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thermal paste thermal paste thermal paste in the previous video I did which was quite a while ago I compared a GC extreme against mx4 and in that video I wanted to show that there actually can be a considerable difference between what type of thermal paste you use depending on your application in the case of parts that aren't overclockable you don't have a whole lot to worry about and in fact you're probably better off going with something like MX 4 if you're not into enthusiasts overclocks and the reason being is because you get a lot of that stuff non capacitive non conductive and it's very easy to spread the viscosity is pretty good but since I did that video you guys were requesting a take a look at more thermal paste broaden the horizon check out the temperatures but also check out the amount you get the value for money and of course the viscosity to see which is best for enthusiasts and also which is best for hustlers so in today's video we're going to be testing all that with our trusty friend here the r-tx 20 atti from morris but on that note Oris did contact me after that video a while ago and they insisted that they get the card back because they actually wanted to investigate it and I mean for me personally trading a faulty pot for a brand new working part kind of a no-brainer so I decided to say yes we've got the brand new one back here so this is going to be our guinea pig he's gonna be patient zero for this experiment and also another reason why I'm picking the 2080 TI is because it puts out a lot of heat and so that's gonna be great for stressing these thermal paste out and also making the difference is bigger if there are any with that aside let's get on with the contenders and then of course get on with the testing so starting from left to right we've got here no name brand massive amount of thermal paste I bought this on Aliexpress for under $2 so you're getting a lot of thermal paste for your money next to that was a community recommended GD 900 where people actually say this stuff performs very close to the mx4 I did get a massive tube of this for I believe six dollars delivered to my door and then beside that is course as TM 30 a recent addition to the thermal paste industry they've sent some over because they want me to use it in builds because they are a sponsor and then we've got MX 4 which is the staple in the industry and the reason being is because you can get these massive tubes and it does do a pretty good job it's non capacitive non conductive and of course the viscosity is pretty good so it's a great option in my opinion for hustlers then we've got the GC extreme which we already know outperforms the MX 4 but of course it is a little bit harder to spread and it is much more expensive than the MX 4 then besides that it's probably one of the most interesting in the bunch this is the kingpin cooling a lot of ln2 overclockers swear by this stuff but apparently it doesn't do good in normal ambient temperatures and then the last two on the list is the knock Shore nth one it's the only knock Shore thermal paste they have around here but we'll test it anyway and then there's some thermal grizzly I think it is cryo naught well it's the only one that you're allowed to put on the actual silicon itself because the rest of them on their website aren't actually recommended for putting on direct silicon to cooler and since this is a 20 80 TI I ain't risking anything but with all that out of the way let the games begin that's Italian for let the games begin and we're gonna be testing out a baseline first for the 2080 TI to know how this thing performs out of the box with a set fan speed and what temperature's it gets so let's get on with the show and here we are the next day with all the results compiled this one is actually very interesting stayed up till 2:00 a.m. as well to get this testing done because this is the only chance I'm going to get before coffee tax and you guys really wanted to see this video so if you appreciated enough hit that like button a little bit early for us but let's get on with the results and I'm gonna get straight into it because we've got two clear winners here after testing this on the 28th ETI and the kingpin cooling solution came in at number one getting sixty nine degrees maximum now I was told this stuff was only good for ln2 situations and if you're cooling it with air and water cooling it wouldn't do as well but it's beating all the other pace here by a little bit and although it's expensive it was beating out GC extreme which came in second place with 71 degrees but the two degree difference really shows that this stuff is on top so there is a reason that everyone at L in two events was using this stuff and when I saw that at the Galax live overclocking event last year I knew I had to get some so I actually bought this off someone at the event for 10 bucks I'm like hey can I quickly have that tube because I was rounding up all the best of the best thermal paste and then we're coming in with the next best thing and this was a recommendation from you guys in the previous video you said Brian there's these sellers on Aliexpress selling the GT 900 and you can get this stuff I think I got this for like six or seven dollars for a tube of thirty grams and I didn't expect much out of it but when we put it on the twenty atti I was shocked because this stuff is going to be even though the kingpin Cooling's number one for enthusiasts who want to get the best overclocks and the best temperatures I'm gonna be giving this stuff kind of like the number one in general because it's so easy to spread it had the best spreading qualities of all the thermal paste I tested here and that the viscosity was just right it was a little bit better than Amex for which I'd say came in second place with viscosity but you get 30 grams of this stuff and it's cooling performance is pretty much better than mx4 and I'm definitely going to be ordering myself more of these because I'm just shocked at how good they are if you're a hustler and you got to do a lot of builds and you're constantly changing over coolers cleaning up coolers or cleaning up old thermal paste this stuff is great non-conductive non capacitive and on that note I'm pretty sure all the thermal paste I tested here today are non conductive non capacitive because I did put a lot of thermal paste on because you have to with the 28 eg I since it's just the silicon exposed to the cooler so there we have it number one GT 904 hustlers number one for cooling kingpin cooling now I will point out some other things about the other thermal piece and that is that the thermal grizzly paste that I got gifted from Dave up in Brisbane Dave I don't know why you gifted me this it was an empty tube when I went to put it on I was like what's going on I've just got an empty tube here and pretty much there's no thermal paste left so maybe if I redo this video again it's going to be all you guys in the comments with what thermal paste you want to see in the next comparison but on that note let's talk about some of the other thermal paste in this comparison the mx4 it's a staple it works pretty good viscosity is great it's a reliable choice and it has been for years due to what it is so I can still recommend that but the GT 900 again is just beating it out in every aspect and that stuff is a lot better value for money into and how much you get as for the corsair TM 30 you guys are the channel sponsors here that I got a point this thermal paste out man it's not that good at all you're getting I think three grams for eight dollars and the viscosity isn't as good as mx4 or as good as the GD 900 and the cooling performance was just as good as the MX 4 which keep in mind the MX 4 and the TM 30 did for one degree behind the stock thermal paste on the gigabyte card but on that note the stock thermal paste on the r-tx 20 atti horas here it was horrible to clean off like this is when I first opened up the cooler I took ages to clean this stuff off so whatever gigabyte Oris are using on their graphics guys it does work well but it is really annoying if you want to clean it up and put some kingpin cooling on there for example but the other stuff to talk about was the nock schewe NT h1 and this stuff was ok it was actually pretty smooth to spread so if you loved the spread method above all else then this stuff was actually pleasantly good and the temperatures were pretty much run-of-the-mill now the last several days to talk about is the two-dollar solution as you guys saw in the graphs this was absolutely horrible it pretty much failed the test as soon as I saw this going up to 87 degrees I was like no way turned and shot the tests off straight away and I mean for two dollars it did I guess kind of work but in that sense I wouldn't recommend it at all when the GD 900 exists and that actually does a proper job of being thermal paste so this stuff here is pretty much for I didn't even know who it's for I wouldn't use this stuff at all absolutely horrible but the viscosity was half decent but yeah after this video I'm pretty much chucking this straight in the bin it's hazardous because you don't want your parts overheating because that will pretty much cost you more than two dollars in the long run and lastly besides the cheap thermal paste across the board here I looked at the sustained clock speeds the stock paste the Tam 30 and also the Arctic mx4 scored 1935 megahertz sustained and then the rest of the thermal paste scored nineteen hundred and fifty megahertz if that's anything to go by I know it's a very subtle difference but we are getting down now to where the good thermal pace are really good so there will be those subtle differences to report on and so here we are at the conclusion now with the two winners as we said before King pen cooling for enthusiasts which does cost a little bit more than the rest of the stuff and then we've got the GD 900 for general usage and most applications as it did a really good job compared to the last video we did I really only looked at GC extreme and also mx4 but GC extreme was what the pro overclocked is used to use before kingpin Cooling's solution came out so if anything to go by we've just got the new updated metas right here but it was very impressive to see that we do have two new champions in the scene in terms of the other thermal pace as I said before as well guys let me know in the comments for the next update what you want to see but I'm also going to ask for your feedback on what to test with next because I do know one thing when it comes to testing these thermal pace out I do like to get the smallest piece of silicon area that puts out the highest amount of heat so in this case with the 28 the silicon the actual GPU portion itself is massive it's really big even though it puts out a lot of heat that area the surface area is actually quite big so if you guys have suggestions on what would be the smallest area for the most highest heat output I'd love to know because then that would create more of a bottleneck in terms of the thermal paste to the cooler and on that note I'd like to have the cooler massive as well so we do get these subtle differences exposed even more I'm not sure if the 28 et I did the best job in today's comparison but on that note I did set the fan speeds to a hundred percent on all these tests here to create an apples-to-apples environment as well as keeping the ambient temperatures at 25 degrees C so that's going to keep everything within a controlled environment and so we did see these differences come out with these thermal pace so it was very enlightening for me you're gonna see now two new metas which kind of sucks because in the last video I did go out and buy a heap of GC extreme but then I didn't realize kingpin Cooling's thermal paste existed and I didn't even know the GD 900 existed but of course if you have some gel a GC extreme it's still gonna be amazing for cooling down those enthusiast parts and with that said I hope you guys enjoyed today's video if you did then just like I said before be sure to slap a like on the video and if you're enjoying the content that much manage to subscribe hit that Bell notification to get the videos the moment they drop or if you want the inside scoop be sure to check us out on Instagram where I did post up a video of all the wet tissues we went through the alcohol wipes it was crazy the amount of thermal paste we went through with this video and just cleaning it up and reapplying all the thermal paste just took so long but it was worth it in the end we did get the conclusion and the results for you guys hope you enjoyed it and with that said I'll catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now babe