Which Thermal Compound is better ?

[Durvelle27]

I'm in need of some thermal paste an want to know which is better ? Thx

Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 1.75g Premium Ceramic, Polysynthetic thermal compound AA-1.75G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100014


XIGMATEK PTI-G4512 thermal grease with gold grade thermal matrix filler particles
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233069


Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 5g Thermal Adhesive Set AATA-5G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100013


Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835154003


Antec Formula 6 Nano Diamond Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835209059

 

[FridayThe13th]

Noctua or Prolimatech should outdo any of those

 

[Charlie98]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2285595&highlight=delidded+tim

I'm using IC Diamond now. I, myself, did not have good luck with AS5...

 

[Deders]

MX4 is my fave choice so far, It knocked 10c off my CPU which had Arctic Silver 5 previously, also a massive improvement on my graphics card temps and fan noise.

 

[MrX8503]

Arctic silver is kind of old news now. I use TX 2 and it works great. MX4 is also a good one.

 

[Durvelle27]

what about the XIGMATEK PTI-G4512

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

IC Diamond is solid. I use MX for everything else because it's dirt cheap, but IC Diamond 7 had the best results on my CPU testing against AS5 and MX-3. MX-4 probably isn't much better than MX-3, but who knows?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

what about the XIGMATEK PTI-G4512

Wouldn't use it

 

[Deders]

MX4 is about the same as MX3, just easier to spread.

 

[EXCellR8]

TX-2 is my personal favorite nowadays... much better than the TX-3 crap.

Performance will obviously rely heavily on the actual processor/speed + cooler you want to use.

 

[Pohemi]

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...tra_100_Metal_Thermal_Interface_Material.html

This, the Noctua stuff, or the TX2 or MX4 should all be good.

Edit: reviews, for your viewing pleasure

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-January-2012/1468

 

[nikosa43]

Coolaboratory Ultra, or ShinEtsu X-23-7868-2D

 

[Idontcare]

Skinnee Labs are the best authority on characterizing and ranking TIM performance.

This is the direct link to their thermal paste review section, and here is the direct link to their 2011-2012 Thermal Compound Roundup.

 

[Durvelle27]

I ended up getting this XIGMATEK PTI-G4512

 

[Pohemi]

LOL...ask for advice, and ignore what people suggest. Bravo.

 

[NuBpC]

I ended up getting this XIGMATEK PTI-G4512

That's what I use. Works great.

 

[exar333]

I really like both the IC 7 and Noctua myself. I wish these reviews would do a longer-term test. I would love to see 9-10 of the top tested over a year in an constant-on enviornment to see what the temps do over time.

I have noticed that the IC 7 doesn't degrade much, if at all over longer periods of time. This is really nice and is the reason I like to use it for machines I know I don't need/want to reseat for a while. Noctua is my go-to when I know I may need to re-mount or replace the HSF in the near to mid-term future.

 

[Durvelle27]

LOL...ask for advice, and ignore what people suggest. Bravo.

Um because these are the only ones my local store supplies

 

[Pohemi]

Um because these are the only ones my local store supplies

OK that's understandable, but why not order it online? Probably save some money too if any of them had free shipping (not TOO common on TIMs). In any case, you'd have a far greater selection.

No matter, you've already bought some so I hope it works well for you.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Skinnee Labs are the best authority on characterizing and ranking TIM performance.

This is the direct link to their thermal paste review section, and here is the direct link to their 2011-2012 Thermal Compound Roundup.

Those links are a gold mine of info and darn interesting as well. Thanks for posting those. I'm going to do a search, but do you know off-hand if they've tested any thermal adhesives or epoxies? Or any place that has tested products like that? I was looking for some reviews of Ceramic Thermal Adhesives, but didn't see a whole lot out there.

 

[Idontcare]

Those links are a gold mine of info and darn interesting as well. Thanks for posting those. I'm going to do a search, but do you know off-hand if they've tested any thermal adhesives or epoxies? Or any place that has tested products like that? I was looking for some reviews of Ceramic Thermal Adhesives, but didn't see a whole lot out there.

Unfortunately I stop digging into their charts as soon as I see what I want to see (the confirmation bias is strong in this one) so I can't tell you whether they have anything more than what I already linked

 

[Durvelle27]

OK that's understandable, but why not order it online? Probably save some money too if any of them had free shipping (not TOO common on TIMs). In any case, you'd have a far greater selection.

No matter, you've already bought some so I hope it works well for you.

Well i was to impatient to wanna wait 3 days

 

[camoxiong]

IC Diamond hands down

 

[CurrentlyPissed]

I've used them all, from MX-4, to AS5, to CLP, to NT-H1. Even used Switech... Something, whatever their new paste is with blocks.

Me personally MX-4 is the winner. They are all within such a few degrees of eachtoher. But MX-4 is by far the easiest to clean, even after long uses.

 

[jaqie]

I actually use ceramique on all my stuff, and it does great.