Applying Thermal paste, Line or dot? That is the question

[franco_22]

AMD 555

Applying CPU paste, Line or Dot?

To spread, I heard somewhere that with i5 and i7 a line is recommended since the cores are on each side, should I squeeze a line or a dot with the 555? I know it’s only a dual core but what’s more efficient in your honest opinion?

Btw OcUK crossing my fingers mx4 and thermal cleaner will arrive today 

Thanks

 

[franco_22]

Thanks guys, I thought the blob method was the best but just thought I'd ask about the line method.

Lol, don't have a little glass thing to pressure teh cpu but i imagine the heatsink will do the job fine. Is a microfiber glasses lenses cleaning cloth suitable to clean the old paste of the cpu?

 

[franco_22]

Okay I don't understand this and I'm starting to get confused.

I got this cpu and initailly i just put the cooler in (artic freezer pro rev 2) with the paste that came with it, the temperatures kept rising until it got to 47 degrees and i shut it off.

So I ordered some MX 4 and cpu cleaner, i did everything right, watched loads of videos and I had done this before, be it on an intel processor and not an amd but I have.

41 degrees and temperatures rising. What the hell am i doing wrong?


Should i try reseating the HSF again or is this normal? To be fair on the little thing, apart from the cpu fan, its an Fractal R3 and it only has 2 whisper quiet fans to cool. Still, im not doing anything besides watching the temperatures in the BIOS.


Edit again: The cooler is barely getting hot while the cpu is at 40 degrees, could this mean that th hsf is not sitted properly? I dont see how i could have screwed it up considering it has 2 screws to hold it in place and they are very tight. Surely the screws would automatically move it to the best position anyway right?

 

[franco_22]

Erm okay, I don't know if my BIOS is taking the **** out of me.

I just downloaded this thing called CPUID hardware monitor:

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html


The CPUID thing is saying the CPU core 0 and core 1 is at 20 degrees.

Is the bios just not reading properly or what should i believe?

Okay just downloaded CoreTemp and it's also reading the same thing, 18-20 degrees. I think the BIOS is not reading properly, true?

Erm okay, I don't know if my BIOS is taking the **** out of me.

I just downloaded this thing called CPUID hardware monitor:

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html


The CPUID thing is saying the CPU core 0 and core 1 is at 20 degrees.

Is the bios just not reading properly or what should i believe?

Okay just downloaded CoreTemp and it's also reading the same thing, 18-20 degrees. I think the BIOS is not reading properly, true?


Edit: So I got this one called SpeedFAN and now it says Temp 1 36 degrees, Temp 2 36 Degrees, Temp 3 43 Degrees, Core 17 degrees. I don't even know what it means by temp 3, it's a dual core not a triple :S

 

[franco_22]

Okay, i guess. I dont know, I had a E8500 Core 2 Duo and it always averaged around 35-40 degrees and about 45 on load. So to see this little chip going so high idle kinda worried me. Then again, I literally just put the heatsink in, so i dunno if that affects it, although i heard MX 4 should be instant and i shouldn't have to wait a week to see temperatures dropping.

 

[franco_22]

thanks i ll try leaving it for a week or so and i guess if it doesnt get better i ll have to think about what might be wrong mhm..

i should probably order some more case fans, i dont think 2 is gonna cut it. Man, you pay £95 for a case and it only come with 2 fans

 

[franco_22]

Well I used the blob method and I should just have let the temperatures settled before panicking so much . Temperatures are now 30-32 degrees which I understand is good enough for a 45nm chip like this one?