Corsair TM30 Performance Thermal Paste

I had ordered this along side my purchase of a ryzen 7 cpu, though unfortunately, the paste was delayed and I had to change the order list to have the paste shipped directly to my house instead of picking it up in store because it would arrive sooner. How ever, upon receiving the product, I discovered that the product packaging was already open, and about a 1/5th of the tube had already been squeezed out. The tape on the shipping box was undamaged and not reapplied, so it means that either someone used the product I had ordered before shipping, or it was a used and returned product that was then shipped to me as "new". I'm rating 3 star because I can still use it, not very much paste is required for what I need it for, But it's disappointing that a used product was sent to me when I was purchasing an item as new.

I used this to Repair a mid 2010 iMac that had been having video issues with random pixelated blocks that got worse over a two or three month period. I pulled the video card, cleaned the old paste off (which was 100% dried out) and replaced with this and wow what a difference. My video issues are a thing of the past and I can hold off another year or two before replacing this unit.

The paste seems to be doing its job pretty well; better than the standard pastes that came in the box of my cooler. Still, it’s not the highest tier thermal compound and if your system is running at its higher temperature limits going for the higher tier corsair or the arctic silver might be worth it.

Got this thermal paste at my local Best Buy store for good value, and it improved my MacBook’s cooling by A LOT after 8 years use of original apple paste. I’d recommend this to anyone who wants to replace their computer’s thermal paste after a long time of using old/worn out factory paste.

As always, Corsair delivered an amazing product. When changing a processor I never use the factory paste. I always buy the tube of the good stuff. Definitely purchase if installing a new processor and or cooler. Worked fantastic on my overclocked Ryzen 7 5800x and MSI 240mm AIO.