Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Silver AS5-3.5G Thermal Compound 3.5-Gram Tube thermal grease paste Made With 99.9% Pure Silver

This thermal paste is very good but its almost the end of 2022 and people on other forums and reviews says this thermal paste is good but is getting quite old compared to todays offerings like Arctic MX-4 and MX-5, Noctua NT-H1 and NT-H2, Thermal grizzly Kryonaut, and other brands that have higher W/mK ratings then AS5, PBTech is so behind in the thermal paste section to the point there is not much good pastes to choose from compared to the US market. This thermal paste is very good but its almost the end of 2022 and people on other forums and reviews says this thermal paste is good but is getting quite old compared to todays offerings like Arctic MX-4 and MX-5, Noctua NT-H1 and NT-H2, Thermal grizzly Kryonaut, and other brands that have higher W/mK ratings then AS5, PBTech is so behind in the thermal paste section to the point there is not much good pastes to choose from compared to the US market.

Long story short, go for this thermal paste. Pb tech only sell a small handful of thermal paste brands and this one right here is the best of them. Don't buy any of the StarTech paste they are absolute garbage, they perform very poorly when transferring heat. DEEPCOOL is an ok brand, but their thermal paste performs averagely even despite them advertising some of their products as "high performance" best to just stick with this brands pc fans and CPU coolers. Ceramique2 is the other paste that arctic offers, its better than what DEEPCOOL have but that's about it. Arctic silver 5 is really the only note worthy paste that is considered high...view more Long story short, go for this thermal paste. Pb tech only sell a small handful of thermal paste brands and this one right here is the best of them. Don't buy any of the StarTech paste they are absolute garbage, they perform very poorly when transferring heat. DEEPCOOL is an ok brand, but their thermal paste performs averagely even despite them advertising some of their products as "high performance" best to just stick with this brands pc fans and CPU coolers. Ceramique2 is the other paste that arctic offers, its better than what DEEPCOOL have but that's about it. Arctic silver 5 is really the only note worthy paste that is considered high performance.

Maybe in the future PB will stock some big boi names like Noctua and Grizzly, but for now you have to shop elsewhere to get them.

By: AaronTan 07/12/22

I've built nearly a hundred PCs and Arctic Silver 5 has been my go to for years, don't over apply it and you'll be good. There are better pastes out there but they don't seem to be imported to NZ for some reason. I've built nearly a hundred PCs and Arctic Silver 5 has been my go to for years, don't over apply it and you'll be good. There are better pastes out there but they don't seem to be imported to NZ for some reason.

The cpu temperatures were all over the place rising sharply, spiking in excess of 90C at times with some cheap compound I had bought and applied. Spend time carefully cleaning mess from the heat sinks and CPU's and where it had seeped onto the motherboard.
Then sparingly & carefully applied the above Artic compound. Reassembled the Macbook and tested running intensive CPU apps such as some movies etc. The fans are no longer maxing out, temperatures more stable and rarely rising above 70C under load. Only needed a tiny amount of the compound so enough left to do a household of computers. Very happy happy with the paste and results. The cpu temperatures were all over the place rising sharply, spiking in excess of 90C at times with some cheap compound I had bought and applied. Spend time carefully cleaning mess from the heat sinks and CPU's and where it had seeped onto the motherboard.
Then sparingly & carefully applied the above Artic compound. Reassembled the Macbook and tested running intensive CPU apps such as some movies etc. The fans are no longer maxing out, temperatures more stable and rarely rising above 70C under load. Only needed a tiny amount of the compound so enough left to do a household of computers. Very happy happy with the paste and results.

My sons (much loved, decade old, apparently nearly indestructible) HP laptop was overheating to the point the graphics would turn off after a minute.

Cleaned up the heat sink and re-pasted with a lower priced product which helped a lot - so cleaned everything out again and used this paste instead, result is the machine now seems to be stable again and everyone is happy. My sons (much loved, decade old, apparently nearly indestructible) HP laptop was overheating to the point the graphics would turn off after a minute.

Cleaned up the heat sink and re-pasted with a lower priced product which helped a lot - so cleaned everything out again and used this paste instead, result is the machine now seems to be stable again and everyone is happy.

Enough said. I've taken heat sinks off cpus years after using this stuff only to reveal the paste is still looking as it did back when I applied it. I will use only arctic 5 for this purpose. Enough said. I've taken heat sinks off cpus years after using this stuff only to reveal the paste is still looking as it did back when I applied it. I will use only arctic 5 for this purpose.

This stuff really made a huge difference when rejuvinating an older PC with a rather lacklustre cooler. Temps are much lower than before. This stuff really made a huge difference when rejuvinating an older PC with a rather lacklustre cooler. Temps are much lower than before.

The tube seems pretty small for the price but there's well more than enough for two or three applications. My cpu Temps have also come down quite a bit since putting it on. Great buy if you prefer quality over quantity. The tube seems pretty small for the price but there's well more than enough for two or three applications. My cpu Temps have also come down quite a bit since putting it on. Great buy if you prefer quality over quantity.

Good thermal compound does the necessary job as intended never had issues with this particular product, used product for a very long time. Good thermal compound does the necessary job as intended never had issues with this particular product, used product for a very long time.

I've tried a number of thermal compounds over the years, and even after seeing youtube reviews and still in my own experience nothing has been as good. I've tried a number of thermal compounds over the years, and even after seeing youtube reviews and still in my own experience nothing has been as good.

Pro paste had no issues when using it cheers.... Pro paste had no issues when using it cheers....

Hard to clean compared to most thermal paste Hard to clean compared to most thermal paste