Spreading Arctic Silver 5

Inazuma · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:28

Hey
What's the best method of spreading Arctic Silver 5 on the CPU? Should I follow this guide, spreading a thin line across and letting the heatsink squash it out. Or using cling film on a finger to manually spread it. Also, should the compound be applied to both the CPU and the heatsink?

Reason I'm asking is because my temps seem high (Q6600+Noctua NH_U12, idle 50C and load 70C+, 1.425v 3.2ghz).

bikes · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:31

I just put a tiny blob on my quad and spead it as thin as I could with an old credit card.

Bonjour · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:47

Credit card.

sablabra · 7 Mar 2008 at 06:51

I use my finger inside a plastic bag. I think it's hard to get a thin and even apply with a credit card.

nft_99 · 7 Mar 2008 at 07:21

sablabra said:
I use my finger inside a plastic bag. I think it's hard to get a thin and even apply with a credit card.

+1

bluesouljah · 7 Mar 2008 at 09:50

That's what I usually do, use a plastic bag. But after reseating my heatsink four times, I finally used the Arctic Silver "line" method as described in the manual. Used a card to make the line and temps are now cooler. Just waiting for it to bed in.

Makunouchi · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:22

I did a thin line down the chip, and let the pressure from the cooler clamp squash it around.

Psypher5 · 18 Mar 2008 at 18:36

thin line, so it covers all cores when squished.

Dingleberry88 · 18 Mar 2008 at 18:44

sablabra said:
finger inside a plastic bag.

Do this.

GhostlyPea · 18 Mar 2008 at 18:45

I usually put a small amount in the middle and apply the HS, move it around a bit then remove HS and clean it. This leaves a very thin amount on the CPU which I find works well, although this is only tried on processors with the cores directly in the middle

- Pea0n

Wiggins · 18 Mar 2008 at 19:37

My Gala Bingo card is my friend

Always managed to get a quality spread with it.

IAmATeaf · 19 Mar 2008 at 21:30

AS5 I always spread with either a blade of a credit card, I also put some on the bottom of the HSF and massage

that into the base and then wipe off the excess.

Tried doing the above on the HSF with MX-2 and it seemed to melt the cling film I had put on my finger :eek:

Xion · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:54

If there is more than just a thin layer, does this affect the temps quite a lot?

Dingleberry88 · 20 Mar 2008 at 11:56

IAmATeaf said:
Tried doing the above on the HSF with MX-2 and it seemed to melt the cling film I had put on my finger

You need something a bit stronger than cling film.

JoeDredd · 20 Mar 2008 at 12:11

go for the thinline method as per artics website, it worked for me no problem !

platinum87 · 21 Mar 2008 at 02:18

erm, that is a verticle line on the instructions,.. are you not suppose to do a horizontal line? which actually covers the cores, (for a quad atleast)

JoeDredd · 21 Mar 2008 at 15:55

platinum87 said:
erm, that is a verticle line on the instructions,.. are you not suppose to do a horizontal line? which actually covers the cores, (for a quad atleast)

Follow this link http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

Pending on how you view your quad, just look where the yellow triangle is in photo

ken1307 · 21 Mar 2008 at 19:09

tiny drop at the centre and let the heatsink weight + pressure from the springs spread it out

for thermal paste, the less = the better

platinum87 · 22 Mar 2008 at 02:04

JoeDredd said:
Follow this link http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

Pending on how you view your quad, just look where the yellow triangle is in photo

yea thats how i do it... the first PDF, i didnt read it saying DUAL CORE.. lol,

iMacMart · 22 Mar 2008 at 08:00

sablabra said:
I use my finger inside a plastic bag. I think it's hard to get a thin and even apply with a credit card.

May have to try this way next time