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Thermal Paste

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/thermal-paste.188301/

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anaklusmos Original post #1
Nov 7, 2014 at 2:49 PM
I recently i saw that my CPU was heating up a bit , and on checking I saw that the thermal paste has dried up in the almost 3 years it has been in use.
Can you suggest some good thermal paste. Main purpose of PC is gaming and i wouldn't want throttling to happen due to overheating
CPU: i5-2500k
seamon
seamon #2
Nov 7, 2014 at 2:58 PM
Budget?
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anaklusmos #3
Nov 7, 2014 at 4:44 PM
Ummm i have no idea what is the cost of thermal paste ...... is INR 500 enough for something that might last me another year or 2?
seamon
seamon #4
Nov 7, 2014 at 5:05 PM
anaklusmos said:
Ummm i have no idea what is the cost of thermal paste ...... is INR 500 enough for something that might last me another year or 2?
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However, if you want the absolute lowest temps possible and planning to OC, then go for IC Diamond from Amazon but that is very expensive.
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anaklusmos #5
Nov 7, 2014 at 5:30 PM
seamon said:
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However, if you want the absolute lowest temps possible and planning to OC, then go for IC Diamond from Amazon but that is very expensive.
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I was actually planning to OC, but is it possible to clock near 4-4.5Ghz on a stock cooler with Noctua paste u mentioned?
seamon
seamon #6
Nov 7, 2014 at 5:38 PM
anaklusmos said:
I was actually planning to OC, but is it possible to clock near 4-4.5Ghz on a stock cooler with Noctua paste u mentioned?
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No idea.
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #7
Nov 8, 2014 at 8:56 PM
anaklusmos said:
I was actually planning to OC, but is it possible to clock near 4-4.5Ghz on a stock cooler with Noctua paste u mentioned?
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4.5ghz on a stock cooler? very bad idea!.
get a good after market cooler to overclock your cpu. BTW what is your psu & mobo?
noctua nt h1 is a good thermal paste.
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anaklusmos #8
Nov 10, 2014 at 2:45 AM
PSU is a corsair TX850-V2 with a Gigabyte Z68-GD65(G3)
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #9
Nov 10, 2014 at 8:32 AM
There is good enough head room for overclock since psu is a beefy one. Get a good after market cooler.
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anaklusmos #10
Nov 10, 2014 at 4:54 PM
rijinpk1 said:
There is good enough head room for overclock since psu is a beefy one. Get a good after market cooler.
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Can u suggest something? Preferably cheaper, since I just blew a whole lot of money on shifting apartments and upgrading other Desktop parts
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #11
Nov 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM
Cooler master hyper 212x if you want something cheaper. Else noctua nh d15 , deepcool assassin etc.