Experienced the same. Also love how they also have a section dedicated for compatibility. If any issues arise they put it there for reference. Wanted to pair up my z590i vision d with the freezer II AIO but it said they have compatibility issues so l went with their Esports air cooler. Can't fault them even if their products have any faults they still come forward.
i tried it vs nh-2 but on a 5800x3d so my results will differ as that cpu is just HOT. both hit 90.1deg in Cr23. gaming, both hover in the low 60s in MMOs while games like FH5, F1 2021, AC: Odyssey, seeing high 60-low 70s. I see maybe a couple degs different so my take is it's very similar. tested under a Fuma 2 revb
@@prinzseptimii9660 That's strange because the 5800X3D is known to run relatively cool especially compared to the original 5800X which ran the hottest on Zen 3 according to almost every user and pro review after its release (even the 5950X runs cooler than the 5800X). Anyway what's your setup? AMD recommends a 280mm AIO or more for Zen 3 CPUs that don't come with a stock cooler (not including the 5700X which came out much later and only pulls like 80W) or a powerful air cooler like a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 or Noctua D15. If you're using anything less than that level of cooling you shouldn't expect good results so again it's strange for a 5800X3D to run hot especially when it doesn't even clock as high as the other Zen 3 chips due to the 3D Vcache. Edit: Just saw another comment from you saying you have a Fuma 2 rev B (which has faster fans than the original). That's usually a good cooler but for CPUs that use more than 120 watts it's not the one I'd go for. I was originally an air cooling only guy but Arctic is so good in general and their Liquid Freezer II AIOs are at the top of the charts so I'd suggest their 280mm AIO. I'd buy it straight from their Amazon or Newegg store so it'll have the QC sticker (there was an issue with some coolers that came out in 2021 and it has since been fixed but you have to make sure you're getting a newer one that's been inspected for the problem). Their 280mm cools better than any reasonably sized air cooler on the market including the best Noctuas and they are very reliable and not much maintenance needs to be done which makes it easy to go from air cooling to water cooling and why I will be using an LF II 360mm in my next build. I'll leave a link to Gamers Nexus review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KPaSEGe6ML0.html
Thanks for the review. I'm a long time user of the MX2. Arctic makes cheap and good products. The support is also good in my opinion. The Air Coolers, Fans and AIOs are good and cheap. If something is not ideal with their products, they do something about it. I wish they make custom watercooling solutions in the future. The could beat the expensive opponents in that area I guess. It's every time price/performance and that is what they are good at.
I was thrilled to see you did a review of this when I was searching (you're highly trusted in my books). What I'm wondering is the longevity of an application of MX-6. MX-4 seemed almost unchanged even a year later when I've used it on a few different machines. Wondering if MX-6 might be similar, or if it degrades or separates over time / thermal cycles.
@@TacticalPhoenixYT what are you mean by degrade? i'm using non-extreme kryonaut for 2 years and never have issues with temps increasing over time. yup it's becomes dry pretty quick, but even dry paste should works fine
@@LeetPanda for me it did, but it seems kryonaut is only good for liquid cooling, as it quickly loses its lifespan and effectiveness above 80c, such as on a gpu or overclocked cpu.
Any thoughts on the ASUS AP201 case? I think that case is better for compatibility than the nr200max You can fit 3 HDD, 1 sata ssd, full atx psu, matx, 4 slot GPU, etc
I compared MX-5 to NT-H1 and Kryonaut last year, and it came out on top, although I have not tested NT-H2 specifically. I'd expect the MX-6 to be on top, not to mention it is a great deal now.
Tried this out with the 5800x3D system I built with a Fuma 2 revB, it's pretty good but still almost nothing can tame that cpu. on the cooling wipe side, I rather use the Noctua one. the smell is understated here, it's EXTREMELY strong, it's not bad smell, it's just very acidic lemon-ery that doesn't go away for awhile, I choked when I used the wipes. make sure you dispose of the used ones ASAP.
I read your comment only a few minutes before opening one of the cooling wipes myself. I thought you were overreacting about the wipes, but damn, son... you were totally right.
I hoped to see it be less sticky. I love my kryonaut but it always pulls my CPU out with the cooler. A little sad to see the MX6 do the same. Are there any tips for keeping the CPU in the socket I don't know about ?
That's why i don't use arctic. I used 5 and I couldn't get the cooler off without the cpu joining as well. Glad I didn't break it and threw out the rest that I had.
@@ripvanwinkle3432 what have you been using since ? My slate case is arriving soon and with it is gonna come a cooler swap, and ideally I would like to have my CPU not break while pulling the cooler off
@@KurtKloetentreter ive been using noctua h2 i believe is what its called. Repasted a bunch of stuff with a few removals for testing different things. No problems, temps are acceptable for me as well.
@@ripvanwinkle3432 might have to grab a tube of that before I rebuild my rig. I don't want to be dealing with the constant fear of breaking my CPU anymore 😅
Kryonaut and many other pastes are not very reliable on gpu's and direct-die with high temperature at 80'c and above. It starts with great temperatures and rapidly declines after a few weeks/months. Hard to spread high viscosity pastes works best on those situations, and that's the reason why pre-applied factory paste is thick.
@@phenos .. Interesting considering the TDP and temperatures are the same for CPUs & GPUs, and considering benchmarks are completely different than what you're saying.
@@DJaquithFL Time is the deciding factor. It's not an issue on heat spreader cpu's with temps below 80 degrees but on direct die there is an high risk of degradation and pump-out effect. In the past i used "normal" thermal pastes on laptops/GPU (NT-H1 H2, MX-4, Kryonaut) but after some time the temps start rising again. I suppose a GPU water block keeps the temperature well below 80 degrees so it'll hold up much longer. According to the new mx-6 specs it has a lot more viscosity making it suitable for long term reliability on laptops/gpu's. Personally I use shin-etsu 7921-5, Thermalright TFX, SYY-157 (older batch, new 2022 version not so good anymore) and Honeywell PTM7950 phase change paste for the really hot chips like the Lenovo Legion 5 or Acer Predator. The pink Kryonaut extreme seems to hold up good as well but very expensive.
You seem to have a high end watercooled build. Are you using MX4 currently? And which applying method do you prefer to use i.e. dot, spread... I'm also looking for a TIM that I can set and forget for my watercooled rig. So far I think I've had the best temps with Kingpin Kpx by like 1c lol but I frigging hate to apply it as it tends to separate when trying to spread it. Even GD900 which costs $4 for 30g from AliExpress was a very close performer, it I was a pleasure to apply that paste though. I've also got NT-H2 which I was told it's one of those set and forget pastes, temps are alright with it but a bit difficult to spread as well, not as bad as the Kingpin Kpx tho.
@@phenos All these thermal pastes you mentioned sound like secret chemical weapons or something haha! I'm kidding tho, well semi kidding, I've only heard about SY so far. I haven't used laptops in ages and I recently repasted a sibling's laptop with Kingpin Kpx and I was shocked to see how easily it goes above 80c, I forgot how hot laptops get. Makes sense that they would need TIMs that can sustain 80c+ for long periods of time.
Not bad. Although pricey I ran a few tests with mx4,5,6, and thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme. My temps with the kryo ranged 7-10c cooler on Cinebench R21. I saw 2c-3c diff MX6 v MX4 and a 1-2c mx4 v mx5. Testing was done with an i7-13700k and arctic liquid freezer ii 360 rev7
@Uğur Fatih İhtiyarif you're not throttling why bother ? And if these temps are high during cpu benchmark tests but lower during work and gaming then stop running benchmark tests
i'm disappointed with the MX-5. Bought a tube a few months back and only last weekend had the time to clean my pc. when i want to apply the MX-5, all i got was thick goo like old bubblegum. had to make a run to the nearest pc shop, and they only got cooler master paste.
This paste is horrible. Its so hard and my temperatures so high. I returnet to mx4. When i used mx6 that is not soft, its hard to do a plane surface and when i take out my aio that was horrible because ir dont cover perfectly the surface and its like a deformed mass. I sae the comments in amazon but now i know thats true.... Mx54 will continue in my pc again
Lovely, I used the MX5 that came with the Arctic water cooler, no idea the generation wouldn't last very long... Based on your tests the MX5 wasnt even any better than MX4
What about those CPU/GPU graphite thermal pads? Lately, I've thought how water cooling maintenance would be much easier with that solution, versus unmounting up to two blocks, just to replace paste that inevitably wears out.
The MX pastes are designed for 8 years. Chances are you will replace hardware on that kind of time scale before replacing the paste as long as you apply it correctly. For example, NT-H1 is designed for 5 years I believe yet the thermal performance is still good 9 years later, without any remounts.
@@pspublic13 I've used AS5 for 5 years on an FX-8350 rig... and those CPUs pulled the watts. When I parted it to sell it out, paste was still fine. Temps stays great the whole time lol.. so I never messed with it. I still use AS5. Got it between a Fuma 2 Rev B and a 5900x (142 watts). I MAY try MX-6 next time.. but it's hard to beat AS5 once you learn that certain technique. Too little or too much can throw the temps off 4 degrees. You get that paste just right, and I bet it beats MX-5 and MX-6. My temps are always better than the other reviewers testing Fuma 2 rev B + 5900x.
Check Pactum PT-4 from silentiumpc. For me it was last year discovery after years with MX-4 ;) MX-6 looks nice but only ~8 W/mm2 is a bit low nowdays :/
