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ARCTIC MX-4 (4 Grams) - Thermal Compound Paste, Carbon Based High Performance, Heatsink Paste, Thermal Compound CPU for All Coolers, Thermal Interface Material

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WELL PROVEN QUALITY: The design of our thermal paste packaging’s has changed several times, the formula of the composition has remained unchanged, so our MX pastes have stood for high quality
HIGH PERFORMANCE: With excellent temperature reduction performance, the MX-4 is ideal for CPU and GPU cooling, and other applications between power semiconductor components and heatsinks
SAFE APPLICATION: The MX-4 is metal-free and non-electrical conductive, which eliminates any risks of causing short circuit, adding more protection to the CPU and VGA cards
HIGH DURABILITY: In contrast to metal and silicon thermal compound, the MX-4 does not compromise over time. Once applied, you do not need to apply it again as it will last at least for 8 years
EASY TO APPLY: With an ideal consistency, the MX-4 is very easy to use, even for beginners

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Easy to Apply With an ideal consistency, the MX-4 is very easy to use, even for beginners. The possibilities for its application and the most effectively way to avoid voids between CPU and cooler we show you in the video.	Excellent Performance The ARCTIC MX-4 compound is composed of carbon micro-particles which lead to an extremely high thermal conductivity. It ensures that heat generated from the CPU or GPU is dissipated quickly and efficiently, even suitable for overclocking. Superb in performance, MX-4 ranks among the top thermal compound, thermal paste or thermal grease in the market.	Safe Application It does not contain any metallic particles so electrical conductivity would not be an issue. Unlike silver and copper compound, it ensures that contact with any electrical pins would not result in damage of any sort.	Well Proven Quality The design of our thermal paste packagings has changed several times over the years. The formula of the composition has remained unchanged, so our MX pastes have stood for high performance and quality for years.


	MX-4	MX-2	MX-5	Thermal Pad Basic 120 x 20 mm	Thermal Pad 50 x 50 mm	Thermal Pad Basic 100 x 100 mm
Dimensions	/	/	/	120 x 20 mm	50 x 50 mm	100 x 100 mm
Thickness	/	/	/	0.5–1.5 mm	0.5–1.5 mm	0.5–1.5 mm
Thermal Conductivity	/	/	/	1.2 W/mK	6.0 W/mK	1.2 W/mK
Specific Gravity	2.50 g/cm³	3.96 g/cm³	3.25 g/cm³	2.3 g/cm³	3.2 g/cm³	2.3 g/cm³
Continuous Use Temperature	/	/	-40~180 ℃	-40~150 ℃	-40~200 ℃	-40~150 ℃
Volume Resistivity	3.8 X 10^13 Ω-cm	1.22 X 10^12 Ω-cm	1.9 X 10^13 Ω-cm	1 X 10^12 Ω-cm	1 X 10^12 Ω-cm	1 X 10^12 Ω-cm
Viscosity	870 Poise	850 Poise	550 Poise	/	/	/

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ARCTIC

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ACTCP00002B

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ACTCP00002B

Item Weight

0.141 ounces

Product Dimensions

0.59 x 3.11 x 7.36 inches

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0.59 x 3.11 x 7.36 inches

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ARCTIC

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B07L9BDY3T

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Date First Available

January 10, 2019

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joemaamah

Got the sizzle? This be the shizzle

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

I've been using Arctic brand thermal pastes for a couple decades now. They have always impressed me, But I think this one has impressed me most of all

I have a AMD FX-9370, and to say that the thing is akin to a furnace might be an understatement. Since it was lying around collecting dust anyway, when Monero moved to the RandomX algo I figured I'd see what this baby could do mining XMR.

I set up the Sabertooth mb the chip was installed in on the test bench and let 'er rip. I have a huge air-cooled heatsink with two fans configured in push-pull that usually will keep this heat beast contained. But with the processor running 100%, eventually over some hours the heat would build up, and the rig would shut down on a CPU overtemp condition.

I had just gotten a new tube of this, so I yanked the chip, spread a nice thin layer over the entire chip to make sure there would be no air gaps, and reinstalled the chip. On reboot, I restarted the mining software and I also started my system testing software, so I could log the CPU temp information.

The rig ran for days afterwards without a shutdown. Where it had been shutting down after 8-10 hours upon hitting 85°, the logs showed temps peaking about 78° for short periods, and normally running in a range of 74-76°C. A pretty impressive drop, considering all I did was change the paste. And it's not like I was removing old cruddy or cheap paste. The chip had been reinstalled within the previous year using MX-2 paste.

BTW, this stuff is just as effective on GPUs

Got a power hungry monster you could use to heat the house in the winter, but don't want to mortgage the house to buy some specialized, overpriced, thermal paste? This could very well be your ticket.

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California Customer

Works great on an old 2008 HP Pavilion Elite M9350 AMD Processor!

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

I just used this Artic MX-4 in an 11 year old HP Pavilion Elite PC M9350f and it's back up and running! (it had not been running for about three years).

I gave this PC (new) to my mother in 2008 and it's a great all-around PC, but four years later (2012), a relative talked her into spending around $2000 on an iMac (less RAM, HD, processor, etc), so this HP PC has been sitting a lot. I've asked her repeatedly if she wants me to take it back and she hasn't answered me. So there it sits, not in use, since 2012.

The "Apple genius" relative talked her into an iMac with half the RAM and slower processor because she kept complaining that "this computer is too slow", when I had the sense enough to know the problem wasn't the HP computer, it was that she was using dial-up for her internet & I repeatedly informed her of this!

Apparently our relative did not have the same good sense. They push Apple products on her because that's what they use, yet her 2012 iMac's CD drive has since died (about two years ago) and some of the monitor's lighting isn't functioning so 1/2 screen is dimmer than the other half...that's been about three years.

About two years ago, I powered up the HP at her home to make sure it got some updates (she now has cable modem, but it's really slow, about 3mbps), I noticed the PC didn't stay powered up. I thought the heat-sink had died because the PC shut down within a minute of starting to heat up. I briefly opened up the box to look at the heatsink and it almost looked slightly corroded(?) ….the home is located near the beach so I'm not sure it that could be the problem. Nothing else inside the box looked affected. I figured I would need to clean or replace the heatsink, but it would need to be a "pull" from another similar era PC. Either way, I still needed thermal compound.

I recently found an OEM heatsink pull to use if needed (just in case the original heatsink was indeed bad), and ordered the Arctic MX-4 based on many positive reviews. I decided to first try to clean the OEM heatsink (& processor) and use this Thermal paste before either swapping the heatsinks, especially since the OEM heatsink looks pretty beefy (photos attached - the center photo shows the bottom of the copper-color heatsink to the left in the photo with the top of the processor in the center of the photo).

When I removed the heatsink, I could see that the OEM paste was completely dried up (not surprised considering the age).

After thoroughly cleaning the top of the processor and the bottom of the original heatsink with alcohol, I brushed all the areas of the heatsink I could access, with a stiff bristle brush because of possible moisture/corrosion (the rest of the PC looked fine, other than a bit of dust)... I placed about a pea-sized dollup of MX-4 paste on the processor, then promptly re-installed the original heatsink, clamping it down tightly & making sure no paste had oozed out (a pea-sized dollup is all you need) & powered up the PC. It booted up, opened windows, proceeded to do over 200 updates (Windows 7 Home Prem) and kept running. We let it run several hours since it had not been run in a few years.

I'd say this paste is pretty amazing to be able resurrect an "old" workhorse HP. Would similar pastes do the same, probably, but I'll monitor how well it lasts and prevents the processor from overheating.

I'm typing this review on my HP that's the same age & very similar model, except it has an Intel processor (my PC is an HP Pavilion Elite M9200t). If my PC starts overheating and shutting off, I'll definitely do the same procedure as I did with my mother's HP. I'll be able to get several applications out of the syringe of paste.

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Jeremy Denslinger

My new go-to paste!

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

The paste is thin and spreads fairly easily. It can quickly become a problem mess if one is not careful.
I apply a small line, and spread it thinly across the surface of the CPU. It sticks well to the CPU integrated heat spreader, and the aluminum heatsink, so I can assemble once, remove the heatsink and see if I need to add a bit more to make complete contact. The MX-2 was a wonderful product that I've used for years on many many systems - The MX-4 will be my new go-to paste now, as it's just all around better.

However,
I am disappointed in the plastic packaging which states it's environmentally friendly. A paperboard box with vegetable-based ink would be much more so. No matter how many times plastic is recycled, it can never compost. An aluminum or even aluminum lined cardboard tube syringe would be better too. And less expensive, on both the product container and the packaging. And both could be recycled still.

I don't care, honestly, that it's in plastic. But don't brag that you're optimizing packaging for environmental reasons when you could be doing so so much better. Oh, and a paperboard box would help prevent the tube from getting crushed or bent as well - more so than a plastic bag.

Paperboard box w/ marketing info on the outside and details on the inside would work great. The box can be double-wrapped to provide additional strength and printable area. A thin aluminum tube syringe with either an aluminum plunger and cap, and a silicone plunger gasket. Print right on the tube. Done. Every bit can be recycled, and the packaging can be tossed in the compost pile. But, I guess companies /really don't/ care about being "green" after all.

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Mondgesicht

Super! Endlich ruhe

Reviewed in Germany on June 9, 2020

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

Hat alles prima geklappt!

Die playstation 4 ist nun so leise, das man nichtmal hört das sie an ist!!! (Zuvor war sie so laut wie 50 Haarföhne, 499 Ventilatoren, 500 Vibratoren,5 Flugzeuge die es nicht schaffen von der Landebahn zu kommen und 1 Schwiegermonster was rummeckert.

Aber nun

Alles leise! Als würde man seinen Kopf gegen ein puscheliges Schaaf drücken. Einfach wundervoll.

Das war die beste Idee, die mein Mann hatte. Ich hätte mich sonst Scheiden lassen. Das einzige was ich nämlich gerne höre ist mein eigenes Atmen. Aber dank dieser super Paste.. Bleiben wir mindestens noch 30 Jahre verheiratet (länger will ich nich, bin dann 60 und möchte dann wieder junges Fleisch kosten)

Also alles in allem einfach super Produkt! Danke an den Erfinder.

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Mister Knister

MX4 ist sehr gut, Grizzly Kryonaut ist geringfügig besser!

Reviewed in Germany on April 3, 2019

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

Moin!

Ich habe die WLP im Laptop MSI GF72 8RE mit einem i7 8750H und einer GTX 1060 ausgetauscht. Zunächst wurde die MX4 benutzt, da ich jahrelang nur WLP und Lüfter von Arctic genommen habe und sehr zufrieden war. Die MX4 wurde in einer Druckverschlusstüte geliefert und ließ sich wie von Arctic gewohnt sehr einfach auftragen, nachdem die alte WLP von MSI entfernt wurde.

Ich habe vor und nach dem Wechsel Prime95 (small FFTs) und 3DMark laufen lassen. Die Lüfter jeweils auf der maximalsten Stufe. Der Unterschied war beachtlich.

MSI-Original-WLP:
Prime95 / CPU-Takt 2,2 GHz (gedrosselt) / CPU-Temp 95°
3DMark / GPU-Temp 72°

MX4-WLP:
Prime95 / CPU-Takt 3 GHz / CPU-Temp 95°
3DMark / GPU-Temp 67°

Hier ist bereits eine deutliche Verbesserung zu verzeichnen!

Ich habe dann trotzdem noch die Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut getestet und war wirklich baff.

Grizzly-WLP:
Prime95 / CPU-Takt 3-3,1 GHz / CPU-Temp 86°
3DMark / GPU-Temp 65°

Die Grizzly brachte bei der CPU nochmal eine erhebliche Verbesserung zutage!

Die MX4 ist dafür deutlich günstiger, bietet wesentlich mehr an Füllmenge und ist sehr einfach zu verarbeiten. Sie bekommt von mir daher trotzdem eine klare Kaufempfehlung! Bei der Grizzly fehlt mir die Langzeiterfahrung, daher bleibe ich skeptisch und beobachte weiter.

Nachtrag 1:

Ich möchte ehrlich sein und kann jedoch nicht ausschließen, dass ich nach dem o.g. Auftragen der MX-4 bei der Endmontage eine Schraube des CPU-Kühlers des MSI-Laptops nicht 100% festgezogen haben könnte. Denn ich stelle mir aus heutiger Sicht die Frage, warum die Temperaturen der CPU sich so deutlich unterscheiden und die der GPU nicht, bzw. nur kaum. Ich habe die Bewertung daher auf 5 Sterne angehoben.

Nachtrag 2:

Ich habe vor kurzem die MX-4 in einem HP Elitebook eingesetzt. Der Temperaturunterschied lag nach dem Reinigen und Auftragen der MX-4 bei fast 25°.

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☆ Administrator ☆

Zitat: "BESSER ALS FLÜSSIGMETAL" wirklich, was ist dran???

Reviewed in Germany on April 8, 2020

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

Hi.

Ja, inzwischen habe ich mit der Paste 5 Rechner zusammengebaut und die Wärmeleitpaste bei nem MacBook Pro und einer alten Grafikkarte getauscht.
Ich denke es ist an der Zeit für eine Bewertung!
Als erstes muss ich zur Verteidigung sagen, die Paste ist schon mal nicht schlecht, tut auf jeden Fall was es soll. Es gibt zwar bessere, aber Preis / Leistungsmäßig ist die schon recht gut. Die Wärmeleitpaste transportiert die wärme etwas besser als irgendeine Paste die immer mit irgendwelchen Kühlern (möchte keinen Hersteller nennen) dazu gibt, aber die Aussage vom Hersteller oder Marketing, dass die Paste "BESSER ALS FLÜSSIGMETAL" ist, kann ich beim besten Willen nicht verstehen noch nachvollziehen!
Ich habe auch schon mit verschiedenen Flüssigmetallen gearbeitet wie z.B von Alphacool, Thermal Grizzly und letztens die Silver King ausprobiert und muss sagen, dass die Paste dem Flüssigmetall nicht die Wasser reichen kann, nicht mal annähernd. Keine Ahnung was für "Flüssigmetall" der Hersteller meint aber allein die Wärmeleiteigenschaft von 8,5 W/(mK) ist schon ggü. billigsten Flüssigmetall sehr sehr wenig!
Ein Paar gute Beispiele, mit denen ich selber gearbeitet habe sind solche wie "Alphacool" ich glaube ~40 W/mK, "Silver King" - 79 W/mK oder sehr bekannter Hersteller "Thermal Grizzly" - 73 W/mK.
Seht Ihr den Vergleich 8,5 zu 79 WmK??? Deswegen verstehe ich die Aussage "Besser als der Flüssigmetall" überhaupt nicht und ziehe einen Stern bei der Bewertung ab.
Nichtsdestotrotz kann ich die Wärmeleitpaste für den Preis absolut empfehlen!
Stolze 4 Sterne hat es auf jeden Fall verdient!

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Arghya Roy

Best Thermal Compound

Reviewed in India on August 25, 2019

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

My Laptop is a 2012 model with first generation AMD Vision APU+ secondary GPU. Wondering why is it still running?
The only Magic is to use a good Thermal Compound. I replaced the stock Thermal compound with Arctic Silver 5 and used to do heavy gaming and video converting and editing. But the compound wore out a few days back as I saw the temperature to rise upto 95 degrees celcius at full CPU usage.
I decided to buy this because this gaurantees stability for 8 years. This means whether I apply it in the CPU or I store it, it is going to last at least 8 years.
Arctic Silver 5 has a life of 3 years according to my experience, whether you apply it or store it. Though the company never mentions a word about it. I chose this over AS5 even though the conductivity of this one is 8.5 W/mK whereas AS5 has a conductivity of 8.9W/mK.
Another reason to choose Arctic MX4 over AS5 is that MX4 is electrically non conductive. This would be beneficial if by any chance if the compound spreads over the ceramic capacitor surrounding the CPU die, there would be no problem. whereas AS5 cures into a thick substance containing silver micro particles over the years, which implies it would gradually become conducting.

performance:- 3.5 hours of 100% CPU usage for video editing. Temperature constant at 76 degrees celcius!

Sorry to say that the 1000$ lucky draw is not applicable to India due to legal and tax restrictions.

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Matt Merrett

Perfect for PS4 application

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2020

Size: MX-4Style: 4 gVerified Purchase

I recently cleaned out my mate's PS4 as it sounded like a hovercraft when it was running at full tilt. The stock thermal compound was all dry and fragmented, and was doing a terrible job of connecting the processor and the cooling system - I actually believe the system was thermal-throttling, or running into other heat-related issues, as even the menus would lag and hitch at times, even when the processor was under very little load. This stuff worked on it like a charm - the syringe made application super easy, and I spread it just as easily with an old bank card, and removed the tiny amount of excess with a cotton bud. dead simple. (nice knowing the packaging is somewhat eco-friendly too).

The console is now completely silent when idling, and only starts to make any sort of noise when running a demanding game for an extended duration in an already-warm room. And it runs smoother now too! Couldn't be happier with the result! There's plenty of material in the syringe too, so I'll gladly be applying this to my own computers in the near future, and I should have enough for a few future projects and builds too. Definite recommendation from me.

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