Thermal paste

[ushhh]

Hi all I'm going to repaste my CPU and GPu and wondering which thermal paste do you guys think is better arctic cooling mx-4 or arctic silver 5 thanks

[bignazpwns]

Hi all I'm going to repaste my CPU and GPu and wondering which thermal paste do you guys think is better arctic cooling mx-4 or arctic silver 5 thanks

Its all pretty much the same. At most your talking around a 1-2c diff is most cases non at all.

I always used AS5 and i always will.

[UnAimed]

There's lots of thermal pastes better than AS 5. AS 5 is relatively old and outdated, but still gets nice temp drops and I have only had positive experiences with it.

Noctua and MX-4 are my favorites. IC Diamond is one of the best, but it can be quite difficult to apply. Also remember that AS 5 is electrically conducive and requires a curing period unlike MX 4. It won't really matter all that much what you choose though. Just make sure that if you go for AS 5 to not get any of it on the pcb or anywhere other than the heat spreader or you may end up shorting the laptop which I have read happening to some people over the years.

Hope that helps

[bignazpwns]

There's lots of thermal pastes better than AS 5. AS 5 is relatively old and outdated, but still gets nice temp drops and I have only had positive experiences with it.

Noctua and MX-4 are my favorites. IC Diamond is one of the best, but it can be quite difficult to apply. Also remember that AS 5 is electrically conducive and requires a curing period unlike MX 4. It won't really matter all that much what you choose though. Just make sure that if you go for AS 5 to not get any of it on the pcb or anywhere other than the heat spreader or you may end up shorting the laptop which I have read happening to some people over the years.

Hope that helps

Better? Its all whiten a few c of each other.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...ry-2012/1490/5

As you can see AS5 is old but still one of the best.

[Vicodin]

AS5 had the idle temp on my GPU at 33c in an Asus G55. 70c after 15 min furmark. New to me is not always better than old. I can trust the "old stuff".

[ushhh]

Cool thanks for the help think I'm going to go with as5

[UnAimed]

Better? Its all whiten a few c of each other.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...ry-2012/1490/5

As you can see AS5 is old but still one of the best.

Yup I'm aware of that. It depends on what chart/website you look. Some put AS5 above and others MX4 or Icy diamond. AS5 has never let me down but all the reasons mentioned above I prefer MX4.

To Ushhh- Remember that the application method is just as important or perhaps even more important than the thermal paste brand.

[ushhh]

Looking at there website I have to put a vertical line across the CPU and for the GPu should I put a pea size ball in the middle of the chip thanks

[bignazpwns]

Looking at there website I have to put a vertical line across the CPU and for the GPu should I put a pea size ball in the middle of the chip thanks

Thats if the chip has a ihs. On mobile chips you will need to do it this way.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appm...pread_v1.1.pdf

[ushhh]

i have a intel 3820qm installed so i think mine looks like this