Which of these a good TIM these days???

[MongGrel]

Just got my new to me L5639 in, and waiting for my RAM to arrive, out of these what seems best Thermal Paste as I have tubes of them laying about.

MX-2
MX-3
Arctic Silver 5
Thermalright CF-2
OCZ Ultra 5+

Hadn't redone things in awhile, so thought I'd ask for a few opinions.

I'll have to look around myself a bit, but many in here rebuild things much more than I.

MX-2 has been my usual weapon of choice.

 

[MongGrel]

Probably shouldn't have asked as many charts out there, but some personal opinions would be nice anyway

 

[cat1560]

my personal favorite thermal paste is prolimatech pk 3

i find it is superior to a lot of other thermal pastes out there

its non electrically conductive and has no cure time and is a very good paste

 

[Tyerker]

Hard to argue against AS5. It's pretty much the standard by which any "better" paste is measured. That being said, I've heard very good things about the MX-2 stuff, as well.

 

[MongGrel]

Yeah the pk 3 looks very good from cruising around here a bit myself, but not ordering another thing.

But looks the MX-2 I've been using a long time really about almost as good as anything current really.

AS-5 is a bit old these days I think, just thought I'd through it up there.

Still works I guess.

*edit* yeah the MX-2 is non-conductive too, another reason I'd always used it.

 

[cat1560]

well artic silver is not bad if you don't mind the 200 hour cure time

 

[EarthDog]

+1 for MX-2. AS5, while fine, is a bit long in the tooth these days as there are many that are better.

 

[Tech Tweaker]

I normally use MX-2 myself.