Question on Thermal Paste

roYal · 04-08-12, 11:18 PM

Ok, been out of the loop since I got my i7 920 3 years ago and am curious as to what is the recommended thermal paste these days?

Some background:
I am building a new machine for work and will not be used for gaming but for for lab stuff (I'm an IT guy). I won't be building a new gaming rig until Haswell so this work machine won't be doing any kind of overclocking and therefore I'll be using the Intel HSF.

BigTerminator · 04-08-12, 11:49 PM

Arctic Silver MX-4 is a really good paste for GPU's and CPU's. Just about the best you can get especially for the money.

Knufire · 04-09-12, 12:36 AM

+1 to the MX-4.

roYal · 04-09-12, 07:52 AM

Thank you guys. Now I just need the Intel to release their Ivy Bridge CPUs.

Colin · 04-10-12, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTerminator

Arctic Silver MX-4

MX-4 is a Chinese import. It is not an Arctic Silver product.

mjw21a · 04-10-12, 06:30 PM

^^^ True, I think he got Artcic Silver mixed up with Arctic Cooling who sell MX4. An understandable and relatively unimportant mistake.

Personally I still stick with Artic Silver Ceramique as it ships in those huge 22 gram tubes. Cheap and lasts absolutely forever. Great for using on builds for other people as it never needs to be reapplied except in cases where the cooler is removed. Bakes on nice and hard after the burn in period.

glazer1972 · 04-12-12, 02:47 PM

I'm still using Artic Silver 5

BigTerminator · 04-12-12, 04:02 PM

Yeah I made a tiny mistake on the name. Arctic cooling MX-4

grumperfish · 04-12-12, 11:29 PM

MX-4 is very nice. I switched to it from Ceramique as it's a bit easier to work with. Performance wasn't a consideration, but it works slightly better so that's fine with me.

04-08-12, 11:18 PM	Thread Starter #1
roYal Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chicago, IL	Question on Thermal Paste Ok, been out of the loop since I got my i7 920 3 years ago and am curious as to what is the recommended thermal paste these days? Some background: I am building a new machine for work and will not be used for gaming but for for lab stuff (I'm an IT guy). I won't be building a new gaming rig until Haswell so this work machine won't be doing any kind of overclocking and therefore I'll be using the Intel HSF. __________________ Cpu: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.5ghz Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) OCZ Gold DDR3 1600 @ 533 mhz (8-8-8-24) Hard Drives: 1 x 120gb Intel 320 ssd (System) / 1TB WD (Storage) Cooling: TRUE w/Nexus 120mm Video: EVGA GTX 580 SC Monitor: 2x 24" Dell U2401 (1900x1200) Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi ExtremeGamer / Sennheiser HD595 Headphones Power: Corsair HX620W OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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04-08-12, 11:49 PM	#2
BigTerminator Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Maryland	Arctic Silver MX-4 is a really good paste for GPU's and CPU's. Just about the best you can get especially for the money. __________________ My Desktop: Intel Core i7 875k @ 4.2ghz 1.4v \| Noctua NH-D14 with 3 Rosewill RFX 120 Fans MSI Big Bang Fuzion \| 8gb G. Skill Sniper 1600mhz \| Unlocked 6970 With Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus 975/1450mhz at 1.25v Cooler Master HAF X With Window \| Corsair TX 750 watt PSU \| 2x500gb Samsung F3 RAID 0 3D Mark 11 High Scores = Performance 6350 Extreme 2100 My Laptop: Lenovo Y580 Intel Core i7 3630qm @ 2.4ghz \| 8gb DDR3 1600mhz \| 120gb ADATA SSD \| 1tb HDD Nvidia GTX 660m @ 1085/1400mhz \| 15.6" 1080p Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste \| Rosewill Notebook Cooler 3d Mark 11 High Scores = Performance 3400 Extreme 1100
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04-09-12, 12:36 AM	#3
Knufire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI	+1 to the MX-4. __________________ i7-920 3.8 Ghz \| Venomous-X w/ Panaflo HS \| Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 EVGA X58 SLI LE \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 \| 500GB Samsung OEM \| Rosewill 850w \| Thermaltake Armor Series \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Secondary Rig: CM Elite 430 \| A8-3870K stock \| Radeon HD 6670 \| 500GB WD Caviar Blue \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR3-1333 \| ASUS A55 HEATWARE
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04-09-12, 07:52 AM	Thread Starter #4
roYal Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chicago, IL	Thank you guys. Now I just need the Intel to release their Ivy Bridge CPUs. __________________ Cpu: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.5ghz Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) OCZ Gold DDR3 1600 @ 533 mhz (8-8-8-24) Hard Drives: 1 x 120gb Intel 320 ssd (System) / 1TB WD (Storage) Cooling: TRUE w/Nexus 120mm Video: EVGA GTX 580 SC Monitor: 2x 24" Dell U2401 (1900x1200) Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi ExtremeGamer / Sennheiser HD595 Headphones Power: Corsair HX620W OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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04-10-12, 06:30 PM	#6
mjw21a Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Brisbane	^^^ True, I think he got Artcic Silver mixed up with Arctic Cooling who sell MX4. An understandable and relatively unimportant mistake. Personally I still stick with Artic Silver Ceramique as it ships in those huge 22 gram tubes. Cheap and lasts absolutely forever. Great for using on builds for other people as it never needs to be reapplied except in cases where the cooler is removed. Bakes on nice and hard after the burn in period. __________________ CPU & HSF: AMD FX-8120 & Noctua NH-D14 Mobo: Asus M5A97-EVO RAM: 16GB (4Gx4) DDR3 2133 G.Skill RipjawZ F3-17000CL11Q-16GBZL Storage: 1x 120GB OCZ Vertex II SSD, 1x 250GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1x 1.5TB Samsung Silencer Series HDD GFX: 1GB Gigabyte AMD HD6870 OC + Yamakasi Catleap Q270 SE 27" IPS LED LCD Audio: Turtle Beach DSS 2 w/ Turtle Beach P11 Headset Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ04-E w/ Side Window PSU: 550W Antec EarthWatts Platinum My rig piccies & links "Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right." H.L. MENCKEN
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04-12-12, 02:47 PM	#7
glazer1972 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lufkin,TX	I'm still using Artic Silver 5 __________________ Win 7 Pro, Intel i5 2500K, CM Hyper 212+, Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3, Corsair XMS3 1333MHZ 4x4GB, Seagate 1TB 7200RPM 3.0 Gb/S, Corsair HX520W, Corsair Carbide 400r, 3x140mm Thermaltake & 2x120mm Corsair Intake, 1x120mm Corsair & 1x120mm Nexus on back side of HDD Cage, 3x140mm Thermaltake Exhaust, Dell 2407WFP, Logitech MK550 Wireless Combo, Rosewill RCR-IM5001 USB2.0 75 in 1 internal Card Reader.
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04-12-12, 04:02 PM	#8
BigTerminator Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Maryland	Yeah I made a tiny mistake on the name. Arctic cooling MX-4 __________________ My Desktop: Intel Core i7 875k @ 4.2ghz 1.4v \| Noctua NH-D14 with 3 Rosewill RFX 120 Fans MSI Big Bang Fuzion \| 8gb G. Skill Sniper 1600mhz \| Unlocked 6970 With Arctic Accelero Xtreme Plus 975/1450mhz at 1.25v Cooler Master HAF X With Window \| Corsair TX 750 watt PSU \| 2x500gb Samsung F3 RAID 0 3D Mark 11 High Scores = Performance 6350 Extreme 2100 My Laptop: Lenovo Y580 Intel Core i7 3630qm @ 2.4ghz \| 8gb DDR3 1600mhz \| 120gb ADATA SSD \| 1tb HDD Nvidia GTX 660m @ 1085/1400mhz \| 15.6" 1080p Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste \| Rosewill Notebook Cooler 3d Mark 11 High Scores = Performance 3400 Extreme 1100
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04-12-12, 11:29 PM	#9
grumperfish Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Florida	MX-4 is very nice. I switched to it from Ceramique as it's a bit easier to work with. Performance wasn't a consideration, but it works slightly better so that's fine with me. __________________ Desktop: i7 2600K @ 4.6ghz w/ TR HR-02 + SD 120x38mm // Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P // XFX 6950 2GB 16GB G-Skill RipjawsX 1600mhz // Samsung 830 128GB // 6TB // Thermaltake Armor // Corsair TX750 Server: Q6600 G0 // Gigabyte EP35-DS3R // 4GB G-Skill DDR2 // 4850 512MB // 4.25TB // Corsair TX650 Laptop: Latitude D630 // C2M T7300 // 4GB DDR2 // X3100 // 160GB Smoothwall: P4 2.4C // 1GB DDR // AOpen MX4GVR // 80GB // Corsair CX430 I like HEAT
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