ARCTIC MX-4 (incl. Spatula, 4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for all processors (CPU, GPU - PC, PS4, XBOX), very high thermal conductivity, long durability, safe application, non-conductive

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The system is then started up and the minimum temperatures for all 4 cores is noted within the first 5 minutes. I've found MX-4 and NT-H1 to stay effective for longer before needing repasting. And honestly between all high performance thermal pastes I don't think you are looking at that much of a difference in performance, and its more about how long it lasts, if you get pump-out effect, etc.

Arctic Cooling has already produced many revisions of their MX series thermal pastes and their expertise shows in the MX-4. The results from this thermal compound were very impressive and I have no doubt that as temperatures get even higher the temperature gap between the thermal pastes will grow even larger.Warning: Undefined array key "height" in /var/www/vhosts/custompcreview.com/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 1386

As you can see when the temperatures of the CPU is low during the 3.5ghz test, all 4 thermal compounds performed relatively alike.Warning: Undefined array key "width" in /var/www/vhosts/custompcreview.com/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 1381 The system is then run through 2x 15 minute Prime 95 tests. The average of the two is used as the final temperature. All temperatures are recorded in Celsius using CoreTemp. The CPU is then run through a minimum 2 hour Prime 95 run then the system is shut off for a minimum of 20 minutes As you can see, Arctic Cooling decided to send me the beastly edition of the MX-4. An entire 20g’s worth.

Ok, so Arctic Cooling. For those enthusiasts out there, you’ve probably heard the name already and for those who haven’t, well they make some pretty impressive pc cooling products. What you probably don’t know is that they’ve been opening up their product offerings lately to include some pretty diverse stuff such as speakers, headsets and even media centers. Of course, that’s for another day and another review. I'm not a fan of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. The one tube I bought a few years ago was expensive for how much you get, and while it performed well when new, after 6 months temps were shooting up and definitely by a year it needed repasting. They have new formulas now I think, but I still just find their stuff expensive for what it is.

Today we’re going to do a thermal paste review and the thermal paste is going to be Arctic Cooling’s newest MX-4 thermal paste. This is the newest iteration of Arctic Cooling’s famous metal-free, non-electrically conductive, high performance thermal paste so in a nutshell, it should be pretty damn good and 100% safe to use as well even if you do manage to screw up or apply too much. We will also be comparing it with a couple other thermal pastes. Anyway, a little eye candy for you guys before we get into the numbers. Warning: Undefined array key "width" in /var/www/vhosts/custompcreview.com/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 1386 Note** Arctic Silver 5 recommends ~200+ hour curing time. Unfortunately due to time constraints that did not happen.