Thermalright TFX 2g Extreme Performance Thermal Compound Paste 2 Grams, 14.3W/mK, High Durability, for All Heatsinks CPU Coolers, Safe Application,with applying Tool

Thermalright TFX is my top pick for thermal paste on GPUs and glass substrates, by far. Some find its thick texture hard to spread, but I don’t see this as a problem. After decades of experience, my current technique is to simply apply a central blob in the general shape of the surface, let the heatsink’s pressure spread it, and get great results, usually better than careful spreading (check YouTube videos for proof). The thick paste stays in place during GPU temperature swings, preventing pump-out better than most pastes. So far, it's lasted at least a few years in my tests with no degradation, so at worst the longevity is no worse than OEM pastes. It has low thermal resistance and high conductivity, isn’t electrically conductive (unlike liquid metal), and its easy to use. The main drawback is the price: 2g is costly and only covers about six GPUs if you’re careful. I recommend it for GPU refurbishing, but I wish Thermalright offered larger, cheaper quantities for non-OEM customers like me.

Works like a dream (for 6 months) and is highly versatile for both desktops and laptops. I actually found this to make the biggest difference on a laptop (20 Celsius difference). It starts to lose its properties after 6months, depending on your usage and climate of course.

This paste is pretty thick and a lil bit annoying to spread with. That being said, the thickness is supposed to help with pump out. Repasted my XFX SWFT 210 6600XT and it dropped my temps by at least 10C (Edge and Hotspot). Only time will tell if this paste is actually resilient against pump out, but so far it works great! EDIT: It pumped out after about a month or so :/

It was very thick and difficult to apply but it fixed the problem with the old paste that had hardened and cracked giving me random shutdowns.

Really love this paste. It is a little thicker than say, mx4 or even mx6. Easy to use. Great cooling right off the bat. Cheap for some reason even though it kicks butt. Very nice quality imo, I’ve bought it a few times now and plan to continue to do so. X method works perfect for me on CPU’s.

I have an AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 12G and I thought it was getting too hot this Summer. There was nothing wrong but I felt like I could improve it. Max temps of 61-62C at 85F ambient. (my PC is in a garage in Ventura CA with no air conditioning as of 17AUG23 2PM - day of my testing) My GPU clock is set at +130 which can be a clock speed of 2040 to 2200 stable and draws around 350-360W of power. I can't increase power sadly because its 2x8Pin instead of 3x8Pin(come on Gigabyte!) I took my GPU apart which was super easy on an AIO cooled GPU. 10 total screws later it was open. I used the advise of every other review to heat the paste in hot water before application. I placed it in hot to the touch but not boiling water for a couple minutes inside a ziploc bag but it was still a little tough to spread. It takes a little longer than other thinner pastes, but spreads eventually. Once I was satisfied with the coverage I put it all back together and tested it in benchmarks and longer looping tests. I was able to drop my temps down to 57-58C in the same 85F ambient temp(I used a digital ambient temp thermometer to make sure it was at the same temp as it was before.) Hot spot went from 72C to 67-68C. Temps are even better at night but I wanted to test it at the hottest time of the day to see how it held up. Overall my boost clocks are a bit higher now and my OCD is happy to see temps below 60C! I also have a Thermalright CPU AIO and 12/13th Gen CPU Frame from them as well and they make some banger budget products. Highly recommend!

Just got this thermal paste and applied on my CPU and GPU. CPU I don't see a lot of improvements. BUT ON THE GPU DAMMM I fix the hot spot on my 4070TI ASUS TUF just using this paste now does not go over 75 and delta is 10 degrees compare to stock paste that was giving 95 top temps and delta would be sometimes over 20 degrees crazy how ASUS would not spend a bit more on a better paste The paste is thick

Just applied to RTX3080. Made sure it was even and covered the whole chip. At first the temps went down significantly and was running smooth. Two weeks later my hotspot temps are at 105 C, shutting down the GPU completely at points. Trash.