Arctic MX-6 vs MX-4

Just applied the MX4 to my GPU and temps went down by 30-35 oon load with my 7900XT. The max is 79 compared to 101 so Im not mad.

I’m not sure it’s worth re-pasting my cpu but I think I’ll use the MX-6 on future applications

Arctic recommend against spreading the MX-6 manually on their own website. Instead they tell you to place a pea-sized blob in the middle and let it spread itself out.

It was good for 2 years with mx4 on ps4 pro, but when I switched to mx6 I was amazed..

omg a thermal paste applicator. the verge would be proud.

I mean it did say in the instruction that it's not recommended to spread and instead to do the classic dot

Mx6 got my GPU to drop 20 degrees.

Arctic MX-6 vs MX-4 or mx4 vs mx5 the mx-6??????

man, i still got a huge syringle of mx2 from 2016. is it worth buying mx6 in replacment of mx2? kind regards

Have you tried applying the way Arctic recommend (one pea, let it spread by itself) and compared thermals?

High viscosity will probably be better for laptops

I like how peoples performance chart in these comments is "i applied xyz paste and have had no issues". To some people 60c idle is "no problems". Yall are circlejerking.

The mx-5 apparently glued the CPU to the cooler 😂 I never used it myself, always used MX-4 and don’t see the point in changing something that isn’t broken.

MX4 and all be good don’t change anything that works for years without problems. MX6 is an absolute pain in the ass to spread

ahm, 1 degree could be counted as margin of error. if it was like 3+ degrees i would have been running to get mx 6.

so what if you don't have one of the spatula tools? is it okay to just put some paste on then seat the cpu?

Arctic MX-6 had my Ryzen 9 5900x idle at 26c and never ever went over 65c in benchmarks and gaming, of course I used an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 rev 4 with the offset brackets. Ran a Cinebench r23 30-minute throttle test and scored 23,527mc for memory I’m using the G Skill Trident Z Neo cl14 3600mhz 4x8gb overclocked to cl14 3733mhz 4x8gb at 1.48 volts with direct memory cooling and an Asus Tuf OC Edition RTX 4070 Ti Super on an Asus 1440p 240hz monitor.

mx-4 last longer and best for 20° - 55°
mx-6 best for 40° - 90°

Mejor te entendí a ti que a los tontos que hacen sus videos en español y eso que soy de México

Got genuine MX-6 from Amazon and it's pretty disappointing. After 3 months my temperatures started climbing again on my 3080. Took off the heatsink and it was already dried up and falling apart.

this is very good data.. my MSI GT72s power jack went out of business

Awesome, very useful, thanks :-)

Mx-6 might be 1 degree cooler but for almost double the price compared to mx-4 I think I’ll stick with the old standard.

i didint understand

For me, its still mx4. Mx6 MAY be a bit better, but for the price, mx4 is unbeatable. And, its available damn near everywhere.

The diff is negligible and mx 4 is much cheaper so mx 4 wins

I think the idea with higher viscosity is it takes longer to "dry out." With regard to thermals, there may not even be a statistically difference significance between the best thermal paste possible, and the worst. However, the more viscous ones should, in theory, perform within the burn-in specs for the longest.

The problem with mx 4 is that's its not great for open dye application

I still prefer a center dot of compound and then carefully screwing the heatsink down while holding it to create a single pancake affect. I think I’ll order mx6 for my AM4/AM5 builds.

Turns out thermal paste is thermal paste. Thanks for the vid!

And in a long term? How is it in one year compared to mx4? Thanks in advance

MSI said themselves that the best method is the pea sized drop in the middle method. The spreading method this guy is using can introduce air pockets.

I had MX-5 on my 5800x ryzen, and it was a P.I.T.A. to separate it from my Dark Rock Pro 4 cooler. One time it pulled the CPU from the socket and it bent some pins (that I had to carefully straighten). Mx-6 might be 1Cº better than MX-4, but I'm done with sticky pastes, so I'm getting 4 now.

Why should you spread the thermal past if it doesn't ? Put more ! Then the difference should be seen in the single core, not in the average.

The MX-6 might be better, but applying it is way tougher. It also makes you lose more product, since it sticks to the surface you are applying it with. So if you would apply it on more devices, let's say on a daily base, I wouldn't take MX-6. When you would only apply it once or twice in years, it is better, and the loss is more forgivable.

If you're only building one pc mx-6 makes sense because you only have to apply it 1x

Room temp at 18c? sееk help wасko :DDDDDD

Both trash, thermalright TF4 much better, but the best is Akasa gold.

wow

Arctic MX-6 is the best paste on the market

you should not spread mx6 like mx4 they are diffirent you must put a dot at middel of cpu and litle press and wiggle jiggle cooler when you soft but firm pressing cooler thats it prevents air gaps

For 98% of builders it won't make a difference. Paste is paste 90% of the time. Benchmarks show it's not even that important.

MX-4-5-6 total garbage even dirt cheap GD900 can match up to its performance.

Man, what an amazing video. So perfectly explained.
Thank you so much for this.
I hated mx5. Mx4 was always so good to spread. I think the opposite. Around 1c less at high loads is not as important. 99% of computers stay a rest 99%+ of the time, so artic 4 would be better in my opinion.

Mx6 is hard to use. Is more like dry. And i think mx4 works with better temperatures

More viscous and sticky is better. Less pump out effect on laptops, gpu's, chipsets and some dellided CPUs

You should retest after 5 months

I went back to mx-4 because mx-5 was so bad. How has mx-6 heald up after almost a year?

marginal like margarine

Yo what is that plastic piece that he using to spread the thermal paste? i want one now lol !