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ARCTIC MX-6 (4 g, incl. 6 MX Cleaner) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU, consoles, graphics cards, laptops, very high thermal conductivity, long durability, non-conductive, non-capacitive

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The dispersion is quite good, denoting that it is not as viscous as it seemed to us in the first instance, especially when we have not applied as much pressure as a heatsink will apply to the processor and, in fact, we have put much more thermal paste on the paper of the which we will cast on the IHS of the processor normally. Remember that the Tom's Hardware legacy TIM chart shows all conventional thermal greases (non liquid metal) to be in a very, very narrow performance range about 3-4 degrees Celsius. I haven't added mx-6 to my x299 rig yet but it's on my todo list plus some loop adjustments/ flush the loop and use mayhems XT-1 clear fluid to it's custom loop no air cooler on this rig.

ZoneDymohere's hoping for some tests of this on the forum or by TPU themselves, GN is I think Thermal Grizzly sponsored so its a bit off for them to test itGN doesn't test thermal compounds. Running ads doesn't mean they are biased towards TG. Just look at their coverage of LGA1700 frames. I'll see how screwed it is soon. I've got a 7700X with some RAM and mobo arriving tomorrow. For now, I just think all current-gen CPUs (both Intel and AMD) are driven way out of their ideal spot on the efficiency curve which can be fixed with Eco mode or some tweaking, but I'll see soon enough.It's important to reiterate that PC temperature readings are heavily tied to ambient temperature. Unless one is monitoring ambient temperature very carefully, you can pretty much toss these sort of casual observations into the circular file. Remember that ambient temperature doesn't just vary from season to season but hour by hour. As you can see, the Arctic MX-6 is the winner of this comparison, taking 0.7 degrees from the excellent Noctua NT-H2 and 1.9 degrees Celsius from the CORSAIR TM30, which is not bad thermal paste either. Of course, in terms of performance, it seems that Arctic has done an excellent job again. Got a ton of different answers but OCN was all about CoolerMaster Gel, Thermalright, and Thermal Grizzly.

And yeah they were not sponsored by/for the frame, but they repeatedly were sponsored by/for the thermal paste.You said sponsored, they aren't sponsored. They run ads from various manufacturers, that's different. Artic's Silver series is extremely popular among enthusiasts. The Silver series has also been around for quite some time now and the company has managed to keep it relevant in the space by adding newer, better variants to match the current standards. The Arctic Silver 5 is currently one of the most popular thermal paste solutions on the market. It's a high-density polysynthetic silver compound that's known to be very effective in a variety of builds. It contains micronized silver and several other thermally conductive ceramic particles to offer a high level of performance and stability. I've found MX-4 and NT-H1 to stay effective for longer before needing repasting. And honestly between all high performance thermal pastes I don't think you are looking at that much of a difference in performance, and its more about how long it lasts, if you get pump-out effect, etc. watt HamsterCertain batches had problems with material separation that Arctic was apparently unable to solve.I've experienced that first hand. In terms of specifications, the Cooler Master MasteGel Regular thermal paste has a thermal conductivity of 5 W/mk, which is more in line with a lot of other options mentioned in this collection. The company also sells a premium version of this particular paste with thermal conductivity of 11 W/mk. This paste is grey in color and its density is 2.5 g. We had absolutely no issues applying the paste on the CPU. The overall performance of the solution has also been pretty solid as we've encountered no abnormalities in the CPU temps. We've used this particular paste for many of our builds and it's been a reliable option.

Arctic halts troublesome MX-5 thermal paste; MX-6 successor spotted at almost three times the price watt HamsterCertain batches had problems with material separation that Arctic was apparently unable to solve.Still better than MX-3. :P That thing was just... something else. You may have heard of thermal pads being used by many as a replacement for thermal paste. That's entirely normal because thermal pads are also highly efficient. Thermal pads are primarily used on M.2 SSD modules. As such the heatsink or the motherboard shroud covering the M.2 SSD module holds thermal pads to dissipate the heat produced by the modules. It works the same way as thermal paste, except these are solid pads as opposed to pasting or liquid solutions. We think the Thermal Grizzly's Carbonaut is one of the best options on the market. This can be used on both processors and GPUs too. The application of thermal pads involves placing the pad on top of the CPU IHS, thereby filling the gap between the IHS and the heatsink.

I've now started using a line down the longer length of the CPU instead and the spread comes out much better.ARCTIC made a conscious decision not to specify any values for the thermal conductivity of its thermal paste and thermal pads because many manufacturers invent, artificially inflate or embellish this value. Thermal paste has a thermal conductivity of 1 to 4 W/mK. Values outside of this range, such as 12.5 W/mK, are at odds with the truth. I'm not a fan of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. The one tube I bought a few years ago was expensive for how much you get, and while it performed well when new, after 6 months temps were shooting up and definitely by a year it needed repasting. They have new formulas now I think, but I still just find their stuff expensive for what it is.

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