Thermalright chill factor instructions?

Ka0ticMind · 6 Mar 2007 at 10:48

Hi Guys...

Just a quick question, going to be fitting my new cpu today and purchased a tube of the above, looking on thermalrights website...it says to apply chill factor to cpu die and then to the bottom of the heatsink base, then to spread evenly with a card.....my question do i also spread it evenly over the heatsink base and leave it on? or smear it over with my finger with a piece of clingfilm then wipe it off?

Thanks in advance.

Ka0ticMind · 6 Mar 2007 at 14:07

Anyone?

Delvis · 6 Mar 2007 at 14:16

Most people just put a small grain of rice sized blob in the center of the cpu IHS...

Personally i normally spread it evenly...But it's normally ok to just let the compound move out towards the edges by itself.

Long as you have a nice thin layer all over the cpu IHS so that its almost see through everything should be cool. If your worried just keep an eye on temps for a while.

Marci · 6 Mar 2007 at 14:27

Sounds like the instructions that used to come with Arctic Silver 2 & 3...

Ka0ticMind · 7 Mar 2007 at 04:16

Thanks for the replies,

Think i may have to re fit it again....getting temps in TAT of 62c and thats when running spybot...everything at stock...not sure if it's because quad cores run a lot hotter..just thought it would have been lower than that... :confused:

My specs.

Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield @2.66GHz
Asus Commando Intel 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
2gb Team Xtream Ram @ 4/4/4/10
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI graphics card
Enermax 1000w galaxy psu
Titan Amanda tec / heatsink
Xfi extreme gamer sound card
Akasa Mirage 62 case / Scythe S-FLEX 1600RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fans - 3/4 pin
Samsung dvd re writer
Western Digital Raptor74gb
Samsung spinpoint 80gb