TIM; which method, spread or pea for ivy bridge i5?

[Baron C]

Hi

I have 1 tube of month old Noctua NT-H1 ( came with NH-D14 cooler)
Noctua recommends pea size in centre of cpu.

1x Arctic silver 5 ( purchased not knowing above)
I'm guessing spread

Which TIM?


OCD me...but of course darling?

 

[Rooster212]

I think it is recommended to use the line method on Intel Sandy & Ivy, because the core is long and thin. I have anyway and my temps have never broken 70 with my H70.

 

[mick4545]

Is the line method North South or East West? (looking at the chip facing the top of the case)

 

[stulid]

You have the AS5 now so use it.

I say use a pea/rice grain sized blob if the Noctua surface is perfectly flat and not showing any heatpipes.

 

[j.col]

I say use a pea/rice grain sized blob if the Noctua surface is perfectly flat and not showing any heatpipes.

this, i never pre-spread paste

 

[DeanV255]

I know a good video that will help you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ&feature=g-user-u

I've done the pea and line method since i have been building computers and this method is always the best. It covers what needs to be covers and it does it with minimal paste and minimal air pockets and so on. I'v notice in some CPU's quite substantial temps drops from doing the correct method.

 

[Tattysnuc]

I've always read that PEA was best, but now I know why. Consider me converted.

 

[doyll]

pea/rice grain size is so much hogwash. Gives people no idea how much to use. Pea is many times the size of a rice grain.. short grain or long grain rice.

Might as well say put on the "dab size amount" amount.

 

[Mal X]

pea/rice grain size is so much hogwash. Gives people no idea how much to use. Pea is many times the size of a rice grain.. short grain or long grain rice.

Might as well say put on the "dab size amount" amount.

ha ha, i spread it out over the cooler base, marry the two surfaces together and twist them back and forth a few times and then bolt it down very tight..... but if you read my specs below i do cheat a fair bit and take things a wee bit too far !

 

[koolpc]

I always just spread some on the CPU. Never had an issue and temps always great

 

[sharpygsxr]

im one of those people who puts a pea size amount on the CPU then used a bit of plastic (old credit card) to smear it across

 

[wazza300]

give it the FINGER!!!!!! n spread it as thinly as you can so the top of cpu just disappears

 

[Yaayuh!]

blob/pea/rice grain. Depending on the size of the IHS.

 

[Mason-]

I go HAM and squirt it everywhere all over the socket onto my RAM all over the fins on my CPU cooler.

 

[bulldog147]

Pea sized and it spread itself is the best way forward.

 

[chris-82]

I know a good video that will help you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ&feature=g-user-u

I've done the pea and line method since i have been building computers and this method is always the best. It covers what needs to be covers and it does it with minimal paste and minimal air pockets and so on. I'v notice in some CPU's quite substantial temps drops from doing the correct method.

Great video with actual facts for each application

 

[stujim]

Just watched that video, well...um, i think i need to redo my thermal paste

 

[Dave2150]

I've always preferred spreading it evenly over the surface of the IHS.

8 pack uses this method too, from what I saw of one video.

 

[Threepwood]

8 pack uses this method too, from what I saw of one video.

He has the horn for Gelid GC-3, and that is meant to be spread.

 

[Rroff]

The line method works well if you know the orientation of the cores under the IHS if not then a blob in the middle works fine (tbh in most cases you won't get significant enough difference in temperature for it to really matter).

Most current pastes, some aside like the gelids, are not designed to be hand spread - unlike older pastes from way back which generally were.