Favorite is Arctic Silver 5. I've heard arguments that other pastes are better but the improvements seem marginal compared to the difference between AS5 and the stock paste
I have heard good things about Arctic Silver's thermal pastes before, but I also heard that AMD specifically warn against its use with their processors and it will void the warranty. Sounds a bit uncompetitive of them, so I think it could be untrue though.
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As the title might suggest, what is your favourite thermal paste (especially on an AMD CPU)?
Arctic Cooling MX-2. Outperforms AS5, no burn-in time, cheaper, and much easier to apply. Noctua NT-H1, AC MX-3, and AC MX-4 are good as well, but more expensive than MX-2 for only a very tiny gain.
IC Diamond thermal compound. Once you get off silver based compounds and into diamond you will never go back.
Just throwing this in here: Thermal Paste is Processor agnostic. What works "best" on Intel will work "best" on AMD. It transfers Heat and Heat is Heat regardless what is producing it.
Not sure if serious.
Use anything else than AS5. It has very long curing time, and it is very thick. IC Diamond or Noctua thermal paste is good stuff.
I just use AS5. Good, cheap, it works. Why bother with anything else?
I just use AS5. Good, cheap, it works. Why bother with anything else?