This thread will serve as a guide for new comers to the forum and will possibly reduce the time reading through long never ending threads.
TL.DR; This will guide in choosing the best thermal paste that suits you.
Well Known Brands:
Thermal Grizzly (aka TG)
Coollaboratory (aka CLL)
Phobya
Gelid
Prolimatech
IC Diamond
Cooler Master
Honeywell
Roman aka Der8auer rants about misleading W/mK values used fo
This thermal paste test is interesting (chinese only unfortunately)
https://youtu.be/2Uc1lrfFnsc
It's a longevity test. Here is a transcript from the test: https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/thermal-paste-specification-comparison.6677965/page-9#post-142742642
This is what they did:
Sure we could argue how realistic it is with a temp of 200 degrees but still, it could explain some longevity issues from some pastes. For