What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The arctic mx-4 (8 g) thermal paste helps to cool down my xeon cpu e5-2683v4. Instant temp drop from either stock, or other tim.
Highlights
Quality
Was already familiar with the mx5 and seeing this on sale i grabbed it
I have a great laptop its modern high spec and im very pleased with the way it performs
Heck even toothpaste works for a while
However only a small amount is required as the product spreads well
Price
Would recommend to anyone wanting some low cost thermal paste that will do the job
If your just looking for a thermal paste that will work well regardless of workload and time this is great and for the price is... Read More
Competitiveness
I am running a ryzen 9 5950x with a be quiet dark rock 4 pro air cooler
Good thermals easy to apply unlike mx5 and cheap no complaints
To get better results you need to start looking at the very expensive liquid metal or kryonaut products
Comparing this to thermal grizzly paste which is pretty much twice the price for less or noctua paste that has really strong ad... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The paste is quite sticky and so care should be taken when removing a cooler to avoid the cooler pulling the cpu from the socket as some am4 boards do not have particularly strong retention
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this as my computer would often shut down when doing an intensive task such as rendering an hd video and i suspected it was due to the old thermal paste
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you have seen the tests all those magical super expensive potions are not any better
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Heck even toothpaste works for a while
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Comparing this to thermal grizzly paste which is pretty much twice the price for less or noctua paste that has really strong adhesion that nearly broke my cpu i would only recommend this from arctic
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There are many pastes available and from the reviews i can summarise as follows
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The majority of thermal pastes produce very similar results with under load temperature variations normally within 24 degrees celsius
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To get better results you need to start looking at the very expensive liquid metal or kryonaut products
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