What is the Best Artic Silver Product for M4400 ?

There are many options in Newegg, which one is the right one to be used with the CPU and GPU of the M4400

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...er=BESTMATCH&Description=artic+silver&x=0&y=0

 

hmm they all seem to be of varying sizes...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010

To clean the stuff from before

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

AS5 is the classic thermal grease to use, since you're new I'd stick with the 3.5g applicator. It says you can do about 15-25 small cores which should be more than enough.

 

i saw that the following was better than AS5 on tests...

IC Diamond 7Ct

Shin-Etsu G751

Arctic Cooling MX-2

i currently use Shin-Etsu or AC MX-2 for all my builds...

 

Depending on how you apply it, you might get up to a 2 degree difference. Since this is in the range of error, I don't really feel there is significant difference between thermal greases. Liquid metal based pastes are theoretically the best, 2nd is carbon (or marketed as diamond) based pastes, followed by metal (silver) based, and lastly is silicon based pastes. The difference in performance isn't worth the increase in price, so stick with a named brand (that uses quality materials) which is cheap (on special you can probably get AS5 or equivalent btw $4-8, I wouldn't pay in the double digits for a 3.5g or similar weight tube).

The only thing to consider is conductivity of the grease. If you are accident prone, consider getting a non-electrically conductive thermal grease (AS5 uses silver which is slightly electrically conductive).

 

http://www.altex.com/GC-Waldom-Type-44-Non-Silicone-Heat-Sink-Compound-12oz-Jar-10-8118-P139905.aspx

... is the stuff you want. I've been using it for years now and am still on the original tub. Right after AS5 came out I tested it against my T44 on a half-dozen boxes and the T44 was consistently a degree C cooler under heavy load. The stuff lasts longer at peak performance as well as when I was using AS products I typically had to reapply every 4-5 months to keep it working well where as my machines are now replaced before I reapply T44.