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CPU Thermal Paste - Ammount?

Loads of videos showing that it makes zero to no difference how you apply paste, even putting too much on (which I would never do just because it's silly and you don't want paste coming over the edge) makes little to no difference for temps.
 
venomx said:
how often do you guys replace the thermal paste ?
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Normally my CPU gets upgraded (about every 3/4 years) before the paste dry's up. You would only replace it if you noticed you CPU temps were creeping up otherwise just leave it alone.

willhub said:
Wow holy thread revival batman, I wasn't even a member when this thread died.

I apply a pear size amount.
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Damn didn't even notice just how old this thread was.
 
standard little blob in the midde, or you can do an X shape and it should be perfectly fine
 
Freddie1980 said:
Normally my CPU gets upgraded (about every 3/4 years) before the paste dry's up. You would only replace it if you noticed you CPU temps were creeping up otherwise just leave it alone.
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Fair enough mate.
Re appplying the paste to a new CPU/Heatsink won't make the slight whirring noise I get in high performance mode go, will it ?
 
I did my usual rice grain in the middle which always covered the whole cpu in the past. As I am happy with my temps I will be leaving it alone, but will probably repaste it at some point just to have a look at how the paste spread and if using another method would help.
 
Thread necro lol from 2006!

I've done grain of rice, line down the middle 4-5mm from the edge and spread across.
Don't think it really makes a huge difference.

Lapping though makes a BIG difference
 
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