Favorite Thermal Grease?

H Brando · 12-11-2005, 12:26 PM

I have been using Arctic Silver for a while now and it has worked fairly well for me. I have also tried a generic paste I got with a fan one time, but ended up removing it and replacing it with Arctic Silver later on.

What grease are you using for your CPU installations and such?

kelp · 12-11-2005, 12:33 PM

Artic Silver, Arctic Silver! That thermal paste seems to be the best for processors in order to retain coolness. My barebones computer came with a strip that "sticks", but everyone on the Shuttle forums recommends against it so Arctic Silver was used.

Bender · 12-11-2005, 05:11 PM

Its called paste, not grease :P

I only know of arctic silver, but I dont use any paste anymore because CPU's now come with a thermal pad which does the job that the paste used to do.
Alot less messier too.

bear · 12-14-2005, 12:04 AM

Yeah, that's right.
I cant remember the last time i had to put thermal paste on.
Does anyone use both the paste and the pad or is it bad to do that?

jess · 12-18-2005, 01:50 AM

It is not considered necessary to use the paste and the pad together.
The pad performs the same purpose as the paste anyway, so its a waste of time/money.

I think you can actually wreck the thermal pad by using paste on it - it can make the pad become soft and removed from the surface.