The Best Thermal Paste for PC CPU, GPU and Laptop

Test thermal paste vs liquid metal on a PC CPU, GPU graphics card, and laptop. How to remove and the best way to apply thermal paste.
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* List of tested thermal conductors *
1. Liquid Metal Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut
2. Noctua NT-H1
3. Arctic MX-6
4. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
5. Thermalright TF8
6. SYY 157
7. Cooler Master MasterGel Pro V2
8. GELID GC-Extreme
9. Noctua NT-H2
10. Kingpin Cooling Kpx
11. Arctic MX-4
12. GD900
13. Thermaltake TG-8
14. Arctic Silver 5
15. Corsair XTM50
16. Corsair TM30

Time code:
00:00 Intro
00:30 The best thermal paste for CPU
01:10 How much thermal paste should apply
01:33 How to apply thermal paste
02:49 Thermal paste vs liquid metal test results on CPU
03:52 Best cheap thermal paste
04:10 Liquid metal for PC CPU
04:30 The best thermal paste for GPU
04:41 Thermal paste application GPU
05:34 Thermal paste vs liquid metal test results on GPU
06:20 The best thermal paste for a laptop
06:41 How to remove thermal paste
06:51 Thermal paste application laptop
07:58 Thermal paste vs liquid metal test results on a laptop
08:41 Thermal paste expire and dry time
09:31 Liquid metal for a laptop
09:52 Solution how to fix laptop overheating

* Thermal Paste *
When looking for the best thermal paste for a laptop or computer, it is important to consider the composition of the thermal paste. High quality professional pastes often contain effective compounds such as carbon, graphite, metal oxides and metal particles that act as heat conductors. In addition, you should choose a paste with good viscosity values, which allows you to evenly distribute a thin layer of material on the surface of the processor. Choosing a top brand that specializes in thermal paste ensures that you get efficient performance when applying thermal paste.
Properly applied thermal paste can reduce temperatures by up to 20%. In addition, modern compositions are very stable over time, but at the same time provide efficient heat transfer from the processor core. Careful application is important to ensure proper volume, as too little can significantly reduce thermal performance.

* Liquid metal *
Liquid metal, due to its higher thermal conductivity and larger contact area, can provide a more efficient thermal interface than standard thermal paste. But, liquid metal can make poor contact with some metal surfaces, such as aluminum, if applied incorrectly or in excessive amounts; this can lead to sub-optimal cooling performance. Thus, liquid metal should only be used on copper-based heatsinks. Thermal paste is generally easier to apply than liquid metal and offers a lower level of performance, but is much less dangerous if handled incorrectly. As such, I recommend checking out the liquid metal application guidelines before using it.

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[benwp]

Thank you for taking the time to test these pastes and give numbers. I really appreciate this!

[David-bjri]

Last time I built a PC the mx-4 was top, nice to see it's still near the spot all these years later

[hexingyin]

I did it! After remove a bunch of dusts and repaste the thermal gel, my XPS works as smooth as new right now. Thank you so much. Your video is really easy to understand. 🎉

[Mickparrysstepdad]

I spread a thin layer over the whole CPU and then put a 'dot' in the middle. My theory being just spreading can cause air being trapped, and with only the dot, you risk not covering the whole CPU.

[uprise]

nice video, definitely liked your attention to detail through every step of the way. its nice to see continued comparisons of popular thermal pastes. personally use gelid gc extreme and always had great results in all applications.

[Ramman]

I'm happy you made this video. I just bought a new CPU/Mobo upgrade and wanted the best available paste but I already had a tube of Arctic Silver 5 so I was skeptical of buying something else. Now I know that I might have saved 1 degree total

[mufc]

🚨According to Gamers Nexus, unlike CPU where you can apply the paste in many different ways, when it comes to GPU you should always spread the paste over the entire die surface.🛑

[coolvinay]

Based on tests from tomshardware, the results varied when they used air cooler over water. The NT H1 and H2 swapped places when air cooling was used over water.

[coollatinoman]

This really gave me new insight and was debating what thermal paste i was going to get and I had my eyes on Arctic MX-6 because i used to have the MX-4 and i loved but and this video helped be to decided to just stick with the MX-6. Thank you.

[alibargh]

For laptops you should compare clocks not just the temperature because most of them are thermally throttling around 90c.

[Shroyer]

Great testing method. I came to this video hoping to find that my NT-H1 tube was a decent buy. Turns out it was. 😊

[danielcombs]

Only thing I can say is that the directions on the package is recommended for applications with a heatspreader. Always spread thermal paste on a direct die application…there is a small chance the difference in mounting pressure can crack the bare die.

[Evenaardez]

Glad I chose MX-6! Great video, this is the best video for thermal paste on the internet!

[eivis]

Great job, but are those test results with considering pump out or did you just apply it and went to the races?

[Respectable_Username]

Thanks for showing laptop-specific tests too! I'm thinking of redoing the paste on my 2019 Macbook Pro (a notoriously hot laptop that _really_ gets angry when I have to run Docker) once it's "decommissioned" from being my work laptop and I start messing about turning it into a personal server (running Linux of course). This is a great guide to know what paste to look for!

[sergiolandz]

was shopping for some paste and got the mx-6 before watching this vid, glad i picked that one

[travisbass]

Ive heard tfx is very viscous and last a very long time id be interested to see how preformance compares to the rest of these paste especially since such a thick paste would be less susceptible to pump out over time for gpus and laptops.

[Kavlis]

Thanks a lot for going through this, for the tests. You deserve the subscribe💪

[Aharpoon]

I would like to see an updated testing suite that includes graphine thermal pads as well.