Thermal paste
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What's the best thermal paste? Does the cheap shit do as good of a job as the expensive stuff?
The best bang for your buck thermal paste is mayonnaise.
I'm not even joking.
>>55624156
Could I use miracle whip?
>>55624156
>>55624174
Hes really not joking, mayo is the best price/performance stuff.
>>55624143
While there actually is merit to what >>55624156 said, get some fucking Arctic Silver 5 from Newegg, it's only like $10 CAD so it's even cheaper in American dollars.
>using the thermal jew
Thermodynamics is just a convoluted lie perpetrated by the jewish cooling industry, don't fall for it OP.
>>55624143
the MSI way, of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCVahyh3Dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWF3Z5rubuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE5MpxToTtA
>>55624143
Arctic Cooling MX-4 is pretty good for it's price. I used it on my 3 years old laptop and got lower temperatures even by 12 degrees. The fact that I cleaned it for the first time might have something to do with it.
When I replaced my thermal paste in my PC however the results were not as big. The GPU only runs about 7 degrees cooler while the CPU runs only 4 degrees cooler(stock cooler).
>>55624156
Should I put the thermal paste inside a hamburger then?
>>55624188
>cream cheese 37C
>>55624143
99% of thermal paste advice is myth, OP
I've never reapplied thermal past in my entire life...even after removing the heatsink and putting it back on.
but obviously, it needs to be kinda fresh
>>55624143
>>55624156
Don't. I fell for this horrible meme, and it corroded my cooler and the top of my processor. Use proper thermal paste.
>>55624143
Expensive stuff is not super expensive and if you are putting large amounts that there would be a difference between brands you are applying it wrong. Just use that comes with the cooler.
>>55626446
You actually did this? It's full of vinegar you tard
What might work is a oil-water-eggwhite mixture, making mayo yourself without the vinegar.
Chemical engineer here. More expensive ones will offer slight conductivity improvements at best, any real gains will be in longevity.
>>55624143
Coollaboratory Liquid Pro and Ultra are the best "pastes" on the market. They are cheap, tricky to put on and get off if needed but their thermal conductivity is higher than on any other paste, measurably so.
Hypothetically speaking, would semen work?
>>55626194
>Should I put the thermal paste inside a hamburger then?
No. If you're swapping thermal paste and mayo's places, then mayo would go on your CPU and thermal paste would go in the trash.
>>55624143
There are some differences that manifest the worse your cooler's contact is with your CPU, but I wouldn't be particularly worried about it considering most of the time you don't even know which paste is good and which isn't. Price certainly doesn't tell you that, and most reviews don't either.
This here is a good example >>55624188
People post it because it's a big easy list with some funny things. However, I imagine none of them have ever even checked the testing methodology behind the tests. They have neither the accuracy nor the precision for proper thermal paste testing, so you might as well throw those results out of the window. The only site I've actually seen put effort into their thermal paste testing in skinneelabs. Too bad they're dead.
http://skinneelabs.com/
>>55626343 is also very true.
>>55626357
>Not taking your CPU to the dentist
>2016
>Not jizzing on your CPU (Cod Piece Unit)
>>55628431
>>55624143
go with Gelid GC-Extreme TC-GC03-A, one of the best
Zalman ZM-STG2, Arctic Cooling MX-4 and Arctic Silver 5 is also very good
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
/thread
>>55628591
Yes it would. Anything that's a paste will work
gelid gc-extreme is the best thermal paste in the market rn, search for benchmarks
>>55624143
>they fell for the termal paste meme
I've never applied it, stock paste is enough to keep your PC alive for 8+ years.
I've always used artic silver 5 and it's been fine
>>55624199
that's for 3.5g, you can get 25g tubes for less than that
