How do you apply your thermal Paste :O

Hanuki · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:47

Pea size blooob in the middle, apply pressure and then finish the job

hyperst · 21 Apr 2011 at 14:53

I do mine in a star kinda shape, a blob in the middle an a much smaller blob at each corner a few mm in from the edge

munz · 21 Apr 2011 at 18:04

look at bottom of cpu cooler if theres gaps in between the pipes like on hyper 212 cpu cooler,
then apply thin layer to fill in gaps on the actual cpu cooler
then on the cpu apply pea in middle

SouthEastBlue · 21 Apr 2011 at 19:09

Usually do a pea sized blob and let it spread out with the pressure of the cooler being pushed down, but on fitting my Frio I tried coating the CPU in a thin spread out layer... My idle temps aren't as good as I would have liked though so may reseat it later on with the pea sized blob method. Hard to tell if it's just the hot weather heating up my room though.

maj · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:13

Pea sized blob and let the heatsink do the rest.

Snykch · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:21

Little blob, then spread evenly with finger inside latex glove.

Andy__C · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:25

Put a bit in the middle - no real science to it..., muck up with placing the cooler plate... Rub it all of and try again while convincing myself that its better to have rubbed that first lot into both plates to make it all more effective.

Works every time!

SouthEastBlue · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:48

Just reseated my cooler with a BB sized blob (pea sized is too big), and temps are down at idle while writing this by 2 Celcius.

I was idling at 33/34 Celcius before, and now I'm at 31 Celcius, and my house still feels pretty warm too.

mmj_uk · 21 Apr 2011 at 20:53

I've tried blob, spread etc. and it's all the same, any major difference is likely to be down to changes in ambient temperature.

I just use spread mainly to guarantee a full coverage.

Rob_J · 21 Apr 2011 at 22:49

5mil blob in the middle and make sure I fill the gaps on the HS pipes and wipe off the excess.

Hanuki · 21 Apr 2011 at 23:12

Andy__C said:
Put a bit in the middle - no real science to it..., muck up with placing the cooler plate... Rub it all of and try again while convincing myself that its better to have rubbed that first lot into both plates to make it all more effective.

Works every time!

Lawl, yea i know but people have there own method theories of which is better bladialasljkdaksjdas just though it be interesting to ask anyway i was idle and bored -_-

Reedweaver · 22 Apr 2011 at 18:41

What you DONT do is cover both the CPU and heatsink in paste like you are trying to 'No More Nails' your sideboard together!....

pooley · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:00

^^ lol I use a large grain of rice size blob.

mayebaza · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:09

I use half of old credit card to spread a pea size dollop of AS5, then spread as thinly and evenly as I can using a finger couple of very small freezer bags.

Even with the weather at 25 degrees, I can’t get my CPU higher than 51 degrees at full load.
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Blue160 · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:15

Another one for the pea size blob (petit pois rather than marrowfat

) then just putting the cooler on and letting it spread itself. Supposedly this minimises air bubbles.

nuttyprot · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:17

I start at one end of the cpu put a tiny thin line. then get old credit card out and spread the line along.

Flubble · 22 Apr 2011 at 20:20

blob in the middle and let the heatsink do the rest, it all flattens out ok and temps are fine, i dont like putting too much on as it can squish out the side like sandwich filling

panyan · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:41

rice grain -> pea sized depending on if heatsink has grooves or not

j.col · 23 Apr 2011 at 11:22

panyan said:
rice grain -> pea sized depending on if heatsink has grooves or not

this^ but i often use the rice grain with a little blob each side so it looks kind like a +

cerbrus2 · 23 Apr 2011 at 12:17

Smear some across the edge of a credit card. then just one smooth wipe and done.

But I still get cooler temps using copper grease than i do using arctic silver lol