Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - OEM

Pros: -This stuff works excellently.

Cons: -There are better out there now.

Other Thoughts: I now use Prolimitech PK-1 since it's now officially the best.

Arctic Silver 5 was my go to for a long time until they were beaten... and I ran out. :D
Hopefully they come up with something as great as PK-1 so I can go back to them.

Pros: Great Product, nothing better on the market that I know of

Cons: It's not free.

Other Thoughts: Have being using since 2005. Cannot get me off it.

Pros: 1. This compound is definitely better than the stuff you get with cpu coolers. This is actually my second syringe of A.S. (I used half of the other one, which I bought off of Amaz()n (don't understand why Newegg blocks their competitor's name) for a higher price, but the syringe got lost somewhere and I needed this because I'm building a new rig).

2. You really can't complain. Temps were maybe 5-7C cooler using this compound on my old 90W Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (OCed to 3GHz) so, instead of 60C tops with a CoolerMaster Hyper 135+ and included goop, it was around 53-55C with Arctic Silver.

3. This was my first product that I ever bought off of Newegg, and the shipping was FABULOUS. Arrived in 2 days! and the UPS man personally came upstairs to the 3rd floor where my apartment is and got my SIGNATURE! (I live in a bad neighborhood, so this was great, because most of the packages which *some* deliverymen tend to leave in the lobby tend to get stolen).

I will DEFINITELY be shopping here more often :D

Cons: It doesn't make me sammiches

Pros: A dab'll do ya. Rice sized drop on heatspreader dropped my temps vs included cooler 25c.

Cons: n/a

Other Thoughts: Comparing temps between a liquid cooling (corsair) unit and the stock intel hsf is kinda like comparing apples vs oranges, but the temp diff is big.
I5 3570 @ 4.4GHz (still lidded) dropped from nearly 50c/75c (idle/max) to 28c/55c. Glad the cooler dropped the temp drastically - I had considered delidding and voiding my warrany before the change, now I'm cool (pun intended) with it.

Pros: keeping my amd fx-8350 nice and cool. Couldn't be happier.

Cons: none

Pros: High thermal transfer efficiency, tidy and convenient dispenser

Cons: Does not automatically come with CPU/GPU boxes...

Other Thoughts: Not much to say that has not been one way or another. Have used this paste for years--always consistent and efficient. More so than the ceramic and other composite pastes.

Pros: Does what it's supposed to

Cons: None

Pros: ALWAYS THE BEST keeps temps low thanks.

Cons: n/a

Other Thoughts: The trick to using any paste is use a tiny amount in the center of the cpu about the size of a pea . Thats all you need don't over do it or your temps will be high.

Pros: there is plenty of material in the syringe for a lot of CPU's and other components that need it. It spreads easily into a very thin layer so you don't waste much on an application and only a small quantity stays on finger tip

Cons: price but you have to pay it if want the best out there

Pros: This is the only thermal paste I use. I started using it a few years back when I started building computers. When I first replaced the stock cooler on my P4 with HT I used this and I've been using it ever since. This paste gives excellent cooling performance when applied correctly. I like the grain of rice/ pea method depending on the size of the chip. Much better thermal conductivity than the stuff they put on heatsinks for you from the factory.

Cons: Small tube for the price. I can easily get 10-15 applications out of one tube, but for $12 it just doesn't look like a lot.

Other Thoughts: AMD Phenom II x6 1055t with an Antec Kuhler 620 OC to 3.75Ghz and I idle around 30C and max at 50C in Prime 95