Good cheap thermal paste

[Pcmatic184]

Hi I was wondering what would so good thermal paste be . I heard of artic silver and that's about it so u wanted so opinions, thanks

 

[cageymaru]

Well I use Phobya HeGrease but it's definitely not the cheapest.

 

[Pcmatic184]

13 dollars isn't bad at al

 

[RushiMP]

For the overclocked stuff: +1 for Phobya HeGrease
Its easy to clean and easy to apply. It has one of the best performance ratings available, especially if you take into account suboptimal / poor applications and weak contact pressure. This is very forgiving grease that will give you the best, if if you are not the best lol.

For the stock stuff: Arctic Ceramique
One of the cheapest compounds. Comes in large 25g tubes. Stable from sub-ambient cooling to overclocked rigs. Never ever seen it dry out, even after years. Most definitely does not conduct electricity, I often use it as dielectric grease.

 

[Pcmatic184]

I just using stick heat sink so I would probley check out the artic cereamique

 

[OGOC]

The Radio Shack stuff used to do pretty well in tests. That was years ago though. I don't know what they carry now. Though they do carry Arctic Silver if you want to buy it locally.

Here's a HardOCP paste test from a few years ago. It includes cheese.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article/2009/04/07/thermal_paste_shootout_q209/1

 

[pbassjunk]

Radio Shack has both AS 5 and AS Ceramique. I'm using the ceramique stuff after having had a conductivity issue with AS 5, seems fine.

 

[NaroonGTX]

I picked up some classic AS-5 from my local Radioshack a while back and it's been treating me pretty well. Haven't tried out the AS Ceramique, but it seems that you can't really go wrong with Arctic Silver.

 

[Comixbooks]

I was using Artic Silver alumina untill Maximum PC tested like 15 different thermal compounds out.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/geek_tested_17_thermal_pastes_face?page=0,1

So I use Tuniq x2 or something instead now which doesn't cure so I be carefull not to use in the the edges incase it gets in the pins.

 

[timmylol]

I have a large tube of MX-2 that I've owned for a while now. Works pretty well and temps are good too.

 

[L4d]

Aside from the aforementioned T.I.M.s, Arctic Cooling MX-4 and Noctua NT-H1 are good, inexpensive ones.