Applying thermal paste to AMD phenom II X4

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:10

Hi,
stock thermal paste is known to be quite dodgy, plus in the process of trouble shooting i took of the CPU cooler and the paste is disproportionate,
this is the paste i bought

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-002-AK

i've read that AMD cpu chips have the cores in the middle, so a small pea sized amount of the CPU, will spread well as you apply the HSF,
secondly, what can i clean the old thermal paste with? I have some very strong alcohol and distilled water, cant think of what else in my house could do the trick :/

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:15

actually its thermal compound (not sure if this changes anything)

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:31

ok i will youtube the pea method, and do you know the % of isopropyl alcohol? I have a rum here, bought when on holiday which is 80%, so basically pure alcohol plus a bit of whatever else is in rum

will look for some wipes!

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:46

If you use the pea method, what do you spread yours with?

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:50

yeah i read about people speading with fingers, they said they got lowest temps aha!

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:54

also what do i do about the bits on the side of the CPU ? do they matter? stock thermal paste was awful -.-

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:57

ok well i used a little of the alcohol on the HSF, hardly any on the CPU, still got some of the CPU to clean, but wondering if the little bit on the side has to be cleaned

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:01

thank you nelly and alex,
its just on the side, small bits of it, nothing much, will re apply paste now

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:23

Thanks for help

Jampolo · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:26

Jampolo said:
cheers about the install operating system