ThermalrightTFX 2g Thermal Paste,The High Performance Thermal Grease for Cooling All Processors, Heat Sink Paste High Durability 14.3W/m. Graphics Cards and Heat Sinks in Computers and Consoles

0 I'm all about keeping my CPU and GPU cool and this thermal paste does the right job now fair warning to anyone interested in using this thermal paste it's a thick boy Make sure that you spread it either using the x method or a light shed on the unit itself because it will expand but just like every thermal paste it will dry out in the future so make sure if you buy one pack keep an extra one handy for when you have to reapply it The good thing about this thermal paste is that it does his job very well it conducts heat properly into the heat sink making sure that your devices stay cool while the room that you're in turns into a heater.

This stuff is so hard to put on. I used the spreader it came with to apply it and it would lift off the cpu and onto the spreader, so it wouldn't stay on the cpu. I recommend using a head gun or something to make it easier to spread. In the end, I just kept spreading it for a long time until I got it to stay on the cpu. I give it 5 stars because it seems to work really good. My CPU is an AMD 9800x3d which runs kind of hot, but with this thermal paste and my water cooler, it stays in the low 30s celcius even under heavy loads. It seems to be doing its job, and I made sure to do research before buying this and tests showed that this stuff is very good for keeping your cpu temperature low.

Thermal paste quality needs two consideration: how well it dissipates heat and how long it’ll last until it experiences pump out.If you can get the best of both worlds, you’ve found the absolute best thermal paste. The tfx doesn’t dissipate heat as well as my Noctua NT-H2 or the MX5. Expect the thermals to be 1-3c lower based on workload.Where does this paste shines? Durability!!! It’s a rather thick paste to work with so best technique is to warm it up by putting it inside a ziplock bag, zip it up and submerge it into hot water for 5-10min to soften it up. It’s still pretty thick but MUCH easier to work with.Since I installed it on my cpu and gpu, I’ve got no issues with them working for 1 week and the performance drops like I did with thinner pastes. I don’t need to worry about it oozing out between the two contact surfaces (pump out).Do I recommend this paste? Depends!!!If you want the absolute best in thermal conductivity, look at Liquid Metal. If you want easy to apply, this isn’t it. If you want to set it and forget it for over a year, this is the paste to go.

Hard to spread but great thermal results.In order to facilitate the spreading process, put the tube in a ziploc and drop it in hot water for 5 min before applying it.Gained 5C on 13900K over the EK paste.

I have a collection of pastes: Arctic MX-4, MX-6, Noctua NT-H2, Thermalright TF7.I had really good luck with TF7, giving me a slight down-tick in temps (maybe 1°C at load), so I figured I'd try TFX.Again, similar results. Maybe another 1°C decrease. Nothing groundbreaking.Thermalright's are definitely thicker and harder to spread. TFX even more than TF7. TFX kind of drags the paste making it hard to move around. May be best to just put down the pea sized glob and let the heatsink spread it, but I like to be sure its covered.For the price I'd probably go with TF-7 in the future. They're all good enough, just minor differences.TF-7 is a good middle ground. Maybe not as efficient but easier to spread and work with.

I have been using this paste around 6 years for extreme performance applications. This paste offers the best thermal conductivity (and the best overall temps) of any other Paste I have tested. The only downside to this paste is that it starts to dry out after around 18 months so I don't use it in a customer machine unless they are going to service it themselves.As far as squeezing out every bit of performance; this is the paste to use. I have applied it to a couple gaming laptops now just to squeeze out every drop of performance and this always delivers. Just have to remember to re-paste again when it starts to dry up.

The paste was so thick and dried out it acted more like a putty than a paste.

Repasted 4080 super with this and my temps dropped about 6C from standard paste. Pasted for broken fan, not from overheating. I would probably get new thermal pads/putty if I were to do it again.Tough to apply because of the viscosity, but after putting into 150 degree water for a while it becomes easier to spread for about 2-3 minutes.