Applying thermal paste

[bobboberts]

I am currently building a dual-core system and have a Turiq Tower HS. What is the best way to apply the thermal paste to the CPU? I've seen one method involving clingfilm and applying all over the heatspeader, and I've seen another that shows just putting a line vertically across the core, with no mention of manually spreading it out.

What should I be doing?

 

[bobboberts]

Thanks guys, some good info here. Much appreciated!