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21.8.2013

I purchased this product because I saw a web site (forget which one it was) that reported excellent results in a side-by-side with 4 other brands. The results as reported were excellent. In the test report, it was the #2 performer out of 5 products. The aspect of it that I like the most was that it is thermally conductive while being electrically non-conductive. I am not a pro at this stuff and motherboards cost pretty good money, so electrically non-conductive was a definite plus as it reduces the chances that I will do damage to my board.I can't do any comparison testing, but the product seems to work well and it was not as expensive as some other brands. There enough compound in the hypdermic to mount at least 2 processors.The injector comes in a tough clear plastic package that is heat sealed all around. You know, it's that plastic that you need kitchen scissors to cut through. In addition, that package came in it's own zip lock bag (possibly provided by the seller - points to the seller if this was the case). So you can save the rest of that compound for your next attempt a couple years down the road (although, I don't know about shelf-life of the compound).I put an Intel X-6800 "extreme" processor into my old DP965LT mobo. It is the fastest one that my board can support. Temps are pretty good in the first 2 days since I put this compound to use. At idle, or during low demand, i am running at about 48C. At full demand, using the Intel Desktop utilities 2 minute test, the peak temp was 62C for a brief period. I thought that was a pretty satisfactory result and I will add that my fan and heatsink are stock.However I did replace the plastic mounting pins that come with the Intel heatsink. I replaced them with a mounting screw conversion kit that uses a back plate (found here on Amazon). When I first installed my new processor, I was using copper thermal compound and I had reused the original plastic mounting pins that are on the Intel heatsink. However, I could not get a good seat with the old plastic pins and my temps kept jumping up to and exceeding 70C even with me babying the system.Re-using those plastic push pins was my first error. My second error was in how I applied the copper thermal paste on my first attempt. I had spread it in a circular ring on top of the processor. When I removed the heatsink to put in the new pins and the new thermal compound, I noted that my technique had caused a big gap in the middle of the processor where no thermal paste was present. I assumed that it would just spread out and fill the gaps, but I guess air can get trapped in the middle. I have since learned that the best technique is to just put a pea-sized blob of compound dead center of the processor. Then when you carefully install the heatsink, the compound should spread evenly in all directions without creating air gaps.So, with all that said, the compound and the mounting kit combined did give me significant improvement. In fact, the mounting screws may be the real hero of this story, but this compound did not disappoint. As I said above, my temps are now mostly sitting at 48C with max jumps to 62C for a brief period during stress testing.
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20.10.2011

It does its job. I did not gave it 5 stars for a few reasons:- Have only use it for one build and last time I used a thermal paste, 5 years ago with Artic Silver 5, so I can't really make a good comparison to see if this product surpasses AS5.- Used it at the same time I changed my heatsink, so again, I can't possibly know if it lowered temps because it is better than the supplied paste with Hyper 212+ cooler or Intel stock cooler.- Early review, so i don't know how it will fare long term.- Running Core i5 2400 at stock, no overclocking other than Intel Turbo boost.What I can say is that "it works!!" as intended on a HDT cooler (mine is Hyper 212+). Even though it claims no break in period,my temps have been lowering by few degrees in the past few days.I think is a good inexpensive product if you are looking for a thermal paste, you can't go wrong with this product. However, if you are trying hard to lower your CPU temps, you may need to look at reviews from experience PC builders who compare the different types of thermal paste. Before I got this, I read many reviews, mostly favorable for this product. My conclusion is that most of the top brand thermal pastes do their job and the differences, positive or negative, depend on the cooler where you apply it to and the amount and technique you use, so do your job and research.
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20.1.2014

This is pretty good stuff. I had to use some generic white thermal compound while re-building my PC as I couldn't find my tube of trusty Arctic Silver 5. I thought it wouldn't be doing as good a job as some decent stuff, so I ordered this which came in a large 8g tube for less than 3.5g of AS5. 8g is enough for many CPU installations. I did my research and saw it's been reviewed professionally as being better than AS5 on a number of sites.While brand of thermal paste shouldn't make a huge difference (as long as you use something) it was immediately obvious that this had dropped CPU temperatures by about 5 degrees across the load range, compared to the generic paste. It might not sound like I lot,but I say if you notice a huge drop in CPU temperature just from changing paste, chances are what was on there before wasn't installed properly (or it had dried out as they can do with time).Installation is easy. I put a small vertical line of MX-2 on my Core i5 and tightened down the heatsink. The pressure will distribute it to the right places, so there's no need to spread it across the surface of the CPU.
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3.2.2010

This stuff came pre-applied with the copper Heat sink (FREEZER 7 Pro Rev.2) LGA1156 for my "Core i5 750" and (MSI P55-GD65 Motherboard).After burning in, I've successfully managed to get unbelievably low temps I've never seen before, in 12 years PC building.Ok, the new P55 LGA1156 Mobo, has also a lot to do with it, however, Ive trawelled the internet, and cannot seem to find anyone else with temps even close to mine.Used a Corsair HX 850w PSU, and HAF 922 Case with 4 FANS - 2 intake, and 2 output. (HAF) high air flow.Temps with Real Temp 3.40 graph software, Min (idle) 12c, and under load 32c - also aggressively load test 42c. with "Everest aggressive benchmark"!...(all at stock 2.66Ghz,with Turbo enabled at 3.2Ghz)- 95w power draw (i5 750).So, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending MX-2 Paste... after burning in, the temps came down a little more,( which was cool ), pardon the pun.. lol :DHonestly, this stuff is made in Switzerland by the same folks who make (Arctic Silver). (ARCTIC)Thanks for reading...
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24.1.2016

I bought this paste a couple of years ago for a desktop I was putting together. Watched a YouTube video on the best way to apply and everything was as it should be. Didn't think anything of it. Still had some paste left over so left it in a cupboard.More recently an htpc I'd built six months before suddenly kept spinning the cpu fan at boot - perhaps three or four times before it settled down. Decided I'd see whether the paste was still good and replace Intel's stock paste with the mx-2. After checking the paste still looked good (it was perfect) I cleaned up the old paste and tried it out. The cpu fan issue was sorted.I've used Intel stock fan/paste before and had no worries,so it may be my initial build that was at fault, but given the issues developed some time after the build, I think it's fair to say this improves the thermal connection. If you are having similar issues with your stock fan or temps, it might be worth spending a few pounds on some new paste to see whether that fixes things as it did for me.
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18.2.2018

The thermal compound is definitely better quality than anything I've ever tried from third-party sellers. The application process is much more accurate and it also has little-rounded dots on the side, so you can see how much you are meant to apply. The manual states it's around 1 dot per application which would mean you could use this for around 5-6 applications before it runs out. What's great about this is that even if you apply too much it will not affect the parts of your motherboard that surround CPU.My reasons for giving this 4* instead of 5* however, is that it didn't reduce the temperature of my CPU (nor idle or full load) when compared to the thermal compound from third parties that cost me £1.50.I have expected reduce in temps which are quite high for my CPU at least in idle, but this has made no visible difference.Now, one of the reasons could be my stock cooler, however, I was expecting this to make at least some sort of a difference whether that would be 5 degrees or higher, but it hasn't.
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7.9.2017

For me the advantage of this is that if I want to change a CPU or heatsink a couple of years down the line - the thermal paste hasn't gone completely hard, while still providing good thermal conductivity. Also this is very easy to apply.If it one of the cheaper "quality" thermal pastes out there, but don't let that put you off unless you are doing something outrageous with your build (In which case you are not reading this review)This one I got to reseat the heatsink on my wife's badly overheating old laptop. 30 minutes later the laptop is cool and quiet again and the demands for a new laptop have stopped. And despite the fac tthat it's going to be pushed by the old amd a8 apu in there,I know the compound won't dry up and start cracking like the stuff HP used.I have used this on a (very) heavily overclocked build I did a good few years ago and having pulled that computer apart recently I know that this stayed a bit sticky even after all of that.
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3.8.2017

Works great.From my research there are better compounds, but if you are not going to OC your rig to it's physical limits then this will do just fine, and it's good value. Perhaps go for the MX-4 if it's comparable in price.I actually had a component fail and ended up building the same spec of PC twice. First time around I attached the Corsair H55 cooler with it's pre-applied compound. Second time I had to clean it up and use this, and perhaps because I added and manually spread enough compound to cover the entire CPU surface,I am seeing slightly improved temperatures (just a couple of degrees, nothing life changing).The 8g version has 6 little see through holes in the side of the syringe so you can see how much is left,and I'd suggest it must do about half a dozen applications at least.My H55 attached to an i5 7600K is idling at 28-30 degrees at about 24 degrees ambient, 45-50 under gaming load (50-80% usage) with the fan at 1700rpm.
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6.12.2018

Since I got this I have used in on my 2009 Acer Aspire laptop to change the original thermal paste that was making my i3 processor idle at 70 degrees which made the laptop unusable as it has an automatic shutdown when it gets too hot and 70 is VERY hot for such an old laptop.The heat sink itself for the Acer 5742 is very small and the laptop form factor makes this run hot in general and after applying this paste, I am idling at around 40-50 degrees and under load it does not go over 65 which is awesome and makes the laptop GREAT again! This is a very old machine so the paste has done what it was supposed to do so I am happy.I have also used this paste do change the original thermal solution on my PS3 and can confirm that this has had a positive affect as well.Cannot comment on temps as I do not have a proper way of checking them, but the original paste was quite dry so I am sure this one has done its work!Would recommend.
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3.12.2015

As always, Arctic MX Thermal Paste had never let me down in the past, this time around it's still handling things very well!My first experience with Artic MX was MX-4, which really did help with the cooling, though 4mg doesn't go a long way when you have several PCs and GPUs that need new Thermal Paste after a couple of months. I wanted something that would last me a fair bit, so I went with this which was double the capacity but as cheap as MX-4 in 4mg.Overall there isn't any substantial difference. If you want to save a few pennies and have more thermal paste, MX-2 is a good buy! My 750 Ti Low Profile is usually at 35-40C Idle and about 75C on load (though this is within an ITX case)while the i5 2400 its paired with is 35C at idle, and never goes above 65C at load.For my Laptop, the i5 4210M is around 35-40C Idle, 60-70C Load, and the 850M is a similar story to the 750 Ti
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9.3.2014

In a short summary this stuff is brilliant. Used this on my overheating laptop which had terrible temperatures on idle, full load was a different story. I had around 70C Idle and shutting off when doing light/medium tasks. This is bad for the CPU for it to be shutting off frequently so I ordered this. The appliance of this product was easy, the quality of packaging it comes in is very high quality. Once completed I've been able to get 50C constantly, this is browsing the web and doing some heavy intensive programs. If I leave the laptop idling now its 45C, what a huge difference!A couple pros to this product is that it has no conductive particales meaning if it spills onto the motherboard it wont cause any damage,this product will have a 8 year life span as well, Once youve used this product theres no worries for a while again!
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22.8.2019

I have been using this for a number of years now and never had an issue, It's still working fine and if you are thinking of buying this Thermal Compound Paste I would suggest that every 4 or 5 years max you remove the old Thermal Compound Paste and reply it, that's how often I change it unless I build a new PC.Great stuff helps to transfer heat from my CPU.Get's my thumbs up.Follow me on Amazon the channel that puts the customer first. if only all shopping experiences were as good as this site.If your looking for an honest reviewer follow me on Amazon, as I work my way through the shopping jungle.https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFK6MEPRZKOG3VWIHDRZ5VLPVNDA?ie=UTF8&ref_=pd_hud_ysc_pfYorkies Bits and Bobs Home TechPlease note I will always give you my honest opinionSorry,no video for this one!
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21.10.2012

I've been using MX-2 for nearly a year now and am very impressed with it. It's very easy to apply and spread - and works very well. It seems to be a perfect balance of cost vs effectiveness. It's a 'high quality' thermal paste - yes there are probably 'better' compounds that may benchmark slightly better, but in the real world, this will work just as well as any other, as long as you install and apply it properly. I used to use Arctic Silver 5, but I won't go back. MX-2 is less expensive, easier to spread, and has a better shelf life (AS5 will 'harden' over time, making it harder to apply). AS5 is not bad - it is also a 'high quality' compound, but MX-2 is a newer formula and is simply better.For the price, I'd highly recommend the Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal paste.
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21.7.2018

I ordered this product to do carry out some much needed TLC on my Dell XPS L502X. I hadn't changed the thermal paste since I bought my rig in 2012 so with CPU temperatures reaching 92 degrees Celsius whilst idling I purchased this last night suspecting the existing paste was in need of replacement.Along with performing some fundamental tasks such as using compressed air to clear the cobwebs and ensuring the fan was clear of any dust, I scraped off the old product and applied the MX-2. I have managed to reduce the overall core temperature to 55 degrees Celsius, an almost 40 degree reduction.I would implore anyone to give this a go if they are struggling with hot machines - at £4.99 this may bethe best purchase I have made in the last 6 years.
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28.9.2015

I have a laptop that had been rather neglected and was overheating badly. Doesn't help that it's also my main machine for freelance work... and I paid the price when it locked up while gaming and corrupted Windows beyond repair.Bit the bullet, got this stuff ordered in and took it apart, cleaned the heatsink and fan and reapplied a pea-sized blob of this to the center of the CPU and GPU cores. The difference is night and day! The machine is quiet again, rock solid, and temperatures on both the CPU and GPU don't get above 60 degrees C even after extended gaming sessions.Well chuffed with the results, and can't see any compelling reason to pay more for other pastes.There's enough in the tube to last for plenty of applications, too!
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