In a nutshell: Noctua's thermal paste guard mounts around the IHS of AM5 CPUs to prevent thermal paste from accumulating in the small cutouts. This should make it easier to clean the processor when ...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but mixing table salt with your thermal paste to cool your PC processor (or any component) is a bad idea. Most people wouldn't even consider it (I hope, anyway), ...

Noctua recommends a single dot at the middle, spanning 3 to 4 mm for proper coverage of the entire IHS. AMD's AM5 CPU requires a dot-sized paste application only. This is a drastic change from the ...

Made from highly heat-resistant polycarbonate and forming a tight seal around the edges of the CPU’s heat-spreader, the Noctua NA-TPG1 is simple and risk-free to apply and remove. Despite its ...

Noctua today announced its new NA-TPG1 thermal paste guard for AMD's latest AM5 based Ryzen processors. When the mounting pressure of the cooling solution is applied, the excess thermal paste will be ...

According to PC enthusiast and IgorsLab founder Igor Wallossek, the SGT-4 thermal paste marketed by South Korean company Amech contains an unstable, reactive compound that is ...

Noctua is introducing their new NT-H2 thermal compound, improving upon their well-regarded NT-H1 thermal paste. The new second generation thermal compound is just as easy to apply as the NT-H1 with a ...

Thermal paste is an important component that has been at the core of cooling PC and laptop components for the last three decades. Good brands such as Thermal Grizzly, Noctua, and Arctic, guarantee ...

Cooling specialist Noctua has released a second generation thermal compound, an enthusiast-level material designed for tiptop performance and endurance. The new thermal compound, the successor to the ...

Arctic Silver, specifically. Little rubber caps fits tight. A test push on the plunger gave a tiny bit of liquid, probably the volume of the neck of the syringe, but then flows a nice grey goo without ...

Today I upgraded the CPU/HSF on my motherboard. The previous CPU was a Ryzen 5 3600 using a Neptwin Deepcool HSF and Noctua NT-H2 paste, which is not advertised for its' adhesive properties.

Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...