Noctua NT-H2 3.5g, Thermal Computer Paste incl. 3 Cleaning Wipes (3.5g)

TL;DR:Noctua NT-H2 delivers impressive cooling performance at a price that undercuts the competition. The included cleaning wipes are a nice touch, and it's non-conductive, giving peace of mind. It shaved off 4-6°C compared to previous thermal pastes, making it a smart choice for demanding CPUs and GPUs. Highly recommended for anyone wanting better cooling without emptying their wallet.Full Review:The Noctua NT-H2 3.5g thermal paste comes with three large cleaning wipes, which is awesome. You get plenty of paste – enough for multiple applications. Honestly, I was hoping for something effective, and its performance is surprising given the price.The paste itself looks like your typical silver compound. It's non-conductive, which is great because I don't have to worry about accidental spills frying my components, especially with some of the heat spreader designs out there. Plus, it doesn't require any “cure” time. I just applied it, mounted the cooler, and was good to go. Instant results are my kind of thing.I saw a significant temperature drop – around 4-6°C – compared to other pastes I've used. I push my hardware hard, especially my array of modded Quadro RTX GPUs. They tend to run hot even with proper airflow. The temperature drop was consistent across all the GPUs I re-pasted, which was a huge relief. It performs nearly as well as Kryonaut. Maybe Kryonaut *might* have an edge of 1°C or two under extreme load, but the cost difference makes Noctua the smarter choice for me.Basically, the Noctua NT-H2 is a fantastic performer that won't break the bank. You get more paste and the cleaning wipes, all for less than a smaller tube of Kryonaut. Unless you need liquid metal, this is easily the best deal I've found. I'm definitely sticking with this stuff.---Product: Noctua NT-H2 3.5g, Thermal Computer Paste incl. 3 Cleaning WipesASIN: B07MZ45X9G

This is probably one of the best deals in terms of thermal pastes that you can buy right now. Not only do you get 3.5g of thermal paste for the cost (which is at least 5-8 applications worth of paste on average), but it also comes with 3 high quality, large cleaning wipes. Additionally, for the value you are getting, this thermal paste is also nearly as performant as some of the top thermal paste brands such as Thermal Grizzly's Kryonaut.The paste itself is nothing special appearance wise as it's your standard silvery thermal paste you all know and love, but it is also fortunately non-conductive as well as having no necessary cure time. This is great as it means it won't short out your CPU if it spills over the sides (which is a common occurrence on the new AM5 Ryzen heat spreader design) and it means the paste will be at full effectiveness right out of the gate without any waiting or paste burn-in time. All you have to do is apply the paste, mount the cooler, and that's it. No worries about shorts or high temps with this paste (as long as you still have an adequate heatsink that is).Regardless, I was getting some impressive 5-8°C temperature reductions compared to the MX-4 paste I had been using previously. This is especially important as I am using a Ryzen 7700X with this paste, which in itself already gets really hot regardless of the cooler used. I won't go into detail about the coolers as this review is about the paste itself, and the temperature reductions were similar on each cooler I tried when compared to the MX-4. The more interesting part of this review, however, is when I compared it to Kryonaut. This paste and Kryonaut are incredibly close in temp performance, usually with Kryonaut about 1-2°C cooler in some cases, but that's close enough for me to say that this NT-H2 paste has near equal performance to the much more costly Kryonaut paste.Overall, this is an incredibly high performing paste and an excellent value. For just a little more in cost compared to the base 1g kit of Kryonaut, you not only get nearly the same level of performance, but you also get 3.5x more thermal paste and 3 high quality cleaning wipes. In the end, I would highly recommend getting this thermal paste as I personally believe it to be the best "all-around" deal that is currently available. It meets all the standards that I have, and it's difficult for me to choose any other paste over this one unless you want to move up to liquid metal options.

This is by far my favorite thermal paste to work with. It's a proven formula that will give you solid temperatures when used properly (as in don't over apply!). However, there are many pastes that can do this cheaper. What this paste has going for it over others is how easy it is to spread, and honestly I have had good luck just applying a generous amount to the center of a processor and letting the heatsink to do the work for me. Some might cry that there are better ways to apply paste, but when I compared temps between methods, it made a negligible difference in practice. If you are really price conscious but want something similarly easy to work with, I recommend checking out the NT-H1 formula as it's nearly as good and is also very easy to apply.

Works as expected, same temps as other well known thermal pastes currently. This is super easy to spread but is also super goopy and will leave streamers all over if you are sloppy when applying this. For me unfortunately this pumped out rather quickly in about 1 week or less on my RTX 2080Ti XC Hybid. I think this is best for CPUs or lower power GPUs since I used the entire tube in less than 1 month constantly reapplying this to my GPU due to pump out. I ended up using Heilos V2 by Thermalright and so far that has not pumped out.Even though this didn't work for my GPU this should work well on CPUs with an IHS cover. Like I said, if you have a powerful GPU this may not work direct die for you.The wipes work very well and are nice to have when you don't have any rubbing alcohol left.The paste seems genuine and I have no issues purchasing this here again. This is a reasonable price compared to the amount of paste you get and compared to the competition. Noctua has never done me wrong and this continues that trend.