What's your Thermal Grease??!!

ShrimpBrime · Jul 13, 2014

Curious, not up for a debate or anything, but would just like to know what users use what Thermal Interface Compound.

Me? Antec Formula 6 or 7 - Some years ago, was using AS5 <-- still good stuff!

Thanks for your responses!!

:comp:

Woomack · Jul 14, 2014

My thermal grease is gray

But really MX4, Zalman STG2 or Gelid Supreme. Whatever is available on stock as all of them give similar results and graphics cards like them. Also price is reasonable. Except that I have some MX2 as store sent it by mistake and I just didn't want to send it back.
In general I try to stick to Gelid Supreme as it's in bigger tubes than MX4/MX2 or Zalman so price is much lower and I'm using a lot of it. When it's not available then I pick some others.
There is also Phobya version of LCP which was cheaper and inside is the same ... for delidding only

Sometimes I'm trying new TIMs but not always with success. Last fail was BeQuiet grease which was terrible to apply and was giving worse results than MX4 in similar price.

freeagent · Jul 14, 2014

I still use as5

Johan45 · Jul 14, 2014

I like the Phobya He grease extreme the best so far but I have a few different ones, AS ceramique II is pretty good. I like the ones that are easy to put on and take off myself. Also have a big tube of AS5 still that gets used when I run out of others.

rpjkw11 · Jul 14, 2014

I've been using the TIM that comes with Noctua coolers. Based on personal experience as well as numerous forum comments over the years, I've come to the conclusion that their TIM is one of the best. I also successfully used it when I delidded my 3770K and 4770K.

ATMINSIDE · Jul 14, 2014

rpjkw11 said:
I've been using the TIM that comes with Noctua coolers. Based on personal experience as well as numerous forum comments over the years, I've come to the conclusion that their TIM is one of the best. I also successfully used it when I delidded my 3770K and 4770K.

+1 to this.

Not only is it one of the better TIMs out there (we're splitting down to 1-2°C difference here, but still), but it also is very easy to apply and clean up and has no curing time.

Blaylock · Jul 14, 2014

I've always used AS5. I used the Zalman brush on grease before too. Once I get my board back from RMA I'm planning on giving the Noctua a run that came with my NH-D14. By all acounts it should be better.

Witchdoctor · Jul 14, 2014

My preference depending on budget

1st

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426020

2nd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003

As ATM state the differences in compounds is very small.

EarthDog · Jul 14, 2014

Mx-2... got great deals on it cheap and its around 1C or so of the 'best' while costing much less... I'm not after 1C more than I six pack of beer with the money I saved.

Diggrr · Jul 14, 2014

Janus67 · Jul 14, 2014

EarthDog said:
Mx-2... got great deals on it cheap and its around 1C or so of the 'best' while costing much less... I'm not after 1C more than I six pack of beer with the money I saved.

Completely agree. I bought a handful or syringes of it when it was on sale for a couple bucks a piece.

bamato · Jul 14, 2014

I use Gelid extreme. Been very happy with it.

Nebulous · Jul 14, 2014

I've used Ceramique for ages, until the giant syringe hardened :-/

. Saw a deal for MX4 and snapped that up. So far I'm really liking the MX4 and the difference between the 2 is like 1-2c

Techjesse · Jul 14, 2014

I use Nano Diamond on the CPU's & GPU's

mimart7 · Jul 14, 2014

I use either Gelid GC Extreme, or IC 7.

Aldakoopa · Jul 14, 2014

I'm gonna get flamed for this but I just use the generic Cooler Master stuff that came with my 212. :chair:

I was about to run out and I bought a tube of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103059

I've only used it once and have no way of comparing temps to the generic stuff as it was on a new build.

Mag10 · Jul 14, 2014

Still using AS5, I would like to try out the Gelid Extreme however. I also have some coolermaster TIM(unnamed?) but have yet to try it.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5

Pretty close to AS5, always good as a backup!

Techjesse · Jul 14, 2014

Mag10 said:
Still using AS5, I would like to try out the Gelid Extreme however. I also have some coolermaster TIM(unnamed?) but have yet to try it.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5

Pretty close to AS5, always good as a backup!

Time to buy better :rofl:

JLK03F150 · Jul 14, 2014

I used AS Ceramique for several years, replaced that tube with an AS5 & have been using it for about 5 years. I don't bench these days so it isn't really that big of a deal now.

Celeron_Phreak · Jul 14, 2014

Dunno, depends on what I am applying it to. While I don't use my Arctic Ceramique often, I primarily use AS5, since it's available even at Radio Shack. I do have a big toothpaste tube of plain jane white paste (like you see on power supply mosfet heatsinks) that my dad used to use at HP when it worked there. That stuff goes on my Pentium 1 and 2 chips, things that are not as critical for cooling.

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