Review on 🔥 Noctua NT-H2 3.5g: High-Quality Thermal Paste with 3 Cleaning Wipes by Robert Kimble

The name says it all. The paste spreads well, excellent quality, mostly 1-3 degrees difference to the Corsair XTM50 thermal paste, but mostly outside the error limit. NO LONGER. Lots of complaints about "not working at face value" 9/10 times overused. For the science, I specifically used a thermal paste applicator and too much paste (the amount you would use for toothpaste is 3-4 times the recommended amount) and lo and behold, a 1-3 degree difference became a 5-10 degree difference. The point is FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. Noctua has a reason to downgrade them Barney style. Additionally, having previously used Themal Grizzly, I noticed that I had a 2-9°C difference when switching to Noctua NT-H2 paste. This is because I didn't properly clean my entire IHS nor the underside of the AIO cold plate. As a result, tiny pockets of the old Thermal Grizzly in the tiniest defects on the IHS mixed with the new Noctua paste gave very different results. After grabbing a microfiber cloth with isopropyl alcohol and taking the time to wipe the "clean" CPU, I noticed that upon closer inspection my white cloth turned slightly gray with threeeeee pink spots. The culprit has been found. 10/10, excellent thermal compound. Follow the directions, clean your skin thoroughly before applying, and you'll be fine.