Corsair XTM50 High Performance Thermal Compound Paste | Ultra-Low Thermal Impedance CPU/GPU | 5 Grams | w/applicator for Desktop

Easy to use, good price, top brand product and keeps CPU temperature good.Totally satisfied.Tip: discard a little of the paste before applying it to the CPU or GPU.

So I noticed my laptop was getting a bit of thermal throttle after the first year of use, and despite the lack real guidance on this particular model as to how exactly to resolve this (and no real breakdown/application guide for it... anywhere...), I took a leap of faith and grabbed this stuff.To put it bluntly, since I was NOT using this on a desktop and therefore could not use the template, I can concur with some other reviewers; It does NOT spread well (I wound up throwing caution to the wind, using a plastic knife edge to simply blot it down, and then spread it evenly as best I could).It is a bit... I don't know, different? I know it's strictly to close the air gaps between heat sinks and whatever they touch, but I found it incredibly fickle specifically on the VRM's in my machine (I'm guessing the type of ferrite they use for ASUS machines and THIS paste just... Well... Don't work together well...?).On the flip side, I used about one notch of the paste for the entire job; the OEM paste was a hot mess, and wound up breaking down at some point, making a huge toothpick level job to remove all of it from the machine.That being said, I can definitely tell the big difference it made in how NOT warm the laptop is. I can't say it "cools" any better, it is a laptop, after all, but, it definitely isn't thermal throttling, the fan curves are more well behaved, and ultimately, everything does in fact run better as a result.So I guess that's a win in my book, to be fair! We'll check it in six months, since the entire machine has to come apart (or sooner, if I start to notice misbehavior again) and a re paste has to happen in order for that to happen (I'd rather not, but no thanks to this paste). May use it on my desktop and see how it goes!

Product worked. Stencil has sticky side to attach to CPU. Makes applying much easier without paste over spreading off the sides. Tube has about 5 applications if I am measuring right, probably 4 to 5 CPU's.

Fantastic cooling, has lasted me a long while so far

This is good at what is meant to do. Cools my CPU well. Word of warning though. After about a week of use, I upgraded my mother board and when I tried pulling my cooler of the old mother board, the CPU came with it! This stuff is very sticky! I think it could have came off easy if i twisted a few times to break the bond though not sure I had the room with the memory in the way of the cooler. Luckily the CPU and motherboard were not damaged when this happened.

Worked for exactly what I needed I used this over a year ago and still no problems

I got this for an old computer and working on some old electronics. A lot of them would have fans but they didn't have thermal paste per se so it's nice that they do now. This is probably a bit overkill, but that's why I like it. The tube was relatively easy to use and it didn't cost an arm and a leg. So it gets five stars

High quality thermal paste that comes packed complete with an installation guide and kit. The thumb press dispenser was much appreciated and helped make what could be a messy process clean and controlled.