Arctic Cooling ARCTIC MX-2 & MX-3 Thermal Paste Review

Introduction

Creating a perfect cooling setup is often all about the cooler, chassis and fans with users spending a great deal of money to not only acquire high end heatsinks and thermal designs but also to keep the noise levels down. The little things, such as thermal paste, are often wrongly overlooked. The contact between the CPU and base of the CPU cooler is a very important one and so the right paste is a must have to ensure that heat is effectively transferred from one to the other and also to fill up ay grooves in the cooler’s base (often found with H.D.T. technology).

Arctic Cooling are a specialist when it comes to cooling and their latest two thermal compounds, aptly named ARCTIC MX-2 and ARCTIC MX-3, aim to achieve great performance at a reasonable price. Let’s take a closer look…