Whether you are building your own gaming rig or making some serious upgrades to a professional workstation, a good thermal paste can do wonders for your system temperatures. As in the case with CPU coolers, investing in an aftermarket paste is necessary especially if you have a CPU that runs hot or if you are planning to do some overclocking.
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Great performance and conductivity More Noctua NT-H1 Best performance on a budget Pros Cons Why should you buy this: A reliable and cost-effective thermal paste.Noctua's NT-H1 is a super-reliable paste that has been around for years.
Like most heat pastes, Arctic MX-6 is non-electrically conductive, so you needn't worry about it shorting anything out if it happens to overflow from your CPU or something. It's non-drying, though, so unlike overclocking pastes, like Kryonaut, it won't dry out after a few months, and should keep your components nice and cool for years to come.
Liquid metal offers the best performance compared to any thermal paste out there, and the Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut proves that with its rated thermal conductivity of 73 W/mk. It has the potential of reducing temperatures by over 10 degrees Celsius in certain cases. The incredible performance of this liquid metal compound comes at a cost, though. Since it is electrically conductive, it can damage parts of your system if you don't apply it properly.
Gelid GC-Extreme Performance at a fair price More Corsair XTM50 Thermal paste installation made easy Pros Cons Why should you buy this: It comes with an easy solution to apply the paste effectively.Apart from its wide range of peripherals and cooling hardware, Corsair also makes thermal paste. The XTM50 is Corsair's"high-performance" paste that comes with an included application stencil and spreader that makes the whole process a lot easier.