# Innovation Cooling Graphite Thermal Pad

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/innovation-cooling-graphite-thermal-pad
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/thermal-paste
- Placement: #14 of 15 in Thermal Paste, F tier
- Brand: Innovation Cooling
- LP on this board: 84
- Last researched: 2026-09-23T15:48:30.930Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

The same permanence and reusability as the Kryosheet with the community's strongest longevity endorsement, ranked just under it because its thermal ceiling is a touch lower.

## For

- Probably the best longevity of any interface material, per community comparison
- Easy to clean up and reusable across builds
- Permanent pad route with no pump-out or dry-out
- Reusable across multiple installations
- Zero mess and immune to pump-out

## Against

- Slightly worse peak temperatures than the best alternatives
- Gives up a degree or two versus good paste
- Higher upfront outlay than paste
- Trades a small thermal margin versus top pastes
- Costs more than a tube of paste that outperforms it

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 4 of 8 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 4 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EmpowerGamingComputers | - | - | https://www.facebook.com/EmpowerGamingComputers/videos/arctic-mx4-thermal-paste-my-top-recommendation/4129219134045796/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Sheen Thermal | - | - | https://www.sheenthermal.com/thermal-pads-vs-thermal-paste.html | fetched and confirmed |
| r/pcmasterrace | - | - | https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1qimupy/thermal_paste_vs_graphene_pad_vs_phase_change_vs/ | outlet blocks automated checks |
| It's Not Rocket Science | - | - | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLPI0Vr0jA | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ARCTIC MX-6 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/arctic-mx-6 |
| 2 | ID-Cooling Frost X45 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/id-cooling-frost-x45 |
| 3 | ARCTIC MX-7 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/arctic-mx-7 |
| 4 | Thermal Grizzly Duronaut | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermal-grizzly-duronaut |
| 9 | Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermal-grizzly-hydronaut |
| 10 | Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermal-grizzly-kryosheet |
| 11 | AG eXtreme | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/ag-extreme |
| 12 | Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermal-grizzly-kryonaut |
| 13 | Corsair TM30 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/corsair-tm30 |
| 15 | Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/thermal-grizzly-conductonaut |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/thermal-paste.

## What this tier means

- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

https://stspimgdevmfyk46r5vwkay.blob.core.windows.net/images/products/innovation-cooling-graphite-thermal-pad.webp

Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.