Gelid SolutionsGC-Extreme 3.5g with Tooling - Thermal Conductive Paste for Heatsink | Maximum Thermal Conductivity | Easy Application | Not Corrosive.

This stuff is the real deal. I don't know how it compares to some of the other more "extreme" TIM solution but it absolutely stomps AS5 in my comparison testing. I use the Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX Cooling - After having trouble with my in warranty EVGA motherboard EVGA X99 Classified Intel Socket LGA 2011-3 with DDR4 2666Mhz Motherboard 151-HE-E999-KR which EVGA replaced without any fuss. I found myself having to redo the TIM on my Intel i7-5830k Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W Desktop Processor BX80648I75930K . The processor is overclocked to 4.5GHz just for reference. I had some Arctic Silver 5 that I had just purchased so I used that. It performed worse than the thermal pad that came with the Corsair coole. My temps were reaching upwards of 60C during gaming, and never went much below 45C at idle. I decided to buy into the hyper of Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme and purchased this. I prepared the surface of the CPU and the cooler the exact same way both times. ArcticClean steps 1 and 2, and then rubbing alcohol as a final cleaning with a micro fiber cloth.After running my CPU under load and idle conditions for the past 24 hours this TIM is already producing temps 10C or more under what I was getting with AS5. I used a large pea sized blob on the middle of my CPU (large because the i7-5830K is a bit bigger than a normal i7. The change was immediate and undeniable. It hasn't even had time to flow properly into all the surface imperfections and these temperature drops are already impressive. I'm absolutely 100% satisfied with my purchase, and there's still a lot left in the tube, I might replace the TIM on my video card as well.I've seen at least one review complaining about the price. I suppose compared to $6 for a tube of AS5 this could be considered "expensive". But you get a lot more in the tube, I would say there's probably enough for 10 or more applications in there (that's a guess). It outperforms AS5 in my humble little side by side. In my opinion this is a great value considering performance and the amount you actually get in the tube. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good TIM.

This is by far much better than Arctic Silver 5 or any other paste I've used. I remember using it for such a long time and then I decided to look up Tom's Hardware reviews over 39 Thermal pastes and I saw that this in almost all categories was always the best in the normal thermal paste category without using some of the very difficult to apply pastes. I decided to try it for my new gaming desktop which has an FX-8350 that I overclocked perfectly stable to 4.7Ghz.When the CPU is under 100% stress testing (Prime95) It will hit around 61C (140F) and when I'm gaming it usually never goes above 50C (122F) ambient temparture is never higher than 76F, granted I do use a Noctua NH-U14S which is a massive heatsink and an exceptionally good air cooler.But, the real point why I like this paste besides that it is a great performer, how long did it take this results to come about? not even 24 hours! I had noticed after stress testing here and there trying to get to 4.7Ghz that the temps stabilized not too long through the process and honestly I'm surprised.So, it's been about 5 months since I built my machine, and I thought a couple weeks ago what if I replaced the paste in some of our old desktops and even the laptops? I tried it on a an old HP slim with a pretty hot Core 2 Duo E2200 and another with an E2220, it dropped the average temps in those by about 10F! At this point it was fun to replace thermal paste! It also majorily improved my HP 8460p's performance by a good margin and got rid of overheating on games all together! My HP sports a i5-2420M and an HD 6470M.Also, a VERY important note I must add, it pretty much stops CPU's from "Throttling" ever again in ANY machine! Just to clarify, throttling is when a CPU or GPU (Video card) lower there clock speeds or power output to compensate for the heat to protect themselves from damage or sometimes, in rare cases, the machine will totally power off to protect itself.Again, recommend this paste to anyone for literally any CPU scenario, I can not speak on behalf of GPU usage but I would recommend it either way. one more note as well, this paste is a bit more viscous than others and you should take a bit of caution when applying it as it can come out a bit abruptly and watery as I mentioned before.

Excellent thermal conductor, highly recommended.

I just looked at the top of this page, and I was informed I bought this in November 30, 2015. Here is my 2019 review. You know, this "overclocking" idea has been around for a long time, but not before my time. I was doing it in the 1900s, LOL. Anyway, this paste is far, far better than the paste that I recommended to my website viewers... 2 decades ago in 1997. At the time I found out the Radio Shack part number for their ubiquitous white, gooey thermal paste. I STILL HAVE SOME. Anyway, the industry went complete bonkers about 15 years ago and the thermal paste wars began.Well, this paste is some good stuff. I bought it after reading a review by TechPowerUp, apparently in 2015. I was having issues with a Dell laptop, i7, with very poor cooling. To this day the issue is not resolved because I still have the laptop and it still overheats. All I know is that this thermal paste works well and my Dell laptop is a piece of garbage... small fan, poor heat pipes, small outlet vents. You can't fix stupid. I did some temperature tests back in the day, and this stuff works great.I just happened to look up some 2019 listings of the best thermal compounds. This Gelid is still hitting the top of the pack, and its cost is still very good. I would definitely recommend this and buy it again... but I have plenty more. I'm gonna wipe off the goop on an AMD Ryzen with its designated fan and try this instead. It's that good.