MX-2 or TX-2 thermal paste?

[smashedpumpkins]

Hey guys,

I'm ordering a Q9550 right now and I have a Tuniq cooler on my 780i. I have some Arctic Silver 5 paste, but I don't want to wait to prime it and in another thread someone said the MX-2 and TX-2 are the best. So which should I pick? The TX is a Tuniq paste so would that be best? Thanks a bunch!

Newegg.com - Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease
Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease

 

[wafflehammer]

TX-2 is the best from what i know of...and i think it's usually a bit cheaper

 

[35g700]

tx-2 is the best you can get right now.

 

[Drizzt]

tx-2 definatly, it's awesome.

And order it with your cpu for sure, shipping was a ***** when I bought mine lol.

 

[Luke]

tx-2< mx-2 <arctic silver 5

 

[gurusan]

whatever's cheapest.

there's really no difference between them.

 

[Luke]

^also tx-2 is the best, and the cheapest

 

[aspire]

IIRC there is no performance different between tx-2 and mx-2, one is just cheaper.

So calling it better is not a good way of putting it. I don't buy it simply because newegg is basically the only place to get it, and after what they charge you in shipping I can buy 2 tubes of mx-2 locally from petras...

 

[Luke]

^i heard on several articles that tx-2 was better by like 1-2c.

 

[aspire]

^i heard on several articles that tx-2 was better by like 1-2c.

Thats small enough to be readily attributed to differences in mounting.