On that last point, an ideal thermal paste has a medium viscosity, being neither too thick nor too thin. If it’s too thick or requires warming up with a heat gun to remove from its tube it can ...

Step 1: Install your CPU in the motherboard if you haven't already, then use the plunger on the tube of thermal paste to squirt a pea-sized amount in the center of the processor. Step 2 ...

Broadly speaking, you should be just fine with the majority of options you find sold on a website like NewEgg or Amazon as well as tubes you pick up in Microcenter or Best Buy. Thermal paste is ...

Cooler Master describes Cryofuze 5 as its "best thermal paste yet," and a box of the colorful goo comes with an application spatula, as well as 3g of paste in the tube. It's certainly the most ...

Is the Arctic paste tube in your spares drawer genuine? Many PC enthusiasts will already have a tube or two of thermal paste in their toolboxes, tool bags, or drawers. We even reported on tests ...

Whether you are building a PC as a gaming rig or making some serious upgrades to a professional workstation, a good thermal paste can do wonders for your system temperatures. As with CPU coolers ...

GELID has rigorously tested the GC-4 Thermal Paste to ensure it meets the high standards of quality and performance that consumers expect. With the syringe tube the thermal paste is easy to apply ...

Thermalright is also pricing its pads around $5, on the low end of a tube of thermal paste. Still, if you're not interested in overclocking or are new to the DIY PC world, a thermal pad will do ...

Rather than a tube of paste, Heilos is a 0.2mm-thick pad of thermal compound that is applied to the base of the heatsink. Thermalright claims it has created a high-quality pad that's easy to use ...