StarTech.com Metal Oxide Thermal CPU Paste Compound Tube (SILVGREASE1)

Pros: OOH! shiny and sparkly! Fills the gaps and looks pretty until you put the heatsink on.Cons: What a runny mess. I put a small bit on the cpu, and it started spreading by itself and ran off the edge of the die. Thinking that it was just runny at the beginning of the tube, I squeezed more out, but the consistency was just that... ...consistent. Horrible stuff. Like the guy above said, peanut butter would perform the same, but unlike this stuff, peanut butter would at least stick to the cpu.OOH! shiny and sparkly! Fills the gaps and looks pretty until you put the heatsink on. What a runny mess. I put a small bit on the cpu, and it started spreading by itself and ran off the edge of the die. Thinking that it was just runny at the beginning of the tube, I squeezed more out, but the consistency was just that... ...consistent. Horrible stuff. Like the guy above said, peanut butter would perform the same, but unlike this stuff, peanut butter would at least stick to the cpu. I bought some of this stuff locally because I was in a pinch. The guy behind the counter said that "this is the stuff we use on our high-end stuff!" I was seriously skeptical, but I was in a pinch and said what the heck and got it. I know now to go with my instincts and not to trust them again.

Pros: -High amount of metal content theoretically giving it high thermal conductivity
-Strange consistency, really light, makes for easier spreading I guess. Doesn't cling to CPU when you remove the heatsink as much as other TIMCons: -Doesn't actually work that great
-Higher metal content means your more at risk of short circuiting something
-For the money you can get alot better stuff-High amount of metal content theoretically giving it high thermal conductivity
-Strange consistency, really light, makes for easier spreading I guess. Doesn't cling to CPU when you remove the heatsink as much as other TIM -Doesn't actually work that great
-Higher metal content means your more at risk of short circuiting something
-For the money you can get alot better stuff Gets the job done for normal (non-overclocked) CPU uses. Works about as well as the white silicon stuff. I just use it for old Celerons so I don't have to waste good stuff. Just spend a bit more and get Artic Silver 5 and you'll be set.

Pros: Fills in the gapsCons: I think I could have used peanut butter and got the same results.Fills in the gaps I think I could have used peanut butter and got the same results. I'm glad my new heatsink comes with the Tunic brand paste.