Tested all of Thermal Paste Range (best of them)

[mohsen 17]

Thermal paste round-up

hi to all

here we have range of thermal pastes to test.

(you can download all pictures in attachment)

Akasa AK-455 Thermal Compound:

Akasa AK-460 High Performance Thermal Compund (3.5g):

Alpenföhn "Snow Cannon" Thermalpaste (1.5g):

Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (4g):

Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g):

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g):

Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Paste (1.75g):

Arctic Silver Céramique 2 Thermal Paste (2.7g):

Cooler Master IC-Essential E1 Thermal Paste:

Cooler Master IC-Essential E2 Thermal Paste:

Cooler Master IC-Value V1 Thermal Paste:

Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Liquid Metal Thermal Paste:

Dimastech HTX-EE Thermal Grease - Enthusiast Edition (3.5g):

Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Cutting Edge Thermal Compound (3.5g):

IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound (4.8g):

IC Diamond 7-Carat Thermal Compound (1.5g):

Prolimatech PK-1 Nano Thermal Compound (5g):

Prolimatech PK-2 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste (1.5g):

Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - (1.5g):

Xigmatek PTI-G3606 Thermal Grease - (3g):

Test Setup:

i5 3570K @4.5GHz (45X multi and using 1.4Vcore)

Each paste was applied using a rice grain sized blob in the center of the CPU's heatspreader... the testing was done on similar days.

Spread-ability:

The Coolaboratory Liquid Pro doesn't work at all well when trying to use the CPU cooler to spread it using pressure, instead the instructions say to spread a small blob around the surface using a cotton bud or similar until the surface is like a mirror, it behaves like Mercury metal at all times and I didn't like it at all, the fact I got it to spread at all means it doesn't receive a 0.

Idle temperatures:

Idle temps were recorded after leaving the PC alone for 15 mins and then the minimum temperature of all four cores added up and divided by the number of cores to give the average.

Load temperatures:

Load temps were recorded in a similar method after running Prime95 for 15 minutes, the maximum temps were again just added up and divided by the number of cores.

and the last resualt to buy a perfect thing:

Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra:

Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra VS Coollaboratory Liquid Pro:

so, buy a Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra and relax for years...

(source:more from overclockers.co)

attachment(pics):

https://www.mediafire.com/?56vi7t23n46izqk

[Ninjamander 11]

guess I should repast my alienware, last time I did so I did lost 10c over the factory one.

[mkkillah 12]

I still use Noctua NT-H1... I have always felt it was better than all the others. Especially because I get the feeling that a lot of hype surrounding pastes is often exaggerated. I get temps just as low if not lower than IC diamond which is 3x times the price.

Thanks for the comparison! bookmarked

[Splintah 10]

From this chart I think I would go with the Gelid solutions considering the alternatives. IC Diamond is right above it and scratches the die and Coolabratory will solidify if not changed every 3 months and is also potentially conductive.

[mohsen 17]

From this chart I think I would go with the Gelid solutions considering the alternatives. IC Diamond is right above it and scratches the die and Coolabratory will solidify if not changed every 3 months and is also potentially conductive.

actually Liquid Ultra is better but may whasted one package in a round using... you don't need to change it since 6 months... and of course maybe more expensive from the others. but it costs... compare pics:

before liquid ultra:

after liquid ultra:

[mw86 1362]

Excellent Comparison Mohsen wow what a coverage of products thank you. I tested Liquid Pro and Ultra on an older laptop and got slightly better temp with Liquid Pro. I think I will retest to see if results lean towards Ultra a second time around. Thanks for this, very cool. I applied the Ultra and the Pro with the Brush from the Ultra package and I applied it to both the heatsink and the cpu die, not sure if that made a difference. I tried ultra just applying to the die and got better temps second time around applying to the heatsink as well. I think it says if heatsink surface is lapped well or very even it has less impact or need to apply to both surfaces as the die in that case would be well enough. From what I read that is true that even if the metal solidified it is until removed still in the same perfect contact using the Liquid metal even months later. Says unless you need tp change out the hardware there really is no need to reapply Liquid Metal once in use.

[Khenglish 1155]

The problem with liquid pro is the q-tip leaving strands behind on the die. Spread it with plastic wrap on your finger and it's slightly better than ultra.

[godfafa 137]

Great job,

I have used liquid pro for two years in my alienwares (m17x R4 and m18x R2).

They are THE GREATEST THERMAL ever.

And btw IC diamon 7 and 24 carrots are the same product. Shouldn't differ.

[Ripman 10]

Coollaboratory Liquid Pro is best from tests. I used this paste on x17 R3 580M, and it dropped 7-10 degree usage. Now my idle temp is 50-55 celsius and max I could reach in Dota 2 and Starcraft 2 on Ultra was 61 C. On my previous paste, GPU temp was around 62 on idle, and in usage 72-78 C

Warning, with Liquid Pro if you put to much, could spill over the termal plate on GPU and could short-circuit. I noticed that somehow, the liquid paste binds with top cooper, that`s is a good thing, as it covers all the scratches and holes.

Totally recommand, but be carefully when you apply.

[megabob 10]

a Seriously good comprehensive guide I've used the Arctic Cooling MX-4 on my old GPU and an Intel and AMD processor with pretty good results. doesn't seem to go chalky after extended usage also

[godfafa 137]

And can I link this page and translate it to a korean alienware community? Your experience and experiment would be very helpful to many people.

I will be waiting for your reply. Thank you,

[mohsen 17]

And can I link this page and translate it to a korean alienware community? Your experience and experiment would be very helpful to many people.

I will be waiting for your reply. Thank you,

yes my friend, you can...

just please add this text in the end of your thread: (source:more from overclockers.co)

because that is not all my experience...

[godfafa 137]

ok thank you sir~!

[andrewff2 12]

guys can i use this compound in my P375SM i have two 8970m i want to repaste all CPU and GPUS, can one bottle of this do the job? should i use this stuff?

[mohsen 17]

guys can i use this compound in my P375SM i have two 8970m i want to repaste all CPU and GPUS, can one bottle of this do the job? should i use this stuff?

which compound you mean? you can use all of them but be careful that ultra liquid is electrical... you must use it on copper heatsink and cpu or gpu die surface... just them... use a little bit...

[mw86 1362]

which compound you mean? you can use all of them but be careful that ultra liquid is electrical... you must use it on copper heatsink and cpu or gpu die surface... just them... use a little bit...

as mohsen said, NEVER use Liquid Pro or Ultra on Aluminum i forget the other metal may be Nickel it breaks it down chemically as far as liquifying aluminum

[thegh0sts 114]

as mohsen said, NEVER use Liquid Pro or Ultra on Aluminum i forget the other metal may be Nickel it breaks it down chemically as far as liquifying aluminum

Glad to see the Gelid Extreme do well...good to know i made a good purchase.

[mw86 1362]

Glad to see the Gelid Extreme do well...good to know i made a good purchase.

i won some Gelid Extreme get to use it soon as a part arrives. Im guessing it is pretty good and it is much less risky than liquid metal lol

[thegh0sts 114]

i won some Gelid Extreme get to use it soon as a part arrives. Im guessing it is pretty good and it is much less risky than liquid metal lol

yeah, i used it on both my CPU and GPU no problems. though the only annoying thing about the AW17 is the lack of fan control so i used HWinfo64 to control the fan temps and now it idles at 32-34 before it was idling at 42-43. the lack of constant airflow really annoyed me but i got that bit sorted.

[mw86 1362]

yeah, i used it on both my CPU and GPU no problems. though the only annoying thing about the AW17 is the lack of fan control so i used HWinfo64 to control the fan temps and now it idles at 32-34 before it was idling at 42-43. the lack of constant airflow really annoyed me but i got that bit sorted.

i had to do same on Alien 18 yeah they failed at that ec pretty good lol. Thankfully Mumak has Alien fan control as you say

[Schumsta 11]

So it should be enough if i order 1 Gelid Extreme for GPU and CPU?

[andrewff2 12]

which compound you mean? you can use all of them but be careful that ultra liquid is electrical... you must use it on copper heatsink and cpu or gpu die surface... just them... use a little bit...

Sup man,

Yeah i just used a little tiny bit only on CPU/GPU die (why would someone put this elsewere??)

Man was a pain in the ass to take out the old compound but after that everything is so fking smooth temps in stress don't pass 75ºC (158ºF) in GPU/CPU.

[Brainiac92 13]

Also have the gelid extreme on my 970m now!

Really enjoy it, temps are nice

Idle between 31 and 37 degrees

[davenam 14]

hmmm. I have ordered IC Diamond 24-carat, which everyone recoomended but according to your test, it is actually not very effective

[Dethtool74 10]

I've been using GC Extreme for the past year on my Alienware 18. When I 1st pasted my CPU&GPU's I got a 8-10 degree drop in temps running OC setting at 4.0 on a 4900mq, idle at 45 degrees, load at 72 degrees on load intensive games. Both GPU's under load stay between 55-69 degrees. I haven't pasted in about 5 months either. Temps have gone up 3-5 degrees since last repaste so it probably about that time again. I need to adjust fan settings but aren't entirely sure how to go about it without damaging something.

Edited March 18, 2016 by Dethtool74