Thermalright TF7 2g Thermal Paste Compound for Coolers,Thermal conductivity is 12.8W/m.k-2 Grams, Graphic Card CPU Thermal Grease, Laptop Thermal Grease(TF7 2g)

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I know this is been asked a lot, but still there is no conclusive answer and is not easy to believe anything you read around this subject simply cause no one has done a long term review of multiple TIMs. Performance only scales by a limited amount with improved cooling capacity with Ryzen 7000. This also means that there is less of a benefit to running fans at higher performance levels. As such, it can be useful to see how coolers compared when noise normalized for quiet, silent operation. TF8 is really more productive than the MX4, but it is impossible to talk about the product apart from its cost, and it costs almost 3 times more expensive than its analogue.

It also comes with a tube of the thermalright TF7 thermal compound but I have no idea how well it works as I've used Noctua NT-H1 or NT-H2 for years. In this experiment, we tested the heat transferability of 9 different thermal pastes. With each thermal paste, we:We tested each thermal paste with a low-tension air cooler mount, high-tension air cooler mount, and a high-tension AIO liquid cooler mount. Each application was given a 1-hour burn-in using Prime95 with ten load and cooling cycles over the course of the hour; six minutes each with a ten-second cool-down between. Each testing load session was then executed for a one-hour load period, again using Prime95. Taking a look at the last column on the right from the table, we can see the green values ​​of the reduced temperature, relative to the MX4 thermal paste. CPUs have incorporated ever more cores. Chiplets and hybrid architectures have proliferated, moving the most thermally demanding bits away from the exact center of the integrated heat spreader / lid of the CPU. And despite shrinking manufacturing nodes, many processors have just gotten physically bigger. So while you used to be able to apply thermal paste basically the same way across all consumer manufacturers and platforms and expect great results, that's no longer the case. From personal experience and personal testing of thermal pastes, I used on my loop like NT-H1, NT-H2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, Hydronaut, GC-Extreme, Arctic Cooling MX-4,MX-5, Thermalright TFX, SYY-157,ZF-EX and Kingpin KPx It’s important to know these criteria because even if your thermal paste can support a high heat transferability, if it can’t be applied easily and evenly in a thin and flat layer, then that aspect can negate its heat-transferring qualities. Additionally, electrical conductivity will give you a hint as to how meticulous the application process will be overall.

Corsair Commander Pro, 100%/50% PWM Speed profiles (liquid cooling pump always @100%, if applicable) A good example of a skewed characteristic is how thermal paste with higher thermal conductivity doesn't provide better heat transfer efficiency. Logically, it stands to reason that for a thermal paste to have a high heat transfer efficiency, it would need a higher thermal conductivity. However, when taking other factors (such as the thin, flat, and even layer or viscosity) into consideration, we find that actually a thermal paste with high thermal conductivity performs worse than one with lower thermal conductivity if it cannot be spread in a thin layer. This is what we mean when we talk about thermal paste in a real-world scenario. a.) This means no power limits on Intel’s i7-13700K, and AMD’s default power limits on AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700X. As you can see from the data, Kooling Monster KOLD-01 beats out the next leading thermal paste by close to a full degree and the lowest-performing thermal paste by more than 4 degrees. The fans are easy to mount, the metal clips don't require much force to stretch them over to the heatsinkZF-EX is another great TIM for money, used that on my 5950X and on RTX 2080Ti Strix and Zotac RTX 2080Ti AMP and never had any problems with this TIM, didn't tested this TIM on RTX 3090 but I would suspect it would perform quite close to TFX or SYY-157 Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut or Hydronaut, these pastes I have used like on air cooled builds or water cooled builds, they're best performers to extent, on older CPUs and GPUs not seen big difference between Kryonaut and NT-H1, where I have seen slight change in performance is on RTX 2080Ti where Kryonaut was better maybe like 1°C, on RTX 3090 or 3080 and 5950X Kryonaut usually dries out within 3-4 months or at least in my case this was happening, you can see that on temperatures increasing on core and GPU hot-spot temperature

There’s more to a cooler than just it’s heat sink, the fans paired with a cooler have a direct impact on cooling capacity and acoustic performance – included with the Frozen Notte are two 120mm TL-E12B-S fans which come pre-installed to the cooler for simplicity of installation. These workstation processors are much larger than their mainstream CPU counterparts (with, generally, many more CPU cores). As such, there is much more surface area to cover for with these chips, which means you'll need more thermal paste in more spots to maintain good thermal transfer. From a good deal of reading and research, I've discovered that user results have varied greatly from case to case and when using these after market frames, with some tests showing no improvement at all, some showing slight improvement and still some, as with my own example, showing rather significant improvements in CPU thermal performance. I used NT-H1 in my 3090 Eagle and the initial results were great with 70c just after repasting. However the temps kept climbing and now I'm around 80c after three months or so.

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Measured the temperature of the CPU while using the thermal paste for the first 3 minutes while idle and calculated the idle average

Kooling Monster KOLD-01 exhibits great heat transferability, easy application, can support a thin and flat layer, and is not electrically-conductive and therefore performs better and is easier to use than other thermal pastes. When looking for your next thermal paste, you should consider all of these factors before buying. FAQ It’s important to note that for this experiment, we did not include any liquid metal-based thermal pastes. Despite being great thermal conductors, Liquid metal-based thermal pastes are electrically-conductive and require their own special application and removal process. I'm not sure why the difference is so little between PBO without OC and PBO+OC, I thought it should be higher, also voltages seem a bit high when using Auto OC so I disabled it after the tests (it reached over 1.4v)Small differences in temperatures jostle the chart a bit, but overall the more budget-friendly compounds show much more promising performance value due to relatively close load ranges. We see a trend that most good and great thermal compounds perform very similarly, but might be worlds apart in price per gram. When I opened my card I found the NT-H1 was noticeably drier and was harder to remove on the die but still wet on the original extra squeeze. It was quite remarkable. When I'm changing CPUs more often then I'm using Noctua NT-H1 or NT-H2 as I have some more of those from coolers. They spread well and perform well. NT-H2 is better but also cost more. Older Intel processors have a compact surface area with their primary components in in the center of the chip, under the heat spreader. As such, you should apply one 3-4mm dot on the center of the CPU, just like in the image above of the AMD AM5 CPU. How to Apply Thermal Paste on an AMD AM4 CPU