Tuniq TX-4 High Performance Thermal Grease - 3.0g

I have an old Thinkpad R61 on which a number of repairs require removing and later reattaching the fan/heat-sink assembly. (Ease of servicing was clearly not paramount in the designers' minds.) I've had to do it twice. The first time, I thought I had some Arctic Silver 5 on hand but it turned out I only had generic thermal paste, so I used that. BIG MISTAKE. After around 9 months, my Thinkpad started going to sleep to protect itself from overheating. Before figuring out what the culprit was, I found myself hunting for rogue background processes running the CPU too hard and, eventually, switching to power schemes with lower CPU speeds. When I finally bit the bullet and tore down the computer to replace an aging CMOS battery and ventilation fan, I discovered that the generic thermal paste had migrated entirely to the sides of the CPU and GPU!I was determined to get the best thermal compound available this time 'round, and after reading some in-depth roundups, I settled on Tuniq TX-4. It was in fact a little more difficult to apply than previous compounds I've used -- it's thicker and stickier -- and the big, stiff plastic spreader was not clearly not designed with tight laptop spaces in mind. But I got 'er done and my CPU and mainboard are now running a good 20°C to 25° cooler than they were previously. (I haven't put the GPU through its paces yet.) I'm back to running my laptop at full CPU speed, the air blowing out of the exhaust vent is moderately warm, not hot, and Piriform Speccy is posting very reassuring temperature readings once again. I'm happy. The only improvements I can think of would be a smaller, more flexible spreader that's not stuck to the packaging with a sticky adhesive that leaves a residue on the spreader (and on the fingers that touch it), and maybe an easy-open tab on the shrink wrap that encases the syringe. Four thumbs up!

its a pain to apply at first! very hard to apply and you will waste alot of thermal paste from trial and error but read my instructions and you wont regret it! its worth the buy! i was extremely frustrated with the the application process but after i figured it out its easy and the temps are out of this world! look at my idle temp! ive never seen any anything like it!Step 1. Take out your cpu from your mobo.step 2. grab a sheet of paper and lay your cpu with the side you will be applying this paste up.step 3. grab 2 strips of scotch tape and tape the top edge of your cpu and bottom edge of your cpu down so when you rub the paste with the provided card it wont move the cpu. also when you put the tape to hold the cpu only tape the green area of the cpu. it should be on the very top edge and bottom.step 4. use this thermal paste and at the very very very top edge of the cpu draw a line from one end to another.step 5. go half way down to the cpu square and draw another line from one end to another.step 6. use the provided card to rub the thermal paste from top to bottom. you should have 2 lines on the cpu before this method.step 7. until you get the thermal paste on the back of the cpu fully suqared that is when you can put this back into your mobo.i used to get idle temps for 33c, look at it now! 22c in the pic!

it sticks to everything but the processor.you may have to attempt several times so keep cleaning stuff handy for restart.that said, this does in fact work well even with a semi-shoddy application like the one i managedmy semi-successful (second) run went something like this:remove (or at least peel back) the label sticker on the applicator. making the applicator more usable instead of just another thing to stick to.just scrape it around on the processor n let what sticks stick. pushing it somewhat downward as it is being scraped to help it stick.Scrape leftovers hanging off edges of processor and apply to heat sink bottom in the same manner, letting what sticks stick and removing the rest. (like its been said, it sticks better to about anything but the processor and my heat sink was not an exception)the resulting layers are very thin and look like leftover grime on an uneven surface poorly wiped with a with a dirty rag.I sandwiched 'em like that and it seems to be working at least as well as the stuff that came with the computer.reason for not applying like putty or dough: resulting coat would be thicker than needed to fill tiny gaps between surfaces. thickness is proportional to conductive thermal resistance (which is to be minimized).

I'm not a hardcore overclocker or anything, but the cost was low enough that I'd choose aftermarket paste for cpu longevity. Also, the fact that it's not electrically conductive just takes the risk of frying your board out of the equation.I ran this on an i3-530 with a cm hyper 212+ for 4 years with no issue. It wasn't easy to apply with the given instructions for a first timer building a computer, but it certainly worked and my cpu never went above 36°c even after hours of gaming with a gtx 460 SLI setup in a Coolermaster storm sniper case (lots of airflow).After 4 years and upgrading my cpu it did seem to have turned into a crust to some point, but still worked as well as when I first got it.I ended up using gelid gc extreme with my new cpu just because I wanted to try something new, and not because I was disappointed.The i3-530 will be going into an htpc soon, so maybe I'll have a future update on performance with a cpu intensive tuner setup using gelid.

Good and awesome. Easy to apply. Getting 6 to 7 degree Celsius difference as expected.

Great Thermal Paste.. a Bit pricey but worth it.. my computer is an old macbook 2008 unibody (white macbook) anyone who owns one of these or a macbook pro 2008 knows that they overheat like crazy..Now I simply run the fan on all the time and use this thermal paste. It is sticky like people say but why are you spreading it around with your finger anyway or the TIM spreader? amateurs! Just use the dispenser and frost that processor like you would a cake.. better to use a lot than a little, especially with a 2008 Macbook!

Easy to apply! Got an overclocked amd fx8370 with a corsair h100 water cooler. Tought that the temperature was high for a water cooler... Replaced the thermal pad that came with the water cooler with this paste and temperature dropped 10-12deg celsius at full load! Satisfied with the product!

Work very nicely. Did some research and this stuff is actually better than the rest by a degree. This is my new brand. Comes with spreader which works great too. Like spreading butter on toast but be moderate :-)

Good thermal paste, my computer is running way cooler now