Thermal Paste Wars - Which paste is the right for your CPU or GPU?!?

I have to make a little disclaimer because some of little precious souls got their feelings hurt, because some other paste won that you are not using. Well grow up.
1. All of the pastes were sent to me, I do not deny that, doesn't change anything, I am not biased nor I will ever be.
2. Personally I used Arctic all the time, regardless of something being sent or not, did it won? No.
3. No one knew what the results would be until the release of the video, I myself was surprised about some results
4. Everything you seen on my channel was sent to me, again, am I biased? I don't think so. Do I praise everything, no, I am looking to make a review that will go through all the good and bad things of each product. And that will never change!
5. Again grow up, you do not have to agree with me, nor I with you, I do not say bad things to you, move along if you do not like.

Once again, thanks to everyone for the support and understanding, these tests are purely fun and for science purposes and some of the pastes used here might work better on your hardware, not every HW combo is the same, nor does everything behaves exactly the same in given conditions.

Vlad

Scam alert!

longetivity?

Can i also use The Geldi GC-4 on my GPU ?? Or its only for CPU's??

How long does the Gelid dc-4 last before you need to tepaste??? 🤔🤔

All the same really.

Have I ever wondered which paste was the best? I'm still wondering mate......

Way to much blablabla! 🙄🙄

Definitely getting GC4 for Intel Arc since it's a hot card. Thanks so much.

MX-4: 92-88-55-85
MX-5: 90-86-53-81
MX-6: 89-85-52-81

NT-H1: 91-87-55-84
NT-H2: 90-87-55-83

GC-Ex: 91-86-53-84
GC-4: 88-79-50-79

No grizzly? Dang wanted to see hydronaut

You basically cannot buy GC 4 anywhere, why?

KPx High Performance vs Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme that's a battle I would like to see

I've been using MX-6 this past year and it's been working perfect. I use I on my i7-7700k and it stay under 55Celcius even when playing GTA5. I just use a DeepCool air cooler.

Edit: It is delid and use liquid metal on CPU die.

Fake review

My results on 14900k using GPUZ bench:
MX5 - 91C
T30 - 93C
MX6 - 86C
after 80 seconds of running.

MX-4 WIN

Unfortunately, these results mostly fall within a margin of error I would say. Which is consistent with other videos I've seen testing pastes. Very hard to actually draw conclusions here.

The prolimatech pk-3 nano would've been a good thing to test, it lasts way longer than kryonaut and better. One thing you should mention is the longevity and pump out resistance of the pastes.

of course, paid content. biased or fake

Thanks for this test! Really helpful info

For on AMD 7950X with MX-4 is the best 38 Celsius on Artic liquid cooling 2 also on Sapphire NItro + 7900 XTX

I switched from Corsair TM50 that came on my H150i AIO to Arctic MX-4 and it dropped my temps by like 4 degrees Celsius and the "old" corsair paste was only about a month old.

When Gelid win, haters come. Always the same. Thanks for the video. GC4 is on my shopping list already. Looks like they are back on top (GC extreme worked really good and it was a chart topper for me, but few years ago, somethink happend and the quality was getting lower with each batch).

What a bad test, those results are quite different to what I've seen in many other videos.

Thanks for this video it really helped me to choose what thermal paste to use❤

GD-2 $1 3g will beat all of them on the list.

One benefit of GC extreme is that it works really well for direct die applications. MX-4 is my go to for desktop processors but it really sucks for direct dies like on laptops and GPUs hardly last a month before the heat just pumps it all out. If you need something to do it all GC extreme is a good choice so is Thermal Take TFX (bit better than GC but it cost more) .

gc-4 it is

Kyronaut : You didn't invited me to party?😂

So basically they are all in the margin of error great ...

Applied mx-4 on my 6700xt , temps are good after re-paste and went worse after only a month even with undervolt , will try gelid next

Very informative thanks. You should test Fuze-Ice by Iceberg Thermal, their thermal conductivity was listed as 13 w/mk for FuzeIce Plus and 11.25 w/mk for standard FuzeIce, not bad if accurate.

I don't know if it's possible but wouldn't it be easier for the processor and cpu cooler factories to try to smooth the metal as best as possible so that there are no imperfections?

Vlad you should try phase-change material Honeywell PTM7950. It comes in as a sheet, lasts longer, performs works better than traditional pastes and there is no pump-out effect.
On the power section (vrm) and vrams I advice to give thermal putty Upsiren UX Pro. Does an amazing job, temperatures can drop by as 5-10°C on the vrams.

Changed thermal paste from Noctua to Gelid GC4 on 12900K - difference is in 5-7 degrees in favor of Gelid. Great thermal paste, works as intended. Also, I seriously do not understand people that are using stupid amount of voltage for their CPUs and then come here to bitch and moan about thermal paste. Like suuuure, thermal paste is the main issue for you. Strange people.

No thermal grizzly?? wtf

Is anyone familiar with replacing thermal pads on a laptop? Does it help at all? Or keep OEM

For those who wanna buy gc-4. DONT.

Tried and tested myself. Max temp playing valorant 82c. Using AK620 cooler. 5800x

Arctic mx4 is much better.

If you don’t believe me, u can test it your self.

For my Asus rog strix RX 580 8gb use mx-6 with Extreme OC + UV only 60° in this Summer. The GPU stock run 53°. I think Is a good thermal paste. Good video.

Bro doesnt even give the most important info: Thermal conudctivity

Gelid featured your video in their website.

BIASED LOL

I was hoping that GC-4 would provide some kind of miracle. I should have known better. I applied MX-4 to my CPU about 10 months ago and just ran a comparison test with CB25 for 5 mins. and Y-cruncher 2.5B. I applied some GC-4 and unfortunately the results for maximum and average were with a degree of each other. I would call this margin of error. Still a good paste though.

Idk if anyone let you know in the comments, but you pronounced "viscosity" perfectly.

I installed thermal grizzly on my gaming laptop and I’m getting 95-100 on my test runs. Not good. Need to get something better. Im assuming thicker paste is better for laptops. Help pls.

Positive comment

What do you recommend for gaming laptop that have higher temps? Which one do you think is best so it does not dry out after few months? Would like the best performing one and one we dont need to replace all the time. I think Gelid Extreme would be best. But please confirm.

Is the Gelid GC-4 good for laptops? I've heard that runny thermal pastes like the MX-4 are prone to pump-out in applications like GPUs and laptops. The GC-4 seems to be easier to spread compared to the GC-Extreme but is it still thick enough to withstand pump-out?

I just got the Gelid gc-4, what application do you recommend for an R5 5600X?, pea, rice or spread?

Also, is there much difference between using 70% and 90% isopropyl alcohol to clean old CPU and cooler thermal paste?

Thanks