Review on GELID GC-Extreme 3.5g with Tooling: Ultimate Thermal Conductive Paste for Heatsink, High Performance, Easy Application by Flip Shaw

Recently bought a Dell G3 15 gaming laptop. The thermals were terrible right out of the box. I also have an MX-4 but it didn't work the way I wanted it to. So after reading numerous reviews and watching many YouTube videos, I ordered the GC Extreme. It's not as easy to distribute as the MX-4, but it's easy to use. The included spreader works quite well. Pretty thin cover. The numbers will tell the rest. My G3 has i5 9300h and 1660ti max q.Prime95Stock - reaches 90 degrees before thermal throttling to 35W. The i5 stuck at 35 W at its lowest frequency (2.4 GHz) and the temperature stayed between 85 and 88 C for the duration of the Prime95. MX-4. The MX-4 could support 45W and stable 3.3GHz. Temperatures were 84-85c. GC Extreme – The GC Extreme was not only able to handle a maximum turbo output of 45W at 3.3GHz, but also did so at a maximum temperature of 78°C. The temperatures were so low that the original maximum short-pulse power resumed (58W), which allowed the frequency to reach the maximum frequency of 4 GHz again on all 4 cores. This happened every 2-3 minutes resulting in a maximum temperature of 81°C! That's all I'll be using going forward and I'll be replacing all of my paste on every machine over the next few days! If you are looking for thermal paste, your search ends here!