ARCTICMX-4 (incl. Spatula, 8 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU, GPU - PC), Very high Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Safe Application

It's MX-4, what do you need to say? It works great. It's cheap. It's easy to apply and spread. Keeps temps at bay and works on every cooler.

Seems to work. The large tube was a good value. It is very stick but spread easily and evenly with the supplied applicator.

Keeps my CPU nice and cool.

Easy to apply and works great.

Works well I have built about 30 computers with this brand of paste

I've used the MX4 for years and have been happy with it. It's cheap, easy to apply, and works well medium powered cpus/gpus. It was always my go to. I just like it.With today's hotter and more power hungry parts, it has fallen out of grace. It's just not as good. It works in most situations, but for money, there are better options.For my high end parts I use Kryonaut. That's for an RTX 3090 waterblock, 6900XT waterblock, 5900X, 3900XT.I started to notice that it wasn't quite as good when using it on an RTX 3090, the Temps were not too much better than the stock paste, and the clocks were not staying consistently as high as I hoped.Going through the pain of tearing down the 3090 and repasting it led to the same results. Switching to Kryonaut saw significant performance increases and temp decreases.Building in ITX cases with low profile coolers with an AMD 3900XT saw the MX4 fall in line with a lot of the other pastes. Just average.I also got some Thermalright TF8 for cheap on Black Friday. It outperformed the other pastes like the MX4, MX5, Noctua, BeQuiet, Coolermaster, and some other stock pastes by a noticeable degree.I'm in the process of building in 8 ITX cases with air cooling, and a 3900XT & A520I which doesn't let me change voltage/ core clock speeds. With small coolers, tight spaces, and high wattage, you get to see what works, and what doesn't.I've been going through a lot of paste with all these builds, and testing out all the pastes I have.MX4 performed on the average side. When the good paste TF8 kept the cpu from throttling, the MX4 and other pastes failed. They all crept over 90 C and the clocks dropped.I still bought MX4 again as I like arctic fans and AIOs, but the paste has aged compared to the newer stuff that is made to handle the hungrier cpus and gpus.It is better than the runny messy MX5. It cooled slightly better, but sure was a runny mess. I understand why Arctic discontinued it.Better Options:Thermal Grizzly KryonautThermalright TF8I'll still use MX4 for repasting old GPUs and anything that doesn't really get too hot, but there are better options now.Pros:It's MX4. You know what it is, how it performs, and you like it.It's like a Honda.Easy application and clean up.CheapCons:Average performance.Better options for more money.

Great paste never disappoints, easy to apply, good thickness, improve cpu temp

Who knows how any of this stuff works, right? You put it under your CPU because they tell you to. You know it's working because they tell you it is. You believe it is a good price because they say so. I didn't research any tests of this type of compound, and just bought this product as a name-brand best-in-class advertised product extravaganza. Does my computer overheat? No. Does this product have any effect on my processor temperatures? Who knows? Is it worth the $$ for the peace of mind knowing I have done all I can do for CPU heat transfer? I don't sleep any better at night. Does Dell use this product? Probably not, but who knows?