Ketchup isn't a good thermal paste, but it's better than cheese or toothpaste
Stick with a traditional thermal paste from a reputable brand
Thermal paste articles
TikToker boosts CPU cooling performance by adding salt to thermal paste
Do not try this at home
Noctua announces thermal paste guard for AMD AM5 processors
In a nutshell: Noctua's thermal paste guard mounts around the IHS of AM5 CPUs to prevent thermal paste from accumulating in the small cutouts. This should make it easier to clean the processor when remounting or replacing the CPU cooler.
Want some purple thermal paste? Cooler Master has you covered
Cool color, shame you'll hardly ever see it
Applying thermal paste in a straight line can lower GPU temps by 5C
The blob is probably sufficient for most processors
Solder vs. Paste on the Core i9-9900K
Having reviewed Intel's latest Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K processors, we saw very high stock temperatures using high-end coolers, basically killing their overclocking potential. We know that soldering CPUs works a lot better than the paste method Intel's been using to cut costs, so we wanted to know how much better is the solder method used by the 9900K than the paste of the 8700K/8086K?
