Building computing in few hours help thread :)

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Hi guys going to be building the computer up soon just have a quick question Proberly more later on
Now don't want to start a war but what's the best method to putting thermo
Paste On ?
Pea
Spread with bag on finger
Line
Or the card spread ?

Help :)
 
Pea usually and let the clamping force do the spreading.

But if the heatsink has heatpipes visable in the base then I think a line across them is good.
 
I have tried both Pea and Line (that would sound wrong out of context) and i have to say pea works better, for temp (marginally) but its easier to clean when/if you remove the heatsink. Line is just messy and a bit less even.
 
best bet is to visit the thermal paste manufactures website and see what they recommend for their individual paste.
 
The CPU itself is small and in the middle
Pea will spreed it perfectly
The corner of the CPU has little to no impact if it has or not thermal paste
 
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