How To Apply MX Thermal Paste

Ensure optimum thermal conductivity with our award winning thermal interfaces. Well known for its outstanding quality, our high-performance MX thermal compound is a regular winner in performance tests. It has extremely high thermal conductivity and is easy to apply, even for beginners. Thermal pads in various designs and sizes round out the product range.

00:00 Carefully apply a dot of thermal paste on the CPU
00:11 Place your CPU cooler on the CPU and tighten the screws back
00:21 To remove the thermal paste use an isopropyl alcohol wipe
00:30 Outro

HIGHEST THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
The surfaces of processor chips and cooler floors are covered with microscopic dents; ARCTIC‘s MX-5 thermal paste is composed of carbon microparticles which fill these cavities. This leads to high thermal conductivity, guaranteeing that heat is dissipated efficiently from the CPUs, GPUs or power semiconductor components.

AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS VERSIONS
ARCTIC MX-5 is available in sizes ranging from 2 to 50 grams. Resealable packaging prevents the paste from drying out.
Alternatively, the variants are available with a spatula.

SAFE APPLICATION
In contrast to pastes based on metal oxides or liquid metal, ARCTIC MX-5 is neither electrically conductive nor capacitive. This eliminates the risk of short circuits and discharges, plus you don't have to worry about corrosion damage to the cooler base caused by liquid metal.

EASY APPLICATION
Thanks to its consistency, MX-5 is easy to apply, even for beginners. The video below demonstrates different application techniques to avoid air pockets between processors and coolers.

Viscosity: 550 poise
Density: 3.2 g/cm³
Continuous Use Temperature: -40~180 ℃
Volume Resistivity: 1.9 X 10^13 Ω-cm
Breakdown Voltage: 250 V/mil
Colour: blue
Warranty: 8 year durability

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[laszlopinter]

Yeah... I would be careful with mx-5 nowadays. I got mine with a brand new build. Long story short, my cpu cooler is stuck to the cpu for good, like glued to it. Arctic made a statement about this issue and they are calling them back. I found many issues like thison reddit, linus tech tips etc where people are having the same problem as me. One of them was wild and ripped the cpu out with the cooler. I don't remember if his cpu was still usable or not. I'm taking back my pc to the store tomorrow. Thanks Arctic. Great job.

[marconapolitano]

Fantastic video, I tried your MX-5 thermal paste and immediately saw a 5 degree drop in temperature. Now I'm just waiting for your Accelero Xtreme IV to be back in stock so I can finally start cooling my gpu properly

[gsayesh]

Older CPU I'm now recommend this paste...
X5690 dual processor mac pro heat increase...
same as northbridge IO Diaode

[nicolasthibeault]

Since mx-4 i never changed brands, i am using mx-5 right now. On the 3700x cpu x570 prime combo.

[everope]

It's great performing paste (if you don't get the bad batch), but REALLY sticky. I have NT-H2, Kryonaut, MX-4... But MX-5 is by FAR the stickiest and an AMD CPU will stick to your cooler when removing it so beware of that! Hard to get the CPU off the cooler and it's easy to bend pins that way.

[JuanLopez-vfmo]

Thanks a lot for sharing. I would like to ask you something, please. It is ok to apply the pea size pattern in most CPU's, including laptops? Thanks. Greetings!

[orcnutz]

Arctic! Can you tell me if the newest version of the coolers are being sold with all mounting/contact plates needed to work with the 1700 intel CPU? Such a hard time finding proper info on this throughout all the revisions. Thanks!

[jfeeble]

Did my yearly repaste on my gaming laptop. I was getting overheat framerate drops. Applied mx4 and we are good to go for another year I hope.

[Bathitcrazy]

Thank you for showing how to properly apply paste to the processor. It makes me cringe when people use the spreader or some kind of pattern. Been doing this application style since 2000.

[yapchagi]

my MX-5 didn't look like this one in the video. It was definitely hardened form and so difficult to spread on my new 12900K CPU when I applied it less than 2 weeks ago. I contacted support regarding bad batch but still no reply from them.

[jorgeplascencia]

How good is for Playstation 4 pro possessor?

[ohrenakstudios]

how is it more efficent?
.if you do it like in the video
-or to apply it on the 4 direct touch heatpipes of the e 34 duo esports

[JonathonBall]

If this is the recommended install method why does MX-4 come with a spreader?

[God-mxnx]

Когда уже будет написано на официальном сайте Теплопроводность Вт/(м*К) для Arctic Cooling MX-5? Для Arctic Cooling MX-4 она составляет 8.5 Вт/(м*К)!

[sivatelugugamer]

Can we apply this paste for laptop cpu gpu

[albert]

I order today MX-4 8g on the video i see it is MX-5 should i do the same apply with my mx-4 like on the video? My CPU is Ryzen 5 3600

[pfffffttttttttttt]

Is that the consistency it is supposed to be???? The stuff I just received was like trying to spread bubblegum.

[unreal]

So, I disassemble my ps4 pro, put thermal paste on the thing, put pressure on it to even it out and then reassemble the ps? What was the thing at the end of the video with the orange plate? 0:25

[samimsamet]

I have a problem. I have a Gigabyte Aorus model laptop. I first tried Kyronaut and then MX6, but the CPU does not go below 90 degrees, what should I do?

[thelowmein]

Does thermal paste go bad just sitting in the tube in my closet? Does it have a shelf life?