Stupid cooling compound error

eddyc · 22 Jan 2010 at 20:43

When I fitted my cpu cooler I didn't bother reading any instructions regarding applying the cooling compound and so applied much too much. I scraped some off but Im not convinced that it has done the trick really. Probably still too much on there and I have read about bubbles in it causing problems if you dont put it all in a single blob in the middle (I didnt

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Do you guys think I need to be worried? My temps seem to be okay but I don't want them any higher than they have to be.

I bought some replacement compound of a certain auction site for £1. Is there much difference in the quality of expensive vs cheap? Am I better off with badly applied good compound or well applied cheap compound? :confused:

Any help would be amazing.

Thanks

eddyc · 22 Jan 2010 at 21:28

Okay, here are some photos:

Processor

Bottom of cpu cooler

What do you guys think? I had not taken it off before. Looks pretty uneven.

eddyc · 22 Jan 2010 at 21:39

Damn. Have to go out. Will have to come back to this later.

Thanks for all the help. Really appreciate it.

eddyc · 23 Jan 2010 at 17:49

Not enough ... too much :confused:

Sorry magpie I am going to go with Pneumonic because he has more posts than you! Also just finished reading Pneumonic's extreme air cooling thread and it was awesome.

So I will clean it off and do just like you say. Do you think it is a problem using really cheap stuff? I could probably stretch to something a bit more than £1 if necessary.