Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Thermal Grease Paste - 5.0 Gram Model TG-C-005-R

Pros: Very nice temp drops before delid 90+°C 5ghz 1.35v After delid Using Arctic Silver 5 75-80°C 5ghz 1.35v After delid with conductonaut never exceeds 60°C @ 5.1ghz 1.4v

Cons: Bit expensive, and messy. I would not recommend an inexperienced user trying this stuff out as it is very easy to spill onto places you do not want this at. For a less expirenced user i would Recommend Kryonaut, near same performance, its cheaper, and NON-Conductive.

Overall Review: 10/10 Would buy again.

Pros: Incredible thermal improvement on 8700k delid and between water-block and CPU IHS. My 8700k is now running at 5Ghz 1.4V and at full load(and I mean full Aida 64 w/cache) 65C. Same settings prior to delid would hit 98C and shut off! Comes with applicator and excess removal nozzles.(Wish I had read the instructions for what these were for)

Cons: Conductive. Extremely thin viscosity. Does not absorb into cleaning cloths or wipes easily. (Alcohol swabs did the trick with multiple wipes)

Overall Review: This has to be applied as thin as paint and can have no pools whatsoever. Because it does not dry and is so thin it will run right off like water.. However this extremely thin application is all that is needed to accomplish the job. I accidentally had the removal nozzle on when I went to apply this to the exposed CPU die, which shot across the entire chip and into my delid tool. Fortunately I learned my lesson here and did not make this mistake when I applied it to the IHS before attaching my water block. I think I wasted enough of this product to cover 50 CPU's and I think I still have plenty left for the future.

Pros: Dramatically lowers CPU temps by allowing more efficient heat transfer No more thermal throttling Looks trippy as you lay it down (liquid mirror) Sounds baller when you talk to your fellow nerd brethren

Cons: Can be a little difficult to work with (painting specifically) You'll then have to overclock because of all the headroom you now have You won't be able to justify that fancy cooler because this cheaper option fixed the problem Once you go metal...you never go back

Overall Review: I want to first of all address some misinformation on the interwebs about liquid metal. Liquid metal does not 'dry out'. Please refer to Gamers Nexus 1 year case study as a jumping off point. You do not have to reapply liquid metal every year. There will be some discoloration on copper cold plates due to electron migration basically causing some metal plating to occur. This does not impact performance and is not dangerous. Do not use this product with aluminum cold plates. Do not get this on any exposed wires, solder points, SMDs, or anything besides the CPU IHS or CPU die. Now, my experience: I have an intel 7740x that was reaching TJmax (100 degrees) and thermal throttling. The paste I had used had degraded and needed to be replaced. Knowing that Intel used low quality paste under the lid, I figured I may as well delid and go all the way and put liquid metal on the inside. The process was fairly simple. Pro tip, from someone who uses syringes a lot (with patients), do not hold the syringe with your thumb and fingers like you normally would. That positioning is for quick insertions and rapid depletion, which is not what you want in this case. Rather, pull on the plunger to break the seal without expelling any liquid and then hold the body of the syringe in your fist and use your thumb to slowly push the plunger down. You'll only need a small amount (grain of rice) for the entire CPU IHS. I recommend against using a separate bowl to squirt into because you still have to get it from the bowl to the CPU. Use my method and you'll be fine. I found that some quick back and forth swipes with the applicator (fancy Q-tip) was helpful in breaking the surface tension of the metal and getting it to lay down as intended. Take your time, it took me about 5 minutes to get the IHS well 'painted' and to do the same to the cold plate. The end result in my case is I went from thermal throttling while gaming to now maxing out at 77 degrees. This is significantly better by any metric you throw at it. I will never use thermal paste again. From now on, I'm a liquid metal believer.

Pros: Best possible thermal solution for lowest temps on air/water cooling

Cons: Must be careful during application and take proper precautions/preparations. Cannot use with aluminum parts.

Overall Review: If you overclock, you should try this stuff out.

Pros: After the Delid, dropped my 4690k@4.1GHz from 100c to 83c, yeah this stuff is crazy good

Cons: Takes a bit of getting used to working with it, but you will have a lot.

Overall Review: Practice with it first before actually trying to apply it to anything. Use the included swabs to dab a bit of it on it from the tube then apply it to the surface of the desired material; also use dabbing method to apply.

Pros: seemed like it should work if have liquid tight seal around cpu and cooling fan, make sure not to apply a milliliter extra, and can do it all on first try without moving tower from a completely flat surface. would give it a -5 if could.

Cons: I applied a slightly bigger pin hole sized drop apparently. had my fan on as tight as it would go. no noticeable spills then. thought I did good, and try to sit up my tower. BAM. i now have a pretty flexible metal liquid over circuits of my motherboard. afraid of turning it on and frying entire system because wouldn't you know it. they even provide some things to help but once it get next to caps and the ram slots it is NOT going to be moved as I have been trying for a good while and still more there and pretty sure is has spread to point it is better off burning it in fire and seeing it work than plugging it in.

Overall Review: AVOID THIS BRAND AND TYPE UNLESS YOU ARE PERFECT TO THEIR SEMI EXACT AMOUNT OF "PIN HOLE" SIZE APPLICATION, GREASE TIGHT AROUND CPU AND FAN, POSSIBLY NEVER HAD IT STAND UP PAST BEING FLAT ON GROUND OR MOVED AT AN ANGLE AND WANT TO WASTE MONEY ON NEW MOTHERBOARD IF IT DOES