Can we talk about cheap thermal paste?

I bought a $5 tube of generic paste for a laptop re-paste job last month. It dried out in under two weeks and the CPU started overheating again. I had to redo the whole job with a $15 name brand paste, which wasted my time and the client's. That cheap stuff is a total trap for quick fixes. Anyone have a go-to brand that holds up under heat?

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tessa3941mo ago

Ugh, that sounds so frustrating. Good thermal paste is worth every penny.

tessa3941mo ago

Oh, that's the worst. Learned that lesson the hard way myself. I only use Arctic MX-6 now for laptops. It's a bit thicker, so it doesn't pump out as fast under heat cycles. That generic stuff just turns to powder.