Windows 7 - Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off

Brink · 01-19-2012

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Does thermal paste really matter? We applied, reapplied, reapplied some more, and turned up the heat on our testing CPU to find out.

Ask ten geeks about their preferred thermal interface material (TIM) and you’ll get six different answers. Five will go with Arctic Silver 5 and the others will have five totally different favorites. Ask a non-geek about their favorite thermal paste and you might get slapped.

But is Arctic Silver 5 really the best? Is the thermal testing compound we’ve been using in the lab really cutting the mustard? We gathered seventeen premium thermal pastes and an overclocked test bed and set about finding out whether thermal paste really makes a difference, and if so, which one is the best.

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jloc · 01-19-2012

I had to buy some thermal paste to fix my Toshiba TV, it was some unbranded stuff from Maplins, it's doing it's job though.

Qdos · 01-19-2012

Why wasn't Arctic Céramique in the line up? I swear by the stuff...

mickey megabyte · 01-19-2012

real men use mayo

Qdos · 01-19-2012

Not to mention chocolate or toothpaste, eh?

NoN · 04-04-2012

What's about here:

It is dated from 2009, but looks renewed.
80-way Thermal Interface Material Performance Test

I'm using both Zalman ZM STG1 and Zalman ZM-STG2 Super Thermal Grease

smarteyeball · 04-05-2012

Quote: Originally Posted by Qdos

Why wasn't Arctic Céramique in the line up? I swear by the stuff...

There's quite a few not mentioned, like IC Diamond which is my new personal favourite.

Quote: Originally Posted by NoN

What's about here:

It is dated from 2009, but looks renewed.

Much more comprehensive and there really haven't been 'that many' new pastes in the last few years.

TypeR · 04-05-2012

Arctic Silver gets my vote. Especially for PS3's to prevent YLOD.