The TX-2 thermal compound offers industry leading thermal conductivity.  The non-toxic and non-conductive nature of the TX-2 means more peace-of-mind when it comes to cooling your CPU.  Molecularly small and structurally stable, the multi-award winning TX-2 is the perfect thermal compound for your cooling needs. This is what that is published on the manufacturer’s site.

I managed to get hold of a portion of this Tuniq TX-2 from Reng Kwan to replace my Intel E5200 processor’s stock thermal paste which I thought it was running at a rather high temperature and it was hindering its overclocking capabilities. This popular Wolfdale chip is based on the 45nm manufacturing process and has been known for its achievable overclock speed of over 4Ghz from its default clock speed of 2.5Ghz.

Let’s see how well this paste performs.

The Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound.

Have a greater detail on how the E5200 looks like by clicking on the image =)

I know the motherboard is quite dusty. Haha.

I did not have any thermal compound remover so I just used pieces of tissue paper to scrape the old paste off the chip and the heat sink as well.

Tried my best to remove the existing thermal paste.

And then, the Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound was applied on the E5200.

Thermal paste is supposed to be applied just enough to cover the processor and not more/thicker layer than that. Too much would reduce its efficiency and too little, would also do the same.  Positioned back the heat sink on the processor. Locked the unit back to its sockets and its good to go.

Booted it up and it showed 28 degrees celcius AT FIRST ( Mind you, the ambient temperature in Malaysia is rather high). But then the temperature rose up and then after stressing the E5200 to its maximum temperature, it can be concluded that the Tuniq TX-2 did reduce the temperature of the processor by an average of 3-5 degrees Celsius.

The Tuniq TX2 is quite a good thermal compound if you have a tight budget and can’t afford to replace the whole heatsink with the custom unit. It would still bring the temperature down, but just a couple of celsius.