Thermal compound on Ryzen CPU

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I will be installing a 3700X and Artic Freezer II 240 AIO this weekend.

It used to be a thin, evenly spread layer of thermal compound was the way to go but should I just use a dollop in the middle of the CPU now and allow the cooler to spread it automatically when its positioned on the CPU?
 
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