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1.7.2019

I just used this Artic MX-4 in an 11 year old HP Pavilion Elite PC M9350f and it's back up and running! (it had not been running for about three years).I gave this PC (new) to my mother in 2008 and it's a great all-around PC, but four years later (2012), a relative talked her into spending around $2000 on an iMac (less RAM, HD, processor, etc), so this HP PC has been sitting a lot. I've asked her repeatedly if she wants me to take it back and she hasn't answered me. So there it sits, not in use, since 2012.The "Apple genius" relative talked her into an iMac with half the RAM and slower processor because she kept complaining that "this computer is too slow", when I had the sense enough to know the problem wasn't the HP computer,it was that she was using dial-up for her internet & I repeatedly informed her of this!Apparently our relative did not have the same good sense. They push Apple products on her because that's what they use, yet her 2012 iMac's CD drive has since died (about two years ago) and some of the monitor's lighting isn't functioning so 1/2 screen is dimmer than the other half...that's been about three years.About two years ago, I powered up the HP at her home to make sure it got some updates (she now has cable modem, but it's really slow, about 3mbps), I noticed the PC didn't stay powered up. I thought the heat-sink had died because the PC shut down within a minute of starting to heat up. I briefly opened up the box to look at the heatsink and it almost looked slightly corroded(?) ….the home is located near the beach so I'm not sure it that could be the problem. Nothing else inside the box looked affected. I figured I would need to clean or replace the heatsink, but it would need to be a "pull" from another similar era PC. Either way, I still needed thermal compound.I recently found an OEM heatsink pull to use if needed (just in case the original heatsink was indeed bad), and ordered the Arctic MX-4 based on many positive reviews. I decided to first try to clean the OEM heatsink (& processor) and use this Thermal paste before either swapping the heatsinks, especially since the OEM heatsink looks pretty beefy (photos attached - the center photo shows the bottom of the copper-color heatsink to the left in the photo with the top of the processor in the center of the photo).When I removed the heatsink, I could see that the OEM paste was completely dried up (not surprised considering the age).After thoroughly cleaning the top of the processor and the bottom of the original heatsink with alcohol, I brushed all the areas of the heatsink I could access, with a stiff bristle brush because of possible moisture/corrosion (the rest of the PC looked fine, other than a bit of dust)... I placed about a pea-sized dollup of MX-4 paste on the processor, then promptly re-installed the original heatsink, clamping it down tightly & making sure no paste had oozed out (a pea-sized dollup is all you need) & powered up the PC. It booted up, opened windows, proceeded to do over 200 updates (Windows 7 Home Prem) and kept running. We let it run several hours since it had not been run in a few years.I'd say this paste is pretty amazing to be able resurrect an "old" workhorse HP. Would similar pastes do the same, probably, but I'll monitor how well it lasts and prevents the processor from overheating.I'm typing this review on my HP that's the same age & very similar model, except it has an Intel processor (my PC is an HP Pavilion Elite M9200t). If my PC starts overheating and shutting off, I'll definitely do the same procedure as I did with my mother's HP. I'll be able to get several applications out of the syringe of paste.
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27.6.2019

Based on my experiences with other thermal pastes and reading test results from various tech sites, I decided to give this one a try. Here are my conclusions:1.) This one is superior in terms of application. The included spatula is a nice touch, but I don't think it is needed. I know that thermal paste application discussions can get heated, but it is really clear to me that the "big blob" method works well, especially with this paste, because of its consistency. If you worship at different thermal paste application method altar, please don't flame me.2.) This little tube is good for at least four applications. And that includes large GPU dies and large IHSs. Even if you applying it like that guy from The Verge.Don't be like that guy; seriously!3.) The thermal performance of this paste is top tier. You can find pastes that are better by 2C, but not without spending more money to get less product and/or having to do some actual work to apply it.4.) Based on the non-drying nature I would feel comfortable using the rest of this tube in a year or two. I have tossed many half full tubes because the bit that was in the syringe tip had hardened. Yeah, I could poke a hole in the tip to get past the dried bit, but I would not want to risk having a microscopic blob of hard paste compromise my thermal interface. I am confident I will get to use the last of this tube of product eventually.5.) My results (@22C ambient):a.) i7-5820k @1.32V, 4.7 GHz: idle: 27C, 100% load from AIDA64: 70c max. Yeah, that sounds high, but that is a monster overclock on a monster (for it's time) CPU. That is pushing nearly 250W through a 140W part. Previously I was using a Dark Rock Pro 3, and was getting more like 30C at idle and 90c under load. Of course I could not even get such a high overclock at all on air.b) GTX1080 @2025 GHz, mem @ 11,400 GHz effective 26c idle 40c at full load. Previously (with stock air cooler) I was getting 35c idle and 85c load (with thermal throttling occurring frequently)6.) While the included spatula is unnecessary in my religion, it is super useful for mixing epoxy.Here are the things I don't like about this thermal paste:1.) It is not RGB. I want RGB thermal paste.2.) It tastes terrible.3.) It is not an effective contraceptive.However, you should really stick to the intended use. If you do you will be happy with the resultsUpdate: I am buying more because I am almost out. If you have one or two jobs to do and you want to have some in reserve, 4g size is ideal. If you are like me, you should get the 8g size. They are both around $10 if you use the correct Amazon listing.
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7.2.2020

I've been using Arctic brand thermal pastes for a couple decades now. They have always impressed me, But I think this one has impressed me most of allI have a AMD FX-9370, and to say that the thing is akin to a furnace might be an understatement. Since it was lying around collecting dust anyway, when Monero moved to the RandomX algo I figured I'd see what this baby could do mining XMR.I set up the Sabertooth mb the chip was installed in on the test bench and let 'er rip. I have a huge air-cooled heatsink with two fans configured in push-pull that usually will keep this heat beast contained. But with the processor running 100%, eventually over some hours the heat would build up,and the rig would shut down on a CPU overtemp condition.I had just gotten a new tube of this, so I yanked the chip, spread a nice thin layer over the entire chip to make sure there would be no air gaps, and reinstalled the chip. On reboot, I restarted the mining software and I also started my system testing software, so I could log the CPU temp information.The rig ran for days afterwards without a shutdown. Where it had been shutting down after 8-10 hours upon hitting 85°, the logs showed temps peaking about 78° for short periods, and normally running in a range of 74-76°C. A pretty impressive drop, considering all I did was change the paste. And it's not like I was removing old cruddy or cheap paste. The chip had been reinstalled within the previous year using MX-2 paste.BTW, this stuff is just as effective on GPUsGot a power hungry monster you could use to heat the house in the winter, but don't want to mortgage the house to buy some specialized, overpriced, thermal paste? This could very well be your ticket.
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13.12.2019

The paste is thin and spreads fairly easily. It can quickly become a problem mess if one is not careful.I apply a small line, and spread it thinly across the surface of the CPU. It sticks well to the CPU integrated heat spreader, and the aluminum heatsink, so I can assemble once, remove the heatsink and see if I need to add a bit more to make complete contact. The MX-2 was a wonderful product that I've used for years on many many systems - The MX-4 will be my new go-to paste now, as it's just all around better.However,I am disappointed in the plastic packaging which states it's environmentally friendly. A paperboard box with vegetable-based ink would be much more so. No matter how many times plastic is recycled,it can never compost. An aluminum or even aluminum lined cardboard tube syringe would be better too. And less expensive, on both the product container and the packaging. And both could be recycled still.I don't care, honestly, that it's in plastic. But don't brag that you're optimizing packaging for environmental reasons when you could be doing so so much better. Oh, and a paperboard box would help prevent the tube from getting crushed or bent as well - more so than a plastic bag.Paperboard box w/ marketing info on the outside and details on the inside would work great. The box can be double-wrapped to provide additional strength and printable area. A thin aluminum tube syringe with either an aluminum plunger and cap, and a silicone plunger gasket. Print right on the tube. Done. Every bit can be recycled, and the packaging can be tossed in the compost pile. But, I guess companies /really don't/ care about being "green" after all.
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20.3.2020

I've never used a thermal compound which was not smart. Before using this product my 5 year old pc was loud and when i would use my mic to talk to my friends or even stream or record a video my mic would pick up the background noise from my pc which was very annoying. Additionally, my pc was significantly slower and it got very hot which impacted my gaming experience due to overheating. After cleaning my pc hardware it helped a bit but not enough, but then my i got recommend to buy a thermal paste which lead me to finding this great product. This product was at a great price compared to other similar products and providing better durability. After using this product on my pc i have realised a great change in how my pc worked,it became again quiet, my pc has not overheated when playing a game since i've first time used this product (31st August 2019) which has made me happy about my pc imporvment just from using this product and 100% recommend this to you if you are having similar problems with your pc currently.I've also used this product on my 10+ year old pc and it even had a significant impact on that pc too, as i have seen that the pc has dropped in temperature which lead to it not being so loud too and be able to use it with less problems due to overheating.Overall, the product has exceeded my expectations. It might not look like there's a lot of thermal paste inside the product, however it lasted for my 2 pc's and there's still plenty left that i will be using in the future. 100% great quality of product for the price, made me love my pc again. :)
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18.10.2020

Like many of you in the reviews, and likely those reading this one, my PS4 Pro was running hot and often ran the fan @100% sounding like a Cessna 172 whenever I played a game or even just browsed the PS Store. My PS4 has seen light use and is less than two years old, it surprised me at first at just how hot it ran. It reminded me of my old Xbox 360 and the overheating issues I had with it. After reapplying the thermal paste on my 360, it ran like a champ, noticeably cooler and maybe placebo but smoother too. Well I opened up the PS4 and found a fair amount of dust built up on the heat sink, I cleaned it up and popped the cover back on, fired up Mafia 3, and then Ghost Recon,two recent games that made the fan scream, and sadly it made no difference. Next up was the thermal paste, and once I had everything apart I became disappointed in the terrible job the factory did on applying it. I cleaned off the factory paste, applied a thin layer of MX-4, reassembled everything, and booted up. I immediately could tell it was quieter, nearly silent on the Home Screen. I checked out a few games, and there was a day and night difference, I couldn’t hear the fan unless I put my head by the console, very pleased with that.If you’re experiencing similar issues and like your system and want it to last, consider reapplying the thermal paste, it will make a significant difference if your paste was applied like mine was from the factory. (Picture attached)
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29.5.2020

I ran out of this stuff last time and had to use some cheap thermal compound that kept my cpu temps high durring a stress test, this stuff dropped the temps on my cpu by 15F making it much cooler. I was running average around 175F now i'm at 160F thats with 100 percent CPU usage durring a stress test using CPU-z and monitoring temps using CPUID HWmonitor, this stuff is great quality compared to what I was using it didn't even have a name brand on it but it came with a cheap water cooling set. I did have a little trouble at first for some reason I had to keep moving the heatsink around to further thin out the layer i think i put to much but that was resolved after a few minutes of moving the heatsink around to spread the compound out more.you really dont need very much it prevented me from booting at all kept crashing untill it was the right amount. I tested this for 12 hours on one test and am half way through another 12 hour test while also stress testing the GPU to provide what heat that would add to the case while gaming. this is by no means a real world test obviously no one will be stressing a cpu 24/7... but this is just to make sure it remains stable and does not overheat at any point and shut off as It would be bad to have it overheat and fry a componant. also this I believe helps settle in the thermal compound. next up is the real world testing and that is gamming with max settings.
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12.10.2020

I was at my wits end trying to find something that would keep my home office laptop cool. I noticed the laptop was running pretty hot, fans were kicking on for longer than they used to.I tried 2 cooling fans I purchased here and ended up returning them both as they did absolutely nothing.I then tried the Thermal Grizzly Carbonaut pad after the rage on Youtube. While this functioned marginally better than the cooling fans, it was still an abismal performance. I was super careful to cut the pad to size and as exact as possible with no extra since the material is electrically conductive. I regularly saw temp spikes to the mid 90 C, with regular temps running at 70-80 C.I decided since I had already gotten past the fear of cracking open the back of the laptop,might as well try using a high-quality thermal paste. At first, I had blobbed too much using the "pea method" and had to go back and clean up my mess. I used the spread method with the little spatula /spreader that comes with the paste and applied a thin layer. I was super aware to spread and evenly as possible without introducing air bubbles. This did the trick ! It was completely night and day difference. Temps are cruising in the mid-50s to 60.Sometimes the lesson is don't mess with what works ! I won't hesitate to use MX-4 again or recommend it.
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13.1.2021

I bought this mainly to replace the thermal paste on an HP Omen Laptop I have that is running a GTX 960M GPU and an i7 6th gen CPU. The thermal paste I had before this always just worked and I didn't have any issues with using it on all my devices. I'm going to write down the difference in temperatures I saw by switching the thermal paste from *my experience*. Your experience *will* vary because no 2 devices are the same.Old thermal paste heat:CPU: 85C~94CGPU: 70C~77C**FYI the thermal paste was 6 months old...**Arctic MX-4 thermal paste heat:CPU: 68C~72CGPU: 68C~69CI ran the laptop for about 3 hours running Apex Legends (low settings since it's an old GPU) and streaming on Twitch (using Nvidia encoder)(so I'm pushing it). So as you can see the difference from just the change in thermal paste, CPU dropped 17C~22C and GPU dropped 5C~8C. So now I'm running at more manageable temperatures and I'm not getting those random frame drops because of thermal throttling that was happening. Of course this is on full load with playing AAA game and streaming it. Idle dropped around 10C which is great on its own!I HIGHLY recommend this thermal paste because from the results I got I am not buying any other besides this one for as long as they keep making it!** I used GPU-Z to capture the temperatures **
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10.2.2020

Ive tried numerous thermal pastes through the years, I usually go for whatever is on offer around this price bracket and you cant really go wrong.You get several applications from each tube and the results are consistently good and ranks in most tech guide best thermal paste charts. Arctic MX-4 is pretty easy to manipulate and spread once its on your CPU (having also tried different methods of application it doesnt really matter which method you use, just remember to go easy on it as you only want a thin layer of paste).In terms of absolute best performance Thermal Grizzly is slightly better than the arctic 4, however the difference is marginal (maybe a degree or so if you get a good application),its harder to apply and you get half the amount for this price. If your planning on multiple applications (e.g your pc, laptop and maybe 2 or 3 other machines) I would definitely go for this for convenience. There is of course user interpretation and error too, having seen and read on many forums that thermal grizzly performs better its hard to prove.To summarise this is a great paste and guaranteed consistency, ease of use and performance. Dont get to involved in different brands and the hype over marginal gains, get whatever is rated well and priced reasonable at the time.
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25.8.2020

Needed some new thermal paste, got some new thermal paste. This stuff seemed reasonably priced and there two main selling points for me:1.) no electrical conductivity so your CPU/board should be OK if you go a bit crazy with the paste2.) longevity - should apparently last 8 years which sounds good to me as I don't think I've ever replaced paste alone, only if I'm changing heatsinksI also had a sachet of this with an Arctic e34 cooler and that's running very well so another good pointer for me.So, so far so good. It applies very well and spreads evenly once the cold plate has been pushed down in place. I find the 'blob in the middle' technique works best for me, just make sure that blob isn't too big.It's easy to think 'that doesn't look enough' when you've dumped a blob, but it will spread. A size just larger than a grain of rice is more than sufficient. Much more and you'll have overflow.Temps seem fine. I can't compare it directly to what was on before as I went from AIO to air so the whole thing's different. But, all seems good value as paste goes and if the tube can sit around for many years and not go hard, should get good use out of it.
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15.12.2020

I bought this because I recently bought a watercooler for my Ryzen 5 3600X, but obviously enough this paste will work on just about any CPU. It comes in a small box, and the syringe is very easy to use, there is a good amount, and there is a useful cap on it to prevent the paste from leaking too much. Performance wise, I have noticed significantly improved temps, and was so impressed, I decided to repaste my GPU too! Instantly, while running the same benchmark for two hours, there was a 5 degree temperature reduction, which may not sound like a lot, but from a $10 purchase (I am Australian, here temporarily), 5 degrees may be the difference between thermal throttling or not, bearing in mind,this GPU is only a couple of months old. When I get my RTX 3060TI, the first thing I will be doing is swapping out the paste, after better temps with no additional hardware apart from this! Tip: after building many computers, I have decided that applying thermal paste like this (see pic below) is the best way to apply thermal paste, and after removing the cooler, you will notice an even and clear spread. Overall, very good paste, and I highly recommend!
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29.3.2019

I have an existing desktop computer that I moved to an enclosed area below a desk. I have the unit on 24/7 and use a cabinet fan to exhaust the open-only-at-one-end enclosure. As a precaution, I started checking live temps with CPUID HWMonitor and saw occasional spikes at the upper limit of the CPU. An exam inside the cabinet turned up a significantly dusty CPU heatsink and the process of removing it for cleaning revealed a dry thermal paste layer on the CPU side. I put the cleaned heatsink back and that produced some relief, but additional research suggested I needed to re-apply some fresh thermal paste. This is the product I decided to try as a "newby paster",based on its non-metallic properties and clear web-site instruction video as well as (FWIW) favorable reviews. Under the same conditions I measured with the cleaned heatsink/old paste, the MX-4 2019 edition kept the peak temps about 10C cooler yet. Not a gamer system and not a lab test, but I'm happy with the results.
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14.8.2019

I bought this compound after realising that the thermal paste in my old laptop from 2012-2013 needed replacing. It was running very hot at 80C while browsing the internet and the fan was spinning constantly, very loudly.‘Installation’ was very easy to do and mess-free; take apart the laptop, remove the heatsink from the CPU, clean both the CPU and heatsink of their original compound with kitchen towel and reapply new thermal compound. I only put a very small glow of compound around 60% of the size of a pea and it seemed to do the job. No mess! I’d reckon the syringe would last for quite a few applications as the amount you need per CPU is minimal.After making sure everything was installed correctly,I booted back up the laptop, opened the temperature monitoring program and loaded up a 60fps video - and it averaged around 45C-50C! That’s over 30C difference from what it was before.I would highly recommend Arctic and I will be buying from them in the future.
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20.2.2019

This is night and day. I built my computer 3 years ago and honestly had no idea how valuable thermal paste was. My CPU is overclocked but I have an AIO, so temps underload were in the 40's. I am cool with that. A couple weeks ago I started seeing them to creep up to the low 50's and then mid 50's. At first I thought the AIO was biting the dust but I checked it and it was fine. After some cursory google searches I realized my mistake. So I bought this product along with the Naktuna Degreasing wipes. Took me about 5 minutes to dissasemble the AIO, wipe off the old grungy looking thermal paste, reapply, and reassemble. I put it under load right out of the gate temperatures were 8-10 lower under load.Its amazing how well this product works. Along with that fact, there is a break in period for most Thermal Paste's, they say its not very long on this stuff and I believe them. I didnt expect to see results for at least 50 hours. But temps are already nice and cool.
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