Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this in tandem with the Rocketfish Universal CPU Cooler, and it works very well for its cost. If you are familiar with Arctic Silver 5 or their Ceramique thermal compound line this isn't really the same granted its more inexpensive but it doesnt really have the same consistency that you'd think it would have. Like the earlier reviewer said its kind of runny like Elmer's glue, just be sure not to add too much (I had to add extra to fill the gaps in the rocketfish cooler) and you'll be alright. Also comes with a spreading tool.

I purchased this paste when I bought a new cpu fan/heatsink from bestbuy. My first impression was "dang this is a small tube." You only get 5 grams, but you don't need to use much for it to be effective. The paste is a bit runny, but if you allow it to sit for a few seconds before placing the heatsink on it will cure a bit but still spread evenly. I also used this paste on my GPU which was overheating and failing. Before I idled at ~ 65 deg. C with the fan running at ~50% but now I idle at ~45deg. C with the fan at only 39%. I have not had it overheat since applying this paste. Thermal compound is very important to prevent heat issues, and even though Best Buy would benefit by having other types, Dynex Thermal Compound works quite well.

I own one of the older laptops (Dell M1530) with an NVidia processor at the heart of the over-heating lawsuit. Lately, my GPU temp climbed above 100deg during gaming and hovered in the low 70's while browsing the net-even with the fan running at level 2. When the GPU temp jumps above 85+ and CPU hits 80+, the CPU clock drops to 800MHz rendering most games unplayable. My laptop is still under extended warranty, but I wanted to try cleaning the cooling fan, cooling fins and re-applying new thermal paste. The fan and fins were only slightly dusty. I scraped off the excessively thick , hard paste; thoroughly cleaned the heat sink, CPU and GPU with isopronal; and re-applied Dynex. I rate the paste consistency as a cross between elmers glue and Closeup gel toothpaste. (No issues with the application process.) In the first game of SC2 running via WINE, the temp never exceeded 76deg and was playable from start to finish! Browsing temps have dropped below 60deg. When the temp climbs to upper 60s, the fan steps up to 2nd level and the temp drops immediately. (With Dell BIOS version A12, the fan always run at low level or higher.) I cannot not compare to other brands (other than online prices), but Dynex sure seems to be working for me. I will try to remember report back in a few month to comment on "durability".

it is what it is: a Thermal Compound. Good? Probably yes like all the other one

It was easy to apply, and lowered my CPU temp from an average of 60°C down to an average of 35°C... the only negative I have was the price of $10.99, compared to something similar from walmart.com, however I chose this from Best Buy as they sold it in the store so I was able to pick it up same day instead of having to wait for it to be delivered.... and the result speaks for itself, therefore I'd definitely recommend it to anyone else...

Bought it in Best Buy Rio Hondo for $12 (pretty steep). At first the temperatures were at 62c, but after some time it stays at 51-55c. Might be a little too high, but that's probably because of my stock CPU Cooler.

Got this to fix the heatsink in my laptop. It is much more thin than other products out there. It didn't stay on the processor where I placed it, making it useless. My laptop continued to overheat. I bought a different product which was much more thick and worked perfectly the first try. I would avoid this brand and look into other brands.

i used heavy load v2.4 and speedfan v4.40 to load and monitor the temps i ran heavy load for 5 minutes with some cheap radio-shake thermal compound and the ran it again for 5 minutes and the first run was 87 degrees at idle and 100 degrees at load for 5 minutes.with the DYNEX silverthermal compound it was idle at 84 degrees then after five minutes it was at 97 degrees.so i would definitely say paying $9.99 for this is much better then $3.99 for the cheap stuff. this was on a 1.81 AMD SEMPRON processor.

My processor (I5) was running hot (90-100 C) under the smallest of cpu strains. Disassembled my laptop and found that the original thermal paste was dried up. Cleaned off the old and applied the new, and now my computer is running fine now. This product works and is price fairly reasonably.

I have had some experience working with this paste. I would say that you can get paste that is both cheaper and better elsewhere (I.E. Arctic Silver 5 costs as much as this and works better then this). This was however easy to apply to what I have used it on... I wish BestBuy would carry Arctic Silver 5 or AS Cremique, which I would highly recommend...

I bought this because I was in a bind. I have a business that does repairs and I had a graphics card that was overheating. I bought this at my local best buy and it is sub-par at best. When you first squirt it, it is very liquidy. High quality thermal compound (i.e. Arctic Silver 5, Formula 7, etc..) are all much thicker than this. I bought this because this was all that they had in store and I needed it immediately. This did prevent the graphics card from overheating, but it did not last very long, maybe a week. I will probably never purchase this again, but it did get me out of a bind.

My Xbox 360 Elite after 5 years finally succumbed to the Red Ring of Death. Warranty long expired I figured I'd try to fix it. The source of the problem was very cheap thermal paste used by Microsoft. After some research I disassembled it and reaaplied the thermal paste to the CPU and GPU. Afterwards the system works like new, no overheating problems or anything. For someone that has no training with the innards of computers, the product made it easy and saved me about 200 dollars from microsofts pocket.

I have 4 computers and am using this compound on all 4. They are almost always on with most of them running World Community Grid at 80-100% CPU utilization around the clock. I have a Q9300, 2 Q6600s and an E4700. The highest CPU Temps I have seen are on one of my Q6600s at about 48C under load running for days and was at 55C when using Arctic Silver. Great compound. For the people seeing it oozing out; you are using too much. Have someone that is more experienced help you put your rig together.

The thermal paste was easy to replace and a great fix for a warm-tendency-having computer. Very easy to clean and replace.

Very easy to apply. Seems to work well. Ample supply.

I was at 80 degrees Celsius and applied this compound and went down to around 40 degrees Celsius.. Awesome!

I was installing two new processors and the thermal paste I ordered did not arrive. I bought this Dynex white silicone thermal compound from Best Buy because it was convenient. It has a low viscosity, It applies easy enough and has a small plastic spatula for spreading it. The problem is when you install the heat sink/cooler it pushes the Dynex paste to the sides and and it tends to run onto your mother board and even into the CPU socket. The worst part is it does not perform well. My processor is overheating. Look for a paste that has actual silver in it (Artic Silver 5) as the thermal conductivity is much better (short of the ultra-expensive crushed diamond based stuff). Hope this helps!

Sadly, I couldn't find anything better locally... A bit too expensive for its quality. Sadly, the previous one I bought I left it back in Ecuador, some 8hr flight from here, but I needed some immediately which is why I got it. It works ok... But it's not the best you can get. Something is better than nothing, so it's good they had it.

I bought this for my quad core processor and it does not conduct heat as good as my original thermal compound that came with my system. The operating temperature was higher, the compound was watery, and it comes in a small amount. I don't recommend this product at all!

This stuff got the job done. Has the consistency of Elmer's glue. This was the first time I have purchased this type of product.