Thermal Paste reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 315 Reddit reviews across 33 subreddits and 85 posts to rank the best Thermal Paste brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/buildapc, r/AcerNitro, r/HPOmen, r/computers, r/IndianGaming. Top-rated brands include Arctic (4.2/5), Thermal Grizzly (4.6/5), Honeywell (4.9/5).

Stats

Reviews315

Subreddits33

Posts85

Brands50

Products66

Top communities

r/buildapc93 r/AcerNitro23 r/HPOmen22 r/computers14 r/IndianGaming14

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Arctic

4.2

(93)

"Mx-6 is my go to"

"MX-6 IS BETTER"

"Arctic MX-6 for CPU/GPU Chips and TG putty for Vrams if default thermal pads or putty looks worn out"

"Thermal paste for CPU/GPU chip would be Arctic MX-6 and for Vrams, you can get TG putty"

"The best thermal paste? Arctic MX-6. Why? Because it's reasonably cheap and easily available."

"Arctic and thermal grizzly are the best in my opinion"

"Arctic MX-4 has kept my Kraken Z63 cooler doing its job on my i9-11900k for almost a year now, stuff is pretty good and high quality"

"I personally use arctic ceramique 2 since that works best for me."

"[Arctic MX 4](https://s.lazada.com.ph/s.oQBsm?cc)"

"Arctic silver 5 lasts forever."

Thermal Grizzly

4.6

(43)

"Kryonaut Thermal Grizzly for thermal paste and Thermal Grizzly minus 8 pad for thermal pads."

"I got thermal grizzly kryonoaut 2500pkr for 1g, maybe usable for 2 to 3 systems."

"I used thermal grizzly on my previous laptop and it did good work"

"Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut"

"Thermal grizzly makes really good stuff. If you want overkill their liquid metal thermal paste is about the best available"

"So currently I am using Conductonaut for my an515-58 i7 12650H, however it’s very risky if you don’t know what it does and how to use it properly."

"Usei thermal grizzy ... algo assim... n estou acertando exatamente o nome mas o google corrige pra tu. gosei mto. deu resultado imediato"

"Bro when you said grizzly duronaut i thought you were making stuff up so i went with it :D"

"Thermal grizzly duronaut is hard to beat for effectiveness and ease of application."

"Thermal grizzly kryonaut or cooler master mastergel maker nano"

Honeywell

4.9

(40)

"Get a pad of PTM7950 for the CPU/GPU. Works best in direct die applications like this."

"The best and safest thermal transfer interface imo is ptm7950 as it is not electrically conductive and has nearly the same performance as Liquid Metal."

"Honeywell PTM7950"

"Honeywell PTM7950 is all you need."

"PTM 7950, no other contestant. It's good and it's resistant to pump-out, which is ideal for laptops"

"I would suggest you to use PTM 7950 phase changing thermal pads for CPU and GPU and Upsiren pro 6 thermal putty of VRMs."

"I've been using thermal paste for more than 15 years on my CPU. That was before last February when I tried PTM7950. Ain't no way I'm going back to thermal paste ever."

"I personally prefer PTM7950. Bit more expensive than most, but easy to apply, won't pump out, performance improves over time, and you can go far longer without reapplication than you can with most others."

"Don't go for thermal paste go for phase change material like Honeywell PTM7950 for paste replacement (only on cpu and gpu die). It's much much better at both thermal performance and durability. Thermal putty = upsiren utpx is one of the best."

"Consider PTM7950 (or the same thing under different name - Thermalright Heilos) - not a thermal paste but probably the best thermal solution out there"

Noctua

4.5

(29)

"The best? Noctua NT-H2, is it necessary for a normal pc, no, not at all, but it is the best"

"Only thing I use. Well first H1 now H2."

"I build almost exclusively ITX and use mNoctua exclusively for a few degrees of lower temps."

"Other best alternatives I use are: Noctua NT-H2"

"+1 for the Noctua N1H2. No complaints at all from me."

"I had the Noctua paste from 2016 and used the system until 2023 and never had temp issues."

"My old GPU was repasted with NT-H2 and so my old CPU got the MX-4."

"I buy and use Noctua NT-H2 or KPX now mostly because they perform great."

"Always used their nt-h1 paste, never a problem."

"For me noctua h2 performs better temperatures wise and equal in longevity."

PTM7950

4.8

(13)

"The PTM7950 pad I applied 2 years ago on my CPU is still OK."

"PTM 7950. Whatever you put it on will obsolete and get thrown away before you have to repaste."

"Ptm 7950!! Only."

"Pretty much PTM7950 only."

"Have you tried ordering PTM7950 from aliexpress?"

"Ptm7950 (pad) is way better than any of them."

"PTM7950 if its available to you."

"Best is PTM7950 from LTTstore or ebuy7 which are guaranteed authentic."

"PTM7950. Only."

"Put PTM on my Razerblade 16 - 13900K/4090 and it helped tremendously with temps."

PTM 7950

5.0

(9)

"Ptm 7950 and thermal putty (utp 8, u6 pro, ux pro). Don't use anything other than this."

"PTM7950 or Thermalright Heilos V2"

"PTM7950 from ebuy7 they are genuine and Thermal putty Upsiren U6 Pro"

"Most likely the best option is PTM 7950, it's industrial graded and es better that any thermal paste"

"PTM on GPU and CPU die, if you don't have putty don't touch the stock one"

"I am satisfied overall and I also heard PTM have a longer life than other paste."

"The best there is for any laptops."

"Honeywell ptm7950"

"The only 2 store when you can find 100% legit PTM."

PTM

4.3

(10)

"I can confirm PTM7950 is really good."

"These are phase changing pads and the best option for GPU dies, will last for years if not 'forever'."

"Performed well on my old laptop and that thing was a real heater from the factory."

"PTM7950 ... for the VRAM and VRMs."

"More effective than the average thermal pastes I've tried."

"Ptm7950 does It perfect, i Guess is because of Contact surface?"

"It's actually kept my delta below 20° for well over a year now. It's great stuff"

"Just get a sheet of ptm7950 but measure the cpu/gpu dies."

"I think ptm is great.. i use it on my little brother Omen 16 (3070) and my tuf a15 (4070).."

"It's ptm7950."

Thermalright

4.1

(9)

"Thermalright TFX is currently the best 'normal' paste."

"There are lots of good thermal pastes Arctic, Arctic Silver, Thermal Grizzly, Thermalright , Cooler Master, Noctua."

"Thermalright TF7 and Arctic MX6 or MX4 are pretty idiot-proof pastes that so far haven't seen bad batches like TF8, Noctua or Gelid have"

"3 dollar Thermalright is almost good as the 12 dollar Thermal Grizzly."

"Other best alternatives I use are: Thermalright TF-9"

"Tf8 from thermalright have high viscosity too, but I prefer mx-6."

"Thermalright tfx, tf8 or alphacool apex here."

"If not either of those I use thermalright tfx."

"One of the best silicone based thermalpaste is the thermalright tf8."

Gelid

4.2

(6)

"There's only two currently recommended options for paste that will avoid pump-out: Gelid GC Extreme and PTM Honeywell 7950."

"Gelid GC Extreme (this I recommend for GPUs especially)"

"The answer is the same gelid first or ptm honeywell."

"Paste: geild gc extreme."

"Pads: geild gp ultimate > geild gp extreme."

"Use that for basically everything. The paste lasts me a long time and is electrically nonconductive."

#10

Arctic MX-6

4.2

(5)

"Gives some of the best performance around and is highly resistant to thermal pumping."

"I use Arctic MX-4. You can use MX-6 if you want bragging rights. :)"

"So just arctic mx-6."

"I usually just use mx-6. It's cheap and can last for a decade."

"Mx-6 from arctic."

#11

Arctic Silver

4.2

(5)

"This is the one i use, got it a few years ago. i clean my pc a good bit and upgrade some parts for petter temps so i got the bigger tube of paste so im not left without but works great"

"Arctic silver 5 lasts forever."

"Arctic Silver is also conductive, been running it for 20+ years and never had an issue."

"I swear by arctic silver"

"After I replaced the thermal paste ( Arctic silver mx6 if I remember correctly) it only dropped 2-3 degrees."

#12

MX-6

4.5

(4)

"Drop of 8c on average at idle and 20c under full load."

"I use mx-6 works excellent for me."

"Used MX-6 for my build this last weekend using an i7 14700K."

"MX-6 is great."

#13

GD900

4.3

(4)

"Used gd900 on my ps4 2 years back. Works great till now."

"GD900 cheap and good"

"For that PC I wouldn't buy any expensive thermal paste. Just buy some GD900."

"I got a thing of GD900 thermal paste I use it on all of my things from consoles to servers."

#14

Cooler Master

4.3

(4)

"Im using the coolermaster ice fusion v2 which comes in 40g damn i can use this forever XD"

"There are lots of good thermal pastes Arctic, Arctic Silver, Thermal Grizzly, Thermalright , Cooler Master, Noctua."

"Cooler master Cryofuze ( not the purple one ) is good."

"I recommend MX6, Cooler Master Cryofuze and I'm personally using Hydronaut."

#15

Honeywell PTM7950

4.7

(3)

"If you can just order PTM7950 for the CPU and GPU die... I have AMD Ryzen CPU it does overheat like yours."

"When I repaste my EVGA 3090 I'm going to try and use that PTM7950."

"I use Honeywell PTM7950 and KPx, they are both good."

#16

Kryonaut

4.5

(2)

"Kryonaut was mainly made for LN2, i've been using heilos for my cpu and performs the best of what i've used."

"Others have other preferences (Kryonaut, IC Diamond, Gelid Extreme etc.)"

#17

GD

4.5

(2)

"It's excellent value for money & available on Daraz."

"GD900 is also good value, but I find GD-2 performs better."

#18

U6 Pro

4.0

2.0

(1)

"Compared to current thermal putties available, it's crap, k5 Pro dries over time and releases oils"

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