ARCTIC MX-6 (4 g, incl. 6 MX Cleaner) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU, Consoles, Graphics Cards, laptops, Very high Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Non-Conductive

This thermal paste was easy to apply and works great. Even while using BOINC, which will max out your CPU, the CPU never got into dangerous temperature territory with prolonged use, despite my relatively primitive CPU fan. It spreads great, and is good at keeping temperatures at manageable levels.

The Arctic MX-6 thermal paste is fantastic! It comes in a great bundle, including a four-gram tube of thermal paste along with six wipes to clean and prepare the surface for reapplication.The wipes have a strong lemon scent, which I personally don’t mind—I actually like it. However, if you’re sensitive to strong scents, this might not be for you. Fortunately, Arctic offers a version without the wipes.I've used this thermal paste on my gaming PC for both the CPU and GPU, as well as on a laptop and a Steam Deck. It’s incredibly versatile, performs exceptionally well, and is easy to apply and spread.For the price, you get a lot of value. The included wipes and a generous four-gram tube make it suitable for multiple builds, upgrades, or repairs. Highly recommended!

Die ARCTIC MX-6 ist eine leistungsstarke Wärmeleitpaste, die ich für meinen Gaming-PC mit einem Ryzen 7 9800X3D und einer be quiet! Light Loop 360mm AIO verwendet habe. Nach einigen Tests und Erfahrungen kann ich sagen: Diese Paste ist absolut hochwertig - wenn man sie richtig anwendet!--Verarbeitung & Anwendung - Keine Spatelverteilung nötig!--Ein häufiger Kritikpunkt in den Bewertungen ist die hohe Viskosität der Paste. Ja, die MX-6 ist dickflüssiger als andere Pasten, aber genau das ist beabsichtigt! Sie bleibt stabil auf der CPU, verläuft nicht und sorgt für eine langlebige, gleichmäßige Wärmeübertragung.Wichtige Klarstellung hierzu: Diese Paste ist nicht dafür gedacht, mit einem Spatel verteilt zu werden!Der beste Weg ist die Erbsenmethode: Einfach einen kleinen Punkt in die Mitte der CPU setzen und den Kühler mit normalem Anpressdruck darauf montieren. Die Paste verteilt sich dabei von selbst perfekt.Nicht mit einem Spatel verstreichen! Das kann zu ungleichmäßiger Verteilung oder Luftblasen führen.Durch die hohe Viskosität bleibt sie dort, wo sie hingehört, ohne sich bei der Montage zu verflüssigen oder auszulaufen.Ich habe die Paste genau so aufgetragen und meine Temperaturen sind absolut top:✔ Idle: 35 - 40°C✔ Gaming: 40 - 60°C✔ 3DMark/FurMark/Prime95 Stresstest: Unter 80°CDas zeigt, dass die Wärmeübertragung einwandfrei funktioniert und die Paste perfekt aufgetragen wurde.--Reinigungstücher - Effektiv, aber geruchsintensiv--Die mitgelieferten MX Cleaner Tücher haben ihre Aufgabe gut erledigt:Sie entfernen alte Wärmeleitpaste problemlos und hinterlassen eine saubere, fettfreie Oberfläche.Ja, sie haben einen starken chemischen Geruch, aber das ist normal für alkoholbasierte Reinigungstücher. Alternativ könnte man auch Isopropanol (90%+) verwenden, aber die mitgelieferten Tücher sind eine praktische Lösung.--Fazit - Exzellente Wärmeleitpaste für die richtige Anwendung--✔ Hohe Wärmeleitfähigkeit & exzellente Kühlleistung✔ Langfristig stabil dank hoher Viskosität - kein Auslaufen oder Austrocknen✔ Ideal für High-End-CPUs, Grafikkarten & Laptops✔ Richtige Anwendung (Erbsenmethode) sorgt für perfekte ErgebnisseX Nicht mit einem Spatel verstreichen - das ist nicht nötig!X Reinigungstücher haben einen chemischen Geruch, aber funktionieren gutKlare Empfehlung für alle, die eine High-Performance-Wärmeleitpaste suchen - aber sie richtig anwenden!

Long lasting and very good thermal paste. Helped me reduce my temps since my old thermal paste was cooked. The alcohol based pads they include are very helpful at removing old paste, even after holding onto them for over a year.Arctic continuing to be my favorite brand of thermal paste with no issues!

Got it to reapply on my PS4 PRO and gaming PC and it worked great. Has good thickness so it wont make a mess. The wipes it comes with easily clean out the old thermal paste, but it smells very strong and feels like it could dry your skin, and also hurts a lot if you have a small cut on the skin so be aware of that and maybe use some kind of glove. After applying this paste my PS4 became completely silent (also did a deep clean of the heat sink) and on my PC it made a noticeable improvement on temperature (first thermal paste change since built over 3 years ago). Good quantity for multiple applications (there is still some i saved for later). It's relatively easy to do since im not a professional on this. If you are afraid to do it yourself there's lots of videos to help out there.

I think some people might be overstating the smell issue a bit. Yeah, the cleaning wipes have a definite odor. I don't even think it's that bad of a smell honestly. I threw the wipes away when I was done with them and I couldn't even smell them in the trash the next day. Not a big deal.Anyway, I've bought a couple of (somewhat) inexpensive mini pc's from Topton because I'm ridiculous and I like to tinker. Since I had to open them up anyway (I had bought RAM and SSD's separately rather than buy it bundled), the first thing I did was clean the paste off of the cooler and cpu, and reapply using this Arctic MX6. The cleaning wipes were excellent, one wipe per CPU was enough to completely remove any paste on the cpus and the coolers. Reapplying was equally simple, after the surface had dried from the wipes, put a bead on the CPU and slowly replace the cooler on top. The one with the Ryzen 7 5825U has a couple of fans, and used to idle in the low 40's C, but now seems to hover around 36C at idle. Maxing it out at 100% usage, it took several minutes to heat up to 80C, at which point the power management kicked in and slowed it down to 2.6GHz until it cooled to about 65C. The Ryzen 7 7730U seemed to perform even better, especially considering that's a fanless system that just uses a chunk of copper and a finned aluminum exterior to dissipate heat.

La ARCTIC MX-6 es sin duda una pasta térmica que destaca por su excelente relación calidad-precio. Como entusiasta de la informática, siempre estoy buscando productos que ofrezcan un rendimiento superior sin romper el banco, y la MX-6 cumple con creces. Su consistencia es perfecta, lo que facilita una aplicación uniforme y sin esfuerzo, garantizando una óptima transferencia de calor entre el procesador y el disipador.Un aspecto que me ha sorprendido gratamente es la inclusión de toallitas de limpieza. Este detalle muestra el cuidado de ARCTIC hacia sus clientes, ya que las toallitas permiten preparar la superficie del CPU de manera eficiente antes de aplicar la pasta. Esto no solo mejora el rendimiento térmico, sino que también prolonga la vida útil del equipo al evitar residuos que podrían interferir con la conductividad térmica.Desde la primera aplicación, he notado una notable mejora en las temperaturas de mi CPU, manteniéndose frescas incluso bajo cargas de trabajo intensivas. La ARCTIC MX-6 ha demostrado ser una elección confiable y económica para cualquier entusiasta del PC o técnico que busque maximizar el rendimiento térmico de su sistema sin gastar una fortuna.

The MX-6 thermal paste performs very well in heat transfer and paste application. Temperature drops were noticed immediately under load and re pasting the CPU was very simple as the paste has a slightly higher viscosity compared to MX-4. Spreading the paste for full coverage was fairly simple and quick.The MX cleaning wipes are a double edge sword compared to iso propyl alcohol. While it does a great job breaking down the old paste for clean up, it also makes the paste very runny. It does not affect any clean up per se but it does get a little messy and stain a lot of things like automotive anti seize.Finally as noted by many people in the review section, the odor of the cleaner is definitely strong. I highly recommend this job be done somewhere ventilated and throw the wipes directly in the outside trash can.

The thermal paste is excellent, as is any ARCTIC product. However, there is one detail – if you use the wipes that come with the package to remove the old thermal paste, don’t forget to (VERY CAREFULLY) clean the surface of the CPU/GPU (or any other surface you wiped with the thermal paste removal wipe). If you don’t clean the surface of your CPU/GPU, the new thermal paste won’t stick to the surface, and it will be very difficult to apply it evenly. Other than that – everything is perfect!

Used a noctua wipes kit wich had alot better smell to it. These wipes from Arctic have a rough smell wich stays in the room for hours.It does clean and cleans very well!The cooling paste is high Quality and keeps the components cool as it should.

I've known about Arctic for awhile but only recently became a customer after purchasing a tube of MX-5 and then a P12 fan, shortly after. My experience of applying another company’s paste on an install is limited to only a couple of other brands as thermal paste application isn't exactly one of my pastimes, so I'm going to compare & contrast this w/ MX-5, which this is not only the successor of but also the replacement. This review will also discuss what seems to be the consensus "best" paste by overclocking enthusiasts, YouTubers, and "influencers", etc. A product which despite its YUGE following and noteworthy sponsorship, has a FAR too little discussed caveat (a dealbreaker, IMHO, which has significant implications for the IHS/die it's been applied on, and even includes the potential for post-install 'maintenance'). Also, I don’t have any info in regards to performance data (CPU upgrade so unfortunately no baseline), so if you're looking for metrics, you'll have to look elsewhere (Tom's Hardware is a good start). If you'd like to go straight to the review, then skip the following paragraph.After researching way too many thermal paste comparison tests, MX-5 was at or near the top of just about every single one it was included in and for those that it wasn't (due to being too new), MX-4 consistently ranked as one of the better pastes but when taking into account its age, durability, value and how much newer the products it was competing against were, MX-4 was a solid competitor and offered a compelling package at an affordable price. A couple of contenders at the top included Thermal Grizzly's Kryonaut, and the two offerings from Noctua (H1/H2). Personally, the main appeal to Arctic's formulas for me was its longevity, which they claim lasts as long as 8 years, with the only option coming close to approaching that long being Noctua. Even then, (while still impressive) they could only reach 5 years. It's no coincidence these two belong to what I consider to be the top three cooling companies in the industry, IMO. The third is Scythe (in no chronological order), a Japanese company known for making EXCELLENT heatsinks and tremendous case fans, and whose Fuma 2 happens to be the cooler I chose in this case (no pun intended), which sat on top of these pastes in my build. While I am def not gonna pay Thermal Grizzly's ridiculous prices ($10/gram for an application, maybe 2 if conservative) out of priniciple, most importantly was for every 5 star review of Kryonaut (including its appropriately named "EXTREME" version) by someone claiming they achieved their lowest recorded temps with it, there would be a few 1-2 star reviews complaining about it drying out, and even turning hard after removing the heatsink. What was most concerning tho, was the fact that this was happening in under a year, usually within months. Their own product page states "Kryonaut uses a special structure, which halts the drying out process at temperatures of up to 80° Celsius", while also mentioning "that this thermal grease was created especially for cryogenic applications." So yeah, even tho they admit this crucial detail themselves, to say that this is a frequently overlooked aspect (judging by the consistent surprise in negative reviews, yet still seeing it recommended by others all too frequently) would be putting it kindly. I don't mind paying a few extra bucks for a quality product as evidenced by MX-6's price increase, particularly compared to MX-4 (at launch this was $10 for the 4g tube of MX-6 + 5 wipes), but there is certainly a limit, and ESPECIALLY so if the product has to be replaced at least ONCE a YEAR. Ain't nobody got time for that.While I can unequivocally say that this is better than MX-5, that is a pathetically low bar and hurdle to pass, one that is more indicative of its predecessor’s failures than anything else. I’ve already mentioned why I’m unable to measure performance, but what I CAN compare are the physical characteristics, especially as it pertains to MX-5, and to a lesser degree MX-4. This MX-6 seems almost like a hybrid of MX-5 and MX-4, but leaning significantly more towards the former. It's still very sticky, just not AS sticky, which helps with the application. MX-4 was much more akin to a normal paste, smooth and easy to move around. This is a THICK paste, substantially thicker than its predecessors, but still stringy enough to spread around unlike MX-5, yet not nearly as easy as MX-4 (but at least still doable, and can be achieved with some time). It’s hard to gauge MX-5 because it’s simultaneously viscous and watery, which I believe is due to the separation (and reason for its recall) if not entirely then at least partially, which made it weird to spread and resistant to emulsify. Spreading it with the spatula was almost like dipping a recently used paintbrush in water, then attempting to paint a clean surface with it. Or, like using a basting brush (aka pastry brush, TIL), the ones that come with BBQ sauce in those gift sets, to glaze meat but w/ barely any sauce left. And that’s if you’re even able to spread at all (it’s somewhat doable, depending on your experience ofc, but you’ll def need a tool like a spatula or credit card and a lot of patience, along w/ time). Another difference is the color. MX-4 is the typical gray, while MX-5 was like a light, almost turquoise blue. MX-6 returns back to the (more pleasant if not dull) gray, a welcome change IMO. Something I noticed and thought was interesting is that Arctic advertises this by stating it has 20% better performance than MX-4, although this could be simply due to MX-5 no longer being in production means the former is the closest product in their lineup to compare with. One aspect different from its predecessors is that it does NOT come with the spreading spatula for some reason.Due to the chiplet design of Ryzen on AM4, I used that tool to spread a very thin layer, referred to as the "spread method", predominantly around the edges of the IHS. Then, I use a miniaturized version of the "X" method, that doesn't go all the way to the edges. Another way to achieve a similar result (either in conjunction with or instead of) is to simply blot the corners on the X with a dot, as thick as necessary (for Ryzen on AM4, slightly thicker than the line). Finally, I place a decent sized blob (aka the pea method) in the center. I have no scientific knowledge or verifiable proof that this works best, and you could remove one (if not two) of the three options and still obtain good coverage. Everyone has their own little quirks, routines, opinions and even philosophies on thermal paste, but due to the processor design I find this is what works for me and after taking off the heatsink, all of my previous applications have had complete coverage. AMD actually recommends a pentadot, which helped form the basis of mine after seeing how it provided decent outer coverage. If it were an Intel (Alder/Raptor Lake) or even a Threadripper, I'd prolly just use the X method due to the rectangular shape and call it a day. Actually, a technique comparable to what I mentioned a few lines above that could really be beneficial for Intel's processors in particular, is in addition to the "X", place a dot in the center of each side where huge gaps of empty space remain (esp on the longer sides) due to its square shape. It's kinda hard to explain via text but think of it as placing a dot at the end of each line of a "+" sign, and what you're left with (including the existing "X") almost looks like a symmetrical "*". Does that makes sense? I hope it does. Anyway, most people seem to prefer and recommend the pea method by itself which is fine too. Whatever floats your boat, or tickles your fancy.Back to the MX-5, which was like straight up glue, even during application, and ESPECIALLY AFTER. During the install, it didn't take long for me to realize that what I feared most wasn't getting it on: rather, it was getting the paste OFF. I ran stress (torture) tests, specifically Prime95 until my processor reached 95C and stayed there for about 30 minutes before shutting down and then was very careful removing the cooler, making sure to twist it side to side while pulling. Yet despite all that, it still took the CPU off with it, so after removing the cooler, I was still unable to separate the CPU using anything, including dental floss (both Glide and regular), eventually warming it with a hair dryer for about five minutes or so (a heat gun should obv work, just be careful w/ the distance at very high temperatures and constantly move it around). I gave it another try w/ the regular floss and finally, I was able to remove the CPU w/o any bent pins.While I'm mentioning all this in case anyone else reading this used glue (aka MX-5) or is stuck in a similar situation, it's also for those considering the wipes for this purchase. So if you’re contemplating wondering whether you should purchase 5 of them for about a buck (esp if worried about stuck thermal paste glued onto your cooler), then it likely — although not necessarily — means you have a use for it, and so if this is true, then my answer would be an emphatic YES! They're pretty large and good sized once removed from packaging, have plenty of liquid that won't immediately dry out so you have a few minutes, and each one goes a long way. Just be warned they have a weird and pugent smell. Personally, something as minor as that is never a reason for me to avoid a product if it performs better than a non-smelling product, but I keep seeing this mentioned in reviews and even being a dealbreaker, so thought it should be noted. A single wipe goes a long way, which is why I believe that if you have a need for it, it's worth purchasing due to the value provided for a single dollar and some change.Anyway, if you made it all the way here to the end, then I hope this was helpful. Good luck on your install.Cheers