Thermal Compound Roundup – February 2011

The Thermal Compounds

Our first contender is the Zalman ZM-STG2 thermal grease, shown in Figure 2. It is the thermal compound that comes with the Zalman CNPS9900 MAX and most coolers from Zalman. It is a gray compound.

Figure 2: Zalman ZM-STG2

In Figure 3, you can see our second contender, the Prolimatech Thermal Grease, which comes with the Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. B and with other CPU coolers from Prolimatech. It is also gray.

Figure 3: Prolimatech thermal compound

In Figure 4, you check our third contender, the Cooler Master "thermal compound kit", the gray thermal grease that comes with the Cooler Master Hyper TX3 and other CPU coolers from the same manufacturer.

Figure 4: Cooler Master thermal compound kit