I was about to click Arctic MX-4 same-day on Amazon (call me a Prime addict) when some stuff came up that totally blew my mind.
I've always used heatsink supplied or Arctic. I know there's a lot of different opinions. It's also an area where I feel like I'm paying 3x for something because it's being marketed as enthusiast PC.
Exhbit 1 10 tubes of unknown paste https://www.amazon.com/YEECHUN-Heatsink-Compound-Performance-Polysynthetic/dp/B0739VTBTD/
$12 with prime. A fraction of MX-4 cost.
Exhibit 2 5 tubes and 200g of this stuff for $14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0749Q4311
4G of MX-4 is $9 so that's $14 instead of $450
Exhibit 3 $5 Protronix with a little tub and applicator https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MT0V39S
That looks a lot like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D0S7H8Q/
Crazy options. For servers, I know there's a difference between terrible and ok. Are any of these cheap ones ok?
It'd save me $20-30 a year if there were. I use lots on our embedded servers that have way too much compound on them.
I've always used heatsink supplied or Arctic. I know there's a lot of different opinions. It's also an area where I feel like I'm paying 3x for something because it's being marketed as enthusiast PC.
Exhbit 1 10 tubes of unknown paste https://www.amazon.com/YEECHUN-Heatsink-Compound-Performance-Polysynthetic/dp/B0739VTBTD/
$12 with prime. A fraction of MX-4 cost.
Exhibit 2 5 tubes and 200g of this stuff for $14 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0749Q4311
4G of MX-4 is $9 so that's $14 instead of $450
Exhibit 3 $5 Protronix with a little tub and applicator https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MT0V39S
That looks a lot like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D0S7H8Q/
Crazy options. For servers, I know there's a difference between terrible and ok. Are any of these cheap ones ok?
It'd save me $20-30 a year if there were. I use lots on our embedded servers that have way too much compound on them.