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3.0 out of 5 starsWorks, but not better than stock paste.
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2023
The first time I applied this I used the spreader (as directed on the instructions) and it went 10 degrees higher than my old stock paste. The wipes that come with this paste are terrible. They left cotton strands over the cooler, so I had to clean those up too. Also, the paste curled backwards upon first application, so there's gunk all over the tube now and forever.
Lesson 1: the wipes and spreader are useless. Buy the version without these—save some money.
Reapplied it with the penta-dot method and came to basically the same temps I had before.
Was it worth the time and effort? No.
Lesson 2: if your stock paste is doing good enough, don't bother changing. Or, get a thermal pad so you never have to re-apply paste—except no good ones are at a reasonable price (do not use the GPU/SSD "sticky" pads for a CPU, those will throttle instantly under load [125w+]).