The most gifted thermal paste on Amazon Canada is Silicone based?

**The Most Gifted Thermal Paste: A Comprehensive Review**

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### Introduction: The Popularity of a Silicon-Based Thermal Paste

According to Amazon Canada, there is a thermal paste that stands out as the most "gifted" product on their website. However, by "gifted," they don't imply it has any extraordinary abilities; instead, it refers to the fact that this thermal paste is frequently sent by friends via Amazon. This raises several questions: Who actually sends thermal paste to their friends through Amazon? And why is this particular thermal paste silicon-based?

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### Understanding Thermal Paste: Conductive vs. Insulating Materials

It might seem counterintuitive, but the creator was initially under the impression that silicon is a thermally insulating material rather than conductive. To clarify, when you apply thermal paste between a CPU and a cooler, the goal is to use a substance that allows heat to transfer efficiently from the CPU to the cooler, dispersing it into the air. If a thermal paste were insulating, it would prevent this heat transfer, potentially leading to overheating or even fire hazards.

The creator questions why silicon-based thermal pastes are popular despite this misunderstanding. While many entry-level thermal pastes use silicon as their base, higher-end options often avoid it, advertising themselves as carbon-based instead. This distinction suggests that silicon-based thermal pastes may not perform as effectively in terms of heat conductivity.

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### Testing the Thermal Paste: Setup and Methodology

To determine how this silicon-based thermal paste compares to others, the creator conducted a series of tests using Arctic MX4 as the reference point—a reliable and popular thermal paste. The testing setup included an Intel i5 7600K processor overclocked to 4.5 GHz and a Cooler Master Hyper 212 with an RGB fan as the cooler.

The tests were designed to maximize CPU temperature under stress. All fans were set to run at maximum RPM continuously, regardless of system temperature. The creator used HWMonitor 64 to record temperatures over 15 minutes, taking both average and final readings.

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### Application Process: Comparing Ease of Use

One significant difference between the two thermal pastes was in their application. Arctic MX4 is straightforward—simply squeeze out the desired amount, and that's what you get. In contrast, the silicon-based thermal paste was much more liquid, making it challenging to control the flow onto the CPU. Despite efforts to wipe away excess, there was likely a larger quantity of the silicon-based paste used compared to MX4.

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### Test Results: Performance Analysis

The test results revealed a notable difference in performance between the two thermal pastes. The silicon-based product performed significantly worse than Arctic MX4, with temperature differences ranging from three to four degrees. This is a substantial margin, highlighting the importance of using a thermally conductive material for effective heat transfer.

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### Value Proposition: Quantity vs. Quality

While the silicon-based thermal paste offers 20 grams for $9, Arctic MX4 provides only 4 grams for $10. At first glance, this might seem like a better value. However, the creator argues that from a consumer perspective, this doesn't hold much weight. The amount of thermal paste required is minimal, and a single tube of Arctic MX4 has lasted over four months with about 20 applications—still leaving half the tube unused.

The creator questions whether consumers would benefit from having more thermal paste, especially since it's not something that needs frequent reapplication. This leads to another question: Why are people in Canada specifically sending this thermal paste to their friends?

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### Conclusion: Unraveling the Canadian Preference

By the end of the video, the creator remains unsure why this particular thermal paste is so popular among Canadians. Is there a cultural or humorous reason behind it? The creator leaves this as an open question for the audience.

They encourage viewers to like, subscribe, and share the video with friends who might be sending thermal paste to each other. Until the next video, they bid farewell, leaving room for further exploration of this intriguing topic.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ennow according to Amazon Canada this is the most gifted thermal paste on their website and by gifted I don't mean that it has superpowers I mean it's the thermal paste that people send most of to their friends which honestly raises a couple of questions the first one is who sends their friends thermal paste via Amazon and the second one is why is it silicon based now maybe I was stupid for thinking this but I was actually under the impression that silicon is a thermally insulating material as opposed to thermally conductive now for those of you that on a hundred percent sure what it Tim is and what it's supposed to do when you have a CPU and you want amount of cooler to it you want to use a substance in between that is thermally very conductive so that the heat can easily move from the CPU to the cooler to be dispersed into the air so that means that if you use a substance that is very thermally insulating the heat won't be able to move from the CPU to the cooler and you're at risk of causing fires now according to the Internet many entry level thermal pastes are actually based on silicon but when you look at higher and thermal pastes some of them actually specifically advertise not using silicon as a base because it seems to be associated with entry-level thermal pastes now it's obviously my job to test to this thermal paste and see how it performs against all of its carbon-based brethren now for the tests today I'm going to be using Arctic mx4 as the competitor to this because it's kind of become my reference thermal paste over the last couple of months now for the tests I'm going to be using an Intel i5 7600 k overclocked to 4.5 gigahertz the cooler is going to be a reven e 12 which is pretty much just a cooler master hyper 212 with an RGB fan on it now when running these tests I said all of the fans in the system to run at their maximum rpm for the entire time regardless of temperature and I ran Ida 64 for 15 minutes and then took the average temperature over that time with hardware info 64 and then the temperature at the time of the end of the test and when it comes to the actual thermal paste application it's really easy to use mx4 you kind of just squirt the amount out that you want and that's what you get but with this silicon thermal paste it's much more liquid than the carbon-based mx4 which means just a huge amount of it squirts onto the cpu and it's quite difficult to control the flow so do keep in mind when looking at these tests that there may actually be a bit more of the silicon thermal paste on the CPU then there was mx4 but I tried to wipe some of it away so that I get a kind of more comparable thermal paste application well though we've seen many tests by many tech youtubers which show that the amount of thermal paste doesn't really matter when it gets to a certain point and as you can see with these temperatures this silicon based thermal paste actually performed quite a bit worse than the mx4 in fact for a thermal paste to make a three to four degree difference in temperatures is fairly substantial why are people in Canada sending this thermal paste to their friends I mean you could make a value argument because for nine dollars you get 20 grams of this whereas 10 dollars gets you four grams of Arctic mx4 but honestly for a consumer the value perspective doesn't really make any sense because the actual amount you're paying for it is pretty much the same and how much thermal paste do you really need as a consumer I've been using that tube of mx4 for the last four months and I've gotten about 20 applications out of it and I'm not even halfway through the tube so why would a consumer want more thermal paste which honestly they wouldn't be reapplying regularly enough to justify is the higher volume so with all of the testing out of the way I have no more information about why people are buying this than I did before I started is there some kind of running joke between Canadians where they send each other terrible thermal paste why is this happening anyway with that it brings me to the end of this video if you like this video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one share it with your friends if they're sending with thermal paste to each other and yeah with that I think it brings me to the end of this video until the next video byenow according to Amazon Canada this is the most gifted thermal paste on their website and by gifted I don't mean that it has superpowers I mean it's the thermal paste that people send most of to their friends which honestly raises a couple of questions the first one is who sends their friends thermal paste via Amazon and the second one is why is it silicon based now maybe I was stupid for thinking this but I was actually under the impression that silicon is a thermally insulating material as opposed to thermally conductive now for those of you that on a hundred percent sure what it Tim is and what it's supposed to do when you have a CPU and you want amount of cooler to it you want to use a substance in between that is thermally very conductive so that the heat can easily move from the CPU to the cooler to be dispersed into the air so that means that if you use a substance that is very thermally insulating the heat won't be able to move from the CPU to the cooler and you're at risk of causing fires now according to the Internet many entry level thermal pastes are actually based on silicon but when you look at higher and thermal pastes some of them actually specifically advertise not using silicon as a base because it seems to be associated with entry-level thermal pastes now it's obviously my job to test to this thermal paste and see how it performs against all of its carbon-based brethren now for the tests today I'm going to be using Arctic mx4 as the competitor to this because it's kind of become my reference thermal paste over the last couple of months now for the tests I'm going to be using an Intel i5 7600 k overclocked to 4.5 gigahertz the cooler is going to be a reven e 12 which is pretty much just a cooler master hyper 212 with an RGB fan on it now when running these tests I said all of the fans in the system to run at their maximum rpm for the entire time regardless of temperature and I ran Ida 64 for 15 minutes and then took the average temperature over that time with hardware info 64 and then the temperature at the time of the end of the test and when it comes to the actual thermal paste application it's really easy to use mx4 you kind of just squirt the amount out that you want and that's what you get but with this silicon thermal paste it's much more liquid than the carbon-based mx4 which means just a huge amount of it squirts onto the cpu and it's quite difficult to control the flow so do keep in mind when looking at these tests that there may actually be a bit more of the silicon thermal paste on the CPU then there was mx4 but I tried to wipe some of it away so that I get a kind of more comparable thermal paste application well though we've seen many tests by many tech youtubers which show that the amount of thermal paste doesn't really matter when it gets to a certain point and as you can see with these temperatures this silicon based thermal paste actually performed quite a bit worse than the mx4 in fact for a thermal paste to make a three to four degree difference in temperatures is fairly substantial why are people in Canada sending this thermal paste to their friends I mean you could make a value argument because for nine dollars you get 20 grams of this whereas 10 dollars gets you four grams of Arctic mx4 but honestly for a consumer the value perspective doesn't really make any sense because the actual amount you're paying for it is pretty much the same and how much thermal paste do you really need as a consumer I've been using that tube of mx4 for the last four months and I've gotten about 20 applications out of it and I'm not even halfway through the tube so why would a consumer want more thermal paste which honestly they wouldn't be reapplying regularly enough to justify is the higher volume so with all of the testing out of the way I have no more information about why people are buying this than I did before I started is there some kind of running joke between Canadians where they send each other terrible thermal paste why is this happening anyway with that it brings me to the end of this video if you like this video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one share it with your friends if they're sending with thermal paste to each other and yeah with that I think it brings me to the end of this video until the next video bye