It really is. IMHO, it got the best performance to price ratio on the market.I read that MX-5 is a very good option regarding its price.
Someone here can correct me; lithium grease is for lubrication so it would not be useful as a thermal grease, or for coil whine.
WD-40 is a terrible lubricant, so most anything would be better.
For fans one might use Mobile 1 fully synthetic grease, although I actually use fully synthetic engine oil myself.
Now I do used silicon oil on computer connectors, but it is not a great idea for switches.
Processor | Ryzen 5 5700x |
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Cooling | oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block | Blk D15 |
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Mouse | Redragon 901 Perdition x3 |
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Software | Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3 |
Benchmark Scores | Are in the benchmark section |
Hi,WD40 is a degreaser, so the opposite of a lubricant.
Maybe you didn't use it/apply it correctly? I have found it to be exceptional.I wasn't all that impressed with the alien baby crap/ mx-5 sadly
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It's ridiculous that there's a whole separate thread for just one thermal paste. I thought that absolutely no one cared about them as they all perform pretty much the same and you just buy the cheapest available one. It's truly as ridiculous as talking about which gas station petrol you buy. Silly thread, silly answers. It's only fair.This thread is about Arctic MX-5, not about WD-40 products. Let's get back on topic folks..
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System Name | Ghetto Rigs z490|x99|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x |
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Processor | 10900k w/Optimus Foundation | 5930k w/Black Noctua D15 |
Motherboard | z490 Maximus XII Apex | x99 Sabertooth |
Cooling | oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block | Blk D15 |
Memory | Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb | Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb |
Video Card(s) | Titan Xp-water | evga 980ti gaming-w/ air |
Storage | 970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb | 860 pro 256gb | Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's |
Display(s) | 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series |
Case | D450 | Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench |
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Power Supply | EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 | 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U |
Mouse | Redragon 901 Perdition x3 |
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Hi,This thread is about Arctic MX-5, not about WD-40 products. Let's get back on topic folks..
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Storage | Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE |
Display(s) | Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440) |
Power Supply | EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers) |
Software | Windows 11 Home |
nt-h1 which I've never had an issue with and never saw any pump out effects
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Mouse | Logitech G502 |
Keyboard | Black Aluminun Mechanical Clicky Thing With Blue LEDs, hows that for a name?! |
Software | Win11pro |
Or have the absolute perfect tim spread. Which is well nigh impossible ime.Seems to me the only way to avoid pump-out is to have the paste solidify.
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Motherboard | Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1 |
Memory | 2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000 |
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Storage | Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE |
Display(s) | Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440) |
Power Supply | EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers) |
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Software | lots of movies and Windows 10 with win 7 shell |
Benchmark Scores | Good enough for me |
I have mx4, I don't like it. Sucks that I bought the largest tube.
I have mx4, I don't like it. Sucks that I bought the largest tube.
Multiple people on overclock.net recently have complained about *both* Kryonaut and Kryonaut Extreme slowly drying out on their waterblock'd RTX 3090's.For price it's good but nothing can beat thermal grizzly kryonaut
Processor | AMD R7 5800X3D |
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Motherboard | Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero |
Cooling | Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1 |
Memory | 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14 |
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Case | Fractal Torrent Compact |
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Power Supply | Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800 |
Mouse | Logitech G502 Hero |
Keyboard | Logitech G213 |
VR HMD | Oculus 3 |
Software | Yes |
Benchmark Scores | Yes |
System Name | CyberPowerPC ET8070 |
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Processor | Intel Core i5-10400F |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1 |
Memory | 2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super |
Storage | Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE |
Display(s) | Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440) |
Power Supply | EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers) |
Software | Windows 11 Home |
Multiple people on overclock.net recently have complained about *both* Kryonaut and Kryonaut Extreme slowly drying out
Processor | AMD R7 5800X3D |
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Motherboard | Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero |
Cooling | Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1 |
Memory | 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14 |
Video Card(s) | Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC |
Storage | WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB |
Display(s) | LG 50UP7100 |
Case | Fractal Torrent Compact |
Audio Device(s) | JBL Bar 700 |
Power Supply | Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800 |
Mouse | Logitech G502 Hero |
Keyboard | Logitech G213 |
VR HMD | Oculus 3 |
Software | Yes |
Benchmark Scores | Yes |
Its not..Still not convinced that drying out is a bad thing.
System Name | CyberPowerPC ET8070 |
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Processor | Intel Core i5-10400F |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1 |
Memory | 2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super |
Storage | Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE |
Display(s) | Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440) |
Power Supply | EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers) |
Software | Windows 11 Home |
Still not convinced that drying out is a bad thing.