Akasa Freedom Tower and TIM

Philtor · 20 Jan 2010 at 09:43

Hi Folks im thinking of ordering the Akasa Freedom tower but just wondered how to go about applying thermal paste with these yokes as they use direct contact heat pipes and hence the 'grain of rice' method probably won't work that well. Do you have any advice you could offer me when it comes to applying thermal paste in conjunction with these type of coolers? I always used the grain of rice method when applying TIM to the heat spreader but im sure this won't work very well with the Freedom tower. Thanks in advance

jamesgoss · 31 Jan 2010 at 17:55

hello!

I was wondering how you'd got on with your freedom tower?

PermaBanned · 31 Jan 2010 at 18:08

What do you use a grain of rice for? Can't be that good for the paste... but the pea method should still hold true, none of them have any real influence on temperatures. Depending on the chip a line across the cores might be more efficient, but whatever you want really.

Also, how are you finding the cooler?

Philtor · 1 Feb 2010 at 11:41

Hi guys I ended up going for the Akasa Aurora which is a great cooler

By 'grain of rice' I mean the quantity of thermal paste you would apply is equal to the size of a grain of rice. lol ! Used MX-2 and was very impressed having always used AS5 in the past.