How do YOU apply thermal paste?

[OliverDavis]

Hello 8Pack,

Being an overclocking God, how do you apply thermal paste?

Some say use a credit card, others with a finger in a plastic bag and the most common being let the heatsink do it.

I would like to know this for CPU's and GPU's, AMD and Intel, AMD and Nvidia.

Thanks

 

[OliverDavis]

Thank you. What about cards with the copper pipes direct on die? As they have gaps between them like Asus' DCU II

 

[OliverDavis]

Would you just apply it to the cooler then?