Did I get enough on?
>>344645363
No, you must cover the metal parts as well
Jesus
I don't even find this shit funny anymore after having to clean so much of it up.
>>344645363
You learned how to do this from those MSI videos, didnt ya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCVahyh3Dk
That doesn't look like semen to me, OP. Rookie mistake
>>344645363
lol you dummy you have to cover the whole motherboard duh
>he fell for the aftermarket heatsink meme
>>344645626
>stock cooler
>70c under load
>meme cooler
>50c under load
Fuck your memes
>>344645548
Having never built a computer, what is the problem here? Is it just that there is too much thermal paste?
>>344645742
the correct amount of thermal paste is about the size of a pea, or if your paranoid, you can do 5 very small dots. one in each corner and one in the center.
That was not a pea glob. that was about 3x the amount of toothpaste you put on a toothbrush, and thats not even going into how they moved it around with a credit card.
>>344645548
Or he learned it from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyoJtv9Cx0
>>344645861
And then they sat the heatsink in place, and moved it around repeatedly.
It's a comedy of errors.
>forgot to remove the sticker from the bottom of the heatsink
>already put it on and screwed it all in and shit
>>344645586
this image is giving me ptsd
my 8 year old brain couldnt comprehend how to get past this rat fucker
>>344645548
>he doesn't want his CPU to max at 1 C while playing games
Fucking casual
>>344645363
You know putting too much thermal paste on isn't that big of a deal.
>>344646223
>more paste = less heat
>thermal paste is to help conduct electricity between the board and the cpu
>cooling is needed to help stop the cpu from overheating
So why don't we just use ice cubes instead of thermal paste?
>>344645363
No. Needs more. Look at this instructive webm.
>>344646398
Are you retarded?
Of course that's how it works.
I put thermal paste on all of my components, and look at the temps I'm getting.
Stay mad, poorfag.
>>344646469
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!
>>344645363
>tfw I should probably add some more thermal paste to my PC but don't know shit about computers and would probably break my PC
>>344646469
triggered
>>344646725
I mean if you want to learn about computers and what not I highly recommend you try building your own rig and study the parts you buy and then study on how to install them. Most of the process is really just
>insert part
>wait for click
I built a new pc recently and the only issues I had while building it was cable management and cooler mounting and thats usually what I run into now a days because building gaming PCs is pretty much idiot proof.
>>344646456
Why don't they just put all computers in antartica and email us the internet at home?
>>344647197
>>344646469
DELETE THIS
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>344646469This shouldn't be turning me on.
>>344646004
how can you even open the package if you are this retarded dumb frog-poster?
>>344646538
>living in a morgue
>>344645363
Enjoy your dead CPU OP
>>344646538
Took me a fucking second there
>>344645363
dont forget the ram
>>344645363
no man, you need more
don't want your pc to end up like pic related do you?
>>344646538
great specs anon, i'm jelly.
>>344646469
This is just painful to watch.
>>344646538
Made me wet.
>>344650559
>nightmare.jpg
>>344645363
You also need to apply some on each capacitor. Fucks sake do you even computers?
>>344646538
>Rothwell-E
This is how you do it.
>>344652147
This triggers me more than op
ALRIGHT LADS
PEANUT OR SMEAR WITH A CREDIT CARD
>>344652147
That's how I do it. But how high that blob is also affects how much there is.
How do you get over the paranoia that you've put too much?
Who even uses thermal paste? All coolers I've ever bought have had that pre-applied stuff.
>>344652309
>smear
Only idiots do this
>>344652309
Use a pea sized drop in the center. The heat sink will spread it out evenly. If you're really paranoid about coverage, you can rotate the heat sink back and forth a bit to spread the paste out even more.
>>344652309
Smearing is unnecessary (introduces unnecessary air bubbles). It will eventually be removed by repeated heating of the cpu anyway, but unnecessary.
Applying in a line is also unnecessary. Best way is a dot in the middle. Some dude on the youtubes actually compares the temps achieved with different methods.
>>344652525
Eventually it gets old and crusty and your laptop gets hot. That's when you want to clean out the old gunk and replace with new gunk.
>>344652525
Are you saying you don't reapply paste
>>344652525
>>344652698
Uhm, yes?
>>344652525
you know you're supposed to replace that over time right
>>344652846
Sounds like computer voodoo to me. I've had this 2500k since whenever 2500k came around and it idles at the same temp as it did when it was new.
>>344652798
CPU MELTING IMMINENT
>>344652465
By literally not giving a fuck.
Just put the paste, pot the heat sink, and turn it on.
If your temps stay within normal boundaries then you did a good job.
I just reapplied paste after 2 years, and it works great.
If you think too much about it you will mess up, as in make a fucking mess with the paste.
>>344652309
got you coverd family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ
There's literally nothing wrong with using too much thermal paste apart from maybe wasting a few extra dollars and causing some mess. Still better than using too little which will make your CPU overheat in a month and force you to spend 500 bucks on a new one. Only autistic OCDtards will say otherwise.
>>344652465
Good pastes are non conductive, so even if a bit spills out, it shouldn't be a any problem.
>>344652936
Depending on the quality of the thermal compound and other factors (like heat), it can eventually dry out a bit. This reduces the effectiveness of the heat transfer between the CPU -> heat skin and raises your temps.
I wouldn't worry about replacing the compound unless you're getting much higher temps or planning on doing a rebuild for whatever reason.
>>344652309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2MEAnZ3swQ
>>344653347
Thanks but I know what it does I'm not just buying the idea that it degrades enough to warrant re-application within a normal lifespan. Unless Intel's stock pre-applied stickers are of particularly high quality.
I only recently got this new CPU, when's a good time to reapply the paste?
>had the same PC for about 6 years
>never changed thermal paste
>never used a compressor to blow dust off it
>tfw these temps when idle
>>344653114
>metal method
holy shit
>>344653515
About once a week
>>344653114
>people will actually fall for this
>>344646538
>NSA Backdoor Supreme
>>344646469
>>344645861
>>344645948
So one should never buy products from MSI?
>>344645871
that mobo is probably fine
>>344650559
Yikes
glad I avoided buying amd
>>344645363
>>344653626
Alright, my temperature was low enough that the sensor thought it was below ambient, so I guess I'll just wait until it's like 70 under load
>>344654587
ignore that other anon, once a week is fucking extreme
i reapply every 6 months or so
>>344654351
wrong company dingbat
>>344654859
>AMD RX 480 bricks lower end mobos because it doesn't have 8 pin power connectors.
>>344654184
MSI are okayish.
Honestly, people making fun of that video are just being obnoxious "I know better because I'm smart" retards.
The reality of that video is all they did wrong was waste some paste, when they put the heatsink on the excess is going to be squeezed out the sides. Almost all the manufacturers apply their paste like this so any talk of it "being the wrong way" is crap, it's just not an efficient use of the product but paste is cheap and even a small tube is more than enough.
>>344646469
>ABIT
The motherboard was dead before it was even made
>>344654969
That problem is solved by drivers, they actually make the card faster
>>344654758
>6 months
Hope you have new batteries in your smoke detector.
>>344645554
>2016
>not having a robo dick and testicles
It's like you want to get kicked in the nads and not please anyone.
>>344646469
>the way its meant to be played
>>344655040
The thing about AM1 CPUs is that they're SoCs, which means that the silicon takes up the entirety of the area beneath the heatspreader. So you need to cover the entire surface with TIM in order to get proper heat transfer. The best way to do this is to do the X or four-line * method using moderately thin lines about 3-5mm away from each side of the heatspreader.
The good thing about AM1 CPUs however is that they don't get very hot.
LGA115X CPUs just needs a fat line going north-south on the heatspreader (the silicon is rectangular and small), LGA1366/2011/AM3+/FM2+ needs the same X/* method as the AM1
>>344655349
Drivers prevent a card from pulling 90watts from the PCI-e slot? Are AMD some kind of wizards?
Also
>trusting AMD drivers
>>344645548
Gets me every time.
>>344655819
>Drivers prevent a card from pulling 90watts from the PCI-e slot?
Yes. Power distribution and loading is handled by software on all modern VGA AIBs.
>>344652240
why? that's the way you need to do it. you only need a really thin layer of paste to "close" the irregularities on surface of cpu and cooler
>>344645548
>card spreading
Oh man I haven't done that in so long. I've been using ICD for years now so I just plop a pea sized blob in the center and then place the heat sink.
Never see my CPU above 40. Idles at 20.
>>344655463
>have had my i5 for 5 years now
>have never reapplied thermal paste
>still works fine
>>344645742
This a common misunderstanding what thermal paste is and what it does.
Thermal paste is NOT a super heat conductor that is needed to transfer enough heat at all, it is in fact WORSE than every metal- metal connection ever. It's just that no processor metal surface will ever be totally flat at microscopic levels, the surface is a wild area of microscopic "mountains" and "valleys". between these would make holes between the processor surface and the heatsink surface. The paste is there to fill these small gaps so no air is trapped and conduct the heat between them then at least as good as possible. That's why there should be just enough paste apllied to fill them, which is very little, more is counterproductive.
>>344656118
This
Adding too much of the stuff makes the material act as a heat insulator, making temperatures (especially at load) worse. Not even the liquid metal stuff is immune to this (not to mention that putting it in an aluminum-to-copper system will cause the metals to dissolve over time)
>>344655904
>Says VGA and AIB together in the same sentence.
Do you also say ATM Machine?
>>344646538
>256 GB RAM
>>344656097
If you're using the stock cooler the pre-applied stuff is different to normal paste, it's semi-solid doesn't really need to be re-applied.
>>344646469
>>344656930
So why don't everyone just use pre-applied sticker stuff? Is thermal paste like a fedora for your CPU?
>>344655662
Oh jesus christ what happened?
>>344657218
many coolers don't have pre-applied paste.
also, much of the pre-applied stuff isn't as good as others
>>344657221
Computer parts run on smoke. If the smoke escapes they break.
>>344646538
>graphics
>>344657218
Some people take assembling their PC a little too seriously.
Things like arguing over which brand of thermal paste, reapplying the paste periodically, cleaning their case once a week, etc., etc., these people are the computer building equivalent of audiophiles who buy expensive speaker cable cradles because "they give the best quality sound."
>>344657218
It insulates more than regular paste, it's not really designed with performance or power users in mind, it's just meant to get your CPU to live past the warranty period.
You also need to let it "cook" for a day or two before you get optimal performance.
>>344655662
>>344657218
noise.
The boxed coolers are made by the manufacturer in a way that the keep the processor safe enough but at the expense of pretty loud cooler sounds, the stuff isn't the best, it#s just "good enough".
>>344657221
loose wire from some other part shorted out the gfx card i think
>>344657221
He let the magic smoke escape.
Now the parts won't work anymore, the smoke magic is what makes them run in the first place.
>>344646538
>1190
>7ºc each
How the fuck do you get internet connection in the middle of the north pole?
I love it when /v/ tries to be /g/.
>>344645363
>>344645548
I am triggered.
>>344646469
>not posting the damn video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyoJtv9Cx0
>>344657789
>>344657750
So this viscous snake oil is like the overpriced audio cables of the computer world?
>>344658057
>not reading the damn thread
>>344645871
>>344645548
HOLY SHIT I KEKD
>>344645363
Contrary to what retards in this thread think its ok to have so much paste on it, its all ok as long as it doesn't go beyond the metal cpu holder.
>>344657802
Part of me thinks he did that on purpose, since why would he be filming it?
That heat sink looks like it's a billion years old anyway.
>>344645739
What difference does that make if you're not overclocking?
>>344645391
Also the underside, that is of the utmost imortance.
>>344645363
Good thing you came here, it would have been bad had you not asked 4chan for help.
>>344646538
>he does not use the newest 2 petabyte SSD
stay mad poorfag
>>344658080
IN contrast to the cables better paste really has a use and some kind of paste is actually needed.
Better paste mainly improves you temps which improves the noise. If you are fine with your fans working fulltime when watching youtube simple paste will work.
Also mayonnaise for the limited time until you get your hand on real paste.
>>344658080
If you want to overclock or use a very high performance processor you need thermal paste and a third party cooler.
Otherwise the packaged cooler and pre-applied compound is just fine, however, when using that compound your CPU will probably only survive for an extra year or two beyond its warranty period.
>>344657221
He fell for the nvidia meme.
>>344657218
>Is thermal paste like a fedora for your CPU?
is oil the fedora of engines?
dumbest post on /v/
>>344658719
This kind of rhetoric is why no one takes pastefags seriously. Shaving a few degrees off your temp will not significantly impact the use of your computer. It will only make you feel better about your speccy and fill you with a misguided sense of superiority.
>>344658193
>Being this new
>>344658839
>Shaving a few degrees off your temp will not significantly impact the use of your computer.
what is fan use for
what is fan use costs electricity
what is electricity costs money
what is fan use costs money
what is lower temps mean less long term cost
>not significantly impact
>>344659151
Sorry I'm not so poor that I notice cents on the power bill. And if you are you shouldn't be building gaming computers.
I'm not saying there is no difference. The key word is "significant". I prefer quality of life over re-applying thermal paste every week to save a few dollars. Wait, doesn't thermal paste coste money? I'm sure it evens out.
>>344659260
>every week
I smell a consolefag because it's more like once a year or longer
>>344652147
wrong.
i bet you think it works like a heat conduit too :D
>>344646538
>NSA™ Backdoor Supreme
Where the fuck are you, in the middle of the goddamn Pentagon running Saddam simulations?
Anyone got that video of some minority taking the cpu off a motherboard with a knife?
A bit too much is better than a bit too little.
But too much is way worse than too little.
>>344656430
Not all AIBs are VGAs
>not applying thermal paste to the other side of the CPU and the pins on the motherboard to ensure maximum heat conductivity
Fucking scrub
>>344659151
Yeah, I'm sure the extra twenty cents off your power bill is worth obsessing over.
You play your rig like a game, and like bragging about your sick temp scores. Nothing wrong with that, but don't try to put people down for not being autistic about their specs.
>pcucks going through all this hassle just to keep their MOBA/FPS machine working properly
I'm glad I didn't fall for the "le master race" meme.
Make sure you apply plenty on your graphics card too OP.
>>344660412
>only using PC for gaming
I have five AIB, and only one of them is a graphics card
Unlike most of /v/ or even /g/, I do use all 64GB of RAM, all 16 threads on my Xeon E5 processor, and all SATA ports on my mobo+AIBs for storing things other than anime and games
>>344660412
>he hasn't replaced the paste on his PS4's CPU and GPU
the pleba on this board I swear
>>344656118
oh god someone knows what the paste is for?
literally everyone above this post is retarded and does not know what they are speaking about.
Also pea method a shit, who the fuck thought adding more material in the most critical area that is also the best well made part of the cpu is dumb. Almost as dumb as thinking tests of methods and shit will give any tangible results becouse IT LITERRALY doesnt fucking matters you paranoid shitters. plop some paste there and spread your butcheaks on it becouse if you think youre getting more than .5c difference for fucking as bad as you can vs doing most amazing microscopic job ever.
>>344659151
buying separate paste would literally cost more than your electricity savings though?
>>344646538
>NSA BACKDOOR SUPREME 128-bit
>>344645363
This is /g/ gore.
>>344647358
honestly though what kind of answer was she looking for?
cpu bukkake
>>344661893
over the lifetime of the paste? no way, there's like a trillion usees in one tube
>>344659871
#NotAllAIBs
