- Review -

20.03.2008 EliteBastards.com

Once again, our testing goes to show that thermal paste really isn't something you should skimp on, and that it's worth setting a few pounds aside to pick up something better than the generic stuff applied to or bundled with some CPU coolers. This is even more true if you're looking to wring extra performance out of your system via overclocking, at which point system temperatures become even more important.

"Overall, both of our third-party thermal pastes deal with heat transfer better than the generic no-name brand even at idle, but it's Noctua's offering which offers the most striking numbers, reducing temperatures quite considerably even with no load on the processor." (Andy Hanley, EliteBastards.com)