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Compared thermal paste brands on identical builds and the difference was night and day
Honestly, I built two gaming PCs last month with the exact same parts except for the thermal paste. One got Arctic MX-6 and the other got some no-name tube I found in my drawer. The Arctic build ran 8 degrees cooler under load and the fans barely spun up. I tried swapping the CPUs between systems to rule out a bad chip and the temps followed the paste every time. Has anyone else run a side by side like this or am I just overthinking it?
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xena_fox3914d ago
Funny how the cheap stuff always finds a way to mess with the little details that matter.
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thea85714d ago
Did you check if the mounting pressure changed between the two pastes? I've seen some pastes act like a lubricant on the screws when you first apply them, making the cooler sit a tiny bit tighter or looser without you noticing. It's not just the paste itself, it's how it changes the mechanical connection between the CPU and the cooler. That 8 degree gap could be half paste performance and half just getting a better mount by accident.
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