Results:
Let’s move on to the results and impressions of these Alphacool thermal pastes. Let’s start with the application of the pastes. The Rise, Apex and Subzero are easy to apply crosswise, and the paste spreads easily. Silver, on the other hand, is impossible to apply correctly, as the particles create a gap and the viscosity prevents the thermal paste from spreading properly. Given the solid particles in the thermal paste, we only made a single application to avoid damaging the CPU or waterblock.
Results on CPU:
As you can see, the Alphacool Apex performs very well on CPUs, as does the Rise. The Subzero lags behind and the Silver is out of the running, with temperatures reaching 100°C. In terms of GPU use, the APEX is not the most optimal, and the more fluid Rise should be preferred.
Measurements were taken with water between 30°C and 31°C and a flow rate of 150 L/h. Here are details of the best measurements over 3 readings per thermal paste.
On Cinebench R20, the gaps are narrowing, with the Apex remaining at the top of the ranking, but the Rise managing to keep its performance close to that of the Artic MX-4 and KFA² TG-002.
Measurements were taken with water between 28°C and 29.5°C and a flow rate of 150 L/h. Here are details of the best measurements over 3 readings per thermal paste.
Please note that due to a lack of thermal paste, the Kingpin Cooling KPX and Noctua NT-H2 could not be retested with the new protocol.
