ID-COOLING Frost X45 2g Thermal Paste for CPU Processors, High Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Safe Application, Non-Conductive

My desktop computer has been a pain in the...er... animal a bit like a Donkey but with less letters....lately, and I read that things MIGHT be improved by replacing the thermal paste on the C.P.U. . Very much out of my comfort zone as I am not very techy/geeky, but I found a youtube video to follow. I ordered this particular item as I was nervous of dripping thermal paste where I shouldn't, and I hoped the syringe would give more control. It was a great help. Note: Do make sure to PATIENTLY AND GENTLY erode the old hard paste, take your time. Do not try to chip it off. It is gentle but effective if you persevere calmly. DO hoover out any "crumbs" of the hard paste that might break off and fall into any crevices around the C.P.U. It's quite satisfying if you don't try to rush it. The syringe is pre-loaded with paste, and there IS also a little pouch included with cleaning wipes, but I left that unopened and cleaned with a micro fibre cloth dampened with surgical spirit. There is ALSO a plastic spreader included for spreading the paste, but advice online was NOT to use that, but to instead apply 5 dots of the paste onto the c.p.u. ONE dot about the size of a small pea in the centre, and then 4 "satellite" dots, slightly smaller, near each corner but a little away from the edges so they have room to spread without going over the edge. Think of the number "5" face on a big dice, but with the central dot a bit larger than the other 4. (ooh I'm so helpful aren't I?) I then carefully replaced the cooler fins and fan on top of the C.P.U., and tightened the securing screws, a bit at a a time, going diagonally opposite each time, so that it was the process of doing THAT that actually spreads the thermal paste evenly! This avoids the risk of using the spreader inaccurately. Prior to doing all this I downloaded a free programe called Core Temp, and it had shown my CPU idling at 65 degrees c, and at 102 degrees under load. After applying this paste it now idles at 37 degrees. I've yet to put it under load but it has obviously made a huge difference, and for less than £10. ( I already had a bottle of surgical spirit). NOTE: MY C.P.U. is an i5 about 40mm x 30mm , the size of a slim matchbox. It MIGHT be that, if you have a much larger C.P.U. , the supplied spreader would be the better option, but as I say I'm not geeky enough to say for sure. Good luck! Honest Steve. Oh! And a couple of the dots I tried to apply did want to "cling on" to the syringe, so they slightly "smeared" onto the C.P.U. "MyBad" as some people say. I managed to poke and prod them back into the rough shapee of a small pea, as of course the more uniform the blobs are the more evenly they should spread. There is enough paste in the syringe to maybe practice releasing the blob of paste on some sacrificial bit of metal, but I didn't think of that until afterwards.

Excellent product. Managed to drop the temperature of the CPU by 15 degrees Celsius.Is a little bit on the hard side when it comes to applying it, but with a little perseverance is on.

Positives:It's price to performance looks good. Temps on par with artic 4 paste.Tube is large and you get a spreading spatula which you will need.Negatives:Here comes the big one. It's so thick and dry you just cant spread it well. You end up using a lot of paste trying to get the right spread. It's like trying to spread a dry chocolate over a cold toast. It just doesn't work well.After 20+ or building PC. My advice is AVOID. Buy Artic paste.

This is the thermal paste he wanted

Best thermal paste for CPU and GPU, very low temps