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Best way to apply paste to CPU?

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I have my PC ready for a Q6600 to be installed under an H50. What is the best method to apply paste to the CPU? (It will be lapped)

I usually use the grain of rice in middle technique but I have heard spreading it yourself gives better results. Cling film over finger, credit card, razor, 2 lines applyed to cpu...

What is the best method from your experience?
 
With the credit card method, do you just do a line on one side then spread accross with the edge of the card? If i did this i could almost guarantee it didnt spread evenly or there would be areas where its missing.

Think i will just apply a thin line accross the middle, as in document
 
Think ill just go with the line technique and not spread it as seen in post 2. Ive only got a very small amount of paste left anyway, so if i cack up the 'blob n spread' :) by gettign air bubbles, then im screwed (for about £7 anyway)
 
I dont see how a grain of rice sized blob in the middle is the same amount as a line accross the cpu or spread with a credit card. waynes pic looks like he has used loads
 
I used the line technique as described by AS in the pdf. All cores are around the same temperature. I hardly used any paste at all
 
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