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Review on πŸ”₯ Maximizing Heatsink Performance with Thermalright's Durable Performance Compound by Walter Velasquez

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Longtime enthusiast brand And it outperforms Kryonaut (by a tiny bit)

I've decided to toss this review as for some reason the TF8 (and its big brother TFX) don't seem to see much use here Popularity. on Amazon or even some forums. For those who have concerns about deviating from Noctua or Thermal Grizzly, I want to provide a little background. Thermalright is an old school brand for high-end enthusiasts, for beginners they were something like Noctua before Noctua and along with Prolimatech were the king of air cooling in the early to mid 2000s. The Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme was only surpassed by the brick-like transformers that were Prolimatech's Megahalems. When the PC build and enthusiast market disappeared for a few years, they kind of went with it, and Noctua produced some great designs. In any case, the history lesson shows that this is a well-known brand company that has been on the scene for 20 years. years at the time of this review. They know their stuff and produce high quality products. tf8 spreads like you would expect from a non-conductive thermal paste, applies easily and cleans up well with isopropyl alcohol. In my very unscientific testing, it scores 1-2 degrees better than the Kryonaut I have. However, it shows that the main reason I switched from Kryonaut to this product was that it is sold directly by Thermalright and there are many fake Cryonauts floating around. It is possible that I have a counterfeit tube or cryo. TLDR is a great paste, if you're already in the Cryo price range you might want to try it for slightly higher prices and make sure you don't get a fake.

Pros
  • Heatsink
Cons
  • Questionable purchase for seniors