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What's the right way to do it?
Pic related or should you spread it out using a credit card?
For me.. X method. It's easy and you should have consistent results
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/
Draw a Swastika or a David's star for Intel and AMD respectively
>>52016472
It depends on your TIM, but rice grain is normally the best
>>52016526
Holy shit
>>52016472
i do pea as for me it gives the most even coverage on 1151 and rice for 2011.
I do the pea method.
No matter the application method, if you want to get a good thin spread, it's very useful to preheat the TIM underneath a lamp for a few minutes before you apply it. Not scorching hot obviously, but get it a bit above room temperature definitely.
>>52016472
Do 5 little dots like on a dice, one in the middle and one in each corner half way between the edge and the middle
Just a dot in the middle
>>52016514
X shape, thanks anon
Intel? Tiny dot in the middle. Amd? Somewhat larger die in the middle. Intel extreme cpus? X pattern.
How large the surface area of the chip itself is does somewhat affect how much paste you need to use.
Also IC diamond paste for life.
>>52016526
My new method
Thanks goy!
>>52016472
You don't really need thermal paste anyway. I do just fine without it, and it allows me to reuse parts.
>>52016834
Umm what?
>>52016834
Kek, can't wipe off thermal paste PR uses water
>>52016472
Alright, there is one crucial step the vast majority of you lanky, pale-skinned you cuckniggers are forgetting before applying thermal paste and that is this:
DETERMINING WHERE THE CPU DIE IS UNDERNEATH THE HEATSPREADER
Applying a pea-sized thermal paste onto a six-core Xeon E5 means jack fucking shit because the paste is not covering the outer edges of the die itself, leading to unnecessarily high temperatures.
Google the CPU you're using and the term "de-lidded". Look at where the actual CPU die sits on the PCB and compare its position to the heatspreader. Check the size of the CPU - is it a long rectangle going up-down on the PCB? Or is it a wide, fat nigger taking up almost the entirety of the space underneath that heatspreader?
For LGA1150/1151 CPUs, the die will almost always be a small, long rectangular die sitting just offset to the left of the center of the PCB running north-south. Apply a rice-grain sized paste running north-south approximately in the center of the heatspreader.
LGA2011/v3 are fat and take up nearly the entire spreader. Use a wide pattern to cover the whole heatsink, like an X or multi-dots.
AM3+ and FM2+ have a squarish die located on the center of the PCB, so use a small X or rounded blob on the exact center of the spreader. FM2+ APUs are also offset to the left, so be sure to compensate for that accordingly.
Also, there is nothing wrong with using a spreader method, as long as you layer it thin and flat enough to rid of any air bubbles/pockets.
I always do something like this.
>>52016986
STOP
>>52016998
?
CPU temps are pretty damn normal.
>>52016986
This is a perfect example of a cucknigger spread
You need a thin, consistent layer, not fucking valleys and ridges of paste
>covering the whole die of an LGA1150 with paste
You dumb cucknigger
Go back to buying things for your wife's son
Don't use any, just spit on the processor
No paste masterrace reporting in
>>52017023
cum works as well
>spreading thermal paste ever
Daily reminder that this is objectively the worst way and guarantees air bubbles.
>>52017015
Consider seeing a therapist.
>>52017015
Why are you so frustrated?
>>52017036
I don't need to see the rapist because I am one
>>52017040
Because you're all niggers
>>52017049
My temps are just fine and I have overclocked Haswell.
You mad?
>>52016986
>not screen printing your thermal goop
Are you lot even trying?
i don't use thermal paste i use mayonnaise
>>52018041
>Not using toothpaste
I hope you don't do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCVahyh3Dk
>>52017015
Its 1155, your reading comprehension is shit
i always apply a thin layer of my own shit. works wonder
>>52016713
oh yeah now thats a good idea thanks
