Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound

Contents & Packaging

The 1.4ml syringe of thermal compound comes with quite extensive packaging for simply a small tube of paste which consists of a cardboard backing and a sheet of moulded plastic around it. The cardboard is in the usual Noctua colour scheme of reds, browns and blues and gives the manufacturers the ability to display the full list of features alongside the obligatory product and company information.

The other side shows these features in several other languages and in more depth but also includes a set of usage instructions and the specifications.

Note that from the back it is evident that the plastic cover just clips around the cardboard so it’s easy to get the tube out without having to destroy the packaging because it’s completely sealed.

There aren’t any accessories with the tube of paste which is somewhat surprising as many other similar products all include an applicator. However, this is down to the fact that Noctua believe the best application method is just to put a blob of the paste on the CPU and then move the heatsink a little to spread it. This is how we apply thermal compounds at Verdis Reviews and so whether or not a spreader is included is fairly inconsequential.