste solutions
cucaulay malkin
installed 10700F with mx2
temps are very good,on xtu memory test (115w tdp reading) I'm still getting 55-57 max but it's worth knowing I can shave off 3 degrees with kyronaut.
which TG paste is the one with them little scratchy pieces tho ?
