Monday, March 15th 2021
ARCTIC Introduces New MX-5 Thermal Compound
ARCTIC, one of the leading manufacturers of low-noise PC coolers and components, officially launches its MX-5 thermal paste today. The newly developed, high-performance paste comes with an ideal set of thermal properties, guaranteeing reliable heat dissipation over long periods of time. ARCTIC MX-5 is available now in variants ranging from 2 to 50 grams, with and without a spatula.
Like all thermal pastes from ARCTIC, MX-5 is completely metal-free. Because MX-5 is neither conductive nor capacitive, it is particularly safe to use: the possibility of short circuits, corrosion damage or discharges is eliminated.
Regardless of the application method, applying MX-5 is very easy thanks to its low viscosity. The paste can be evenly distributed across the CPU in an extremely thin film via contact pressure from the heat sink. Combined with high thermal conductivity, this results in very low thermal resistance, which can contribute to improved service life and processor performance
MX-5 uses carbon microparticles as a filler to smooth out small imperfections on heatsinks and heatspreaders, improving heat transfer from the component to the heat sink. It is suitable for use on all CPUs and GPUs, whether they are in PCs, laptops or consoles. MX-5 is also recommended for integrated circuits with high waste heat and for power semiconductor devices.
Availability
The MX-5 is available now atAmazon with a starting price of $5.89 USD.
Like all thermal pastes from ARCTIC, MX-5 is completely metal-free. Because MX-5 is neither conductive nor capacitive, it is particularly safe to use: the possibility of short circuits, corrosion damage or discharges is eliminated.
MX-5 uses carbon microparticles as a filler to smooth out small imperfections on heatsinks and heatspreaders, improving heat transfer from the component to the heat sink. It is suitable for use on all CPUs and GPUs, whether they are in PCs, laptops or consoles. MX-5 is also recommended for integrated circuits with high waste heat and for power semiconductor devices.
Availability
The MX-5 is available now atAmazon with a starting price of $5.89 USD.
56 Comments on ARCTIC Introduces New MX-5 Thermal Compound
Both on MX-4 and NT-H2, only applied a pea sized dot on my Ryzen and what I discovered once I took the CPU out (which, thanks to the fantastic SecuFirm, remounting this thing is a breeze), a perfect, thin spread of TIM on both the cooler and the CPU. Never bothered with any other application method.
But let's not turn this into an age-old tech nerd debate please.
IMO the best all-round TIM would be the Kingpin KPx, high performance and high viscosity, 30usd for a 10g tube is not insanely expensive either.
I get good results with Noctua NT-HT2 though.
It left my last waterblock in a similar state too.
By the way what do you recommend me for 5739G laptop fan? I mean oil... That fan is terrible designed! It makes buzzing sound after some months. I change it's fan like year subscription... I will use oil this time but shoud i use low viscosity oil or high viscosity oil? I feel like if i use high viscosity oil, motor will heat up due to heavy oil but if i use low viscosity oil, it won't be longlasting.