Thermal paste application on an e8400...

Caxus

The Arctic Silver site says to apply the paste in a thin vertical line in the center of the heat spreader since thats the way the two cores are placed under the spreader. I was just wondering if this was the best way to do it with wolfdale chips incase something has changed with the core placement. The picture on their site looked like it was of a pentium dual core. Thanks.

Ryder

I use a 1/2 BB size dot right in the center of the IHS on all Dual Core CPU's

Thrax

i still spread with a credit card.

BuddyJ

Thrax wrote:

i still spread with a credit card.

You should see what he'll do on the brass pole for a Benjamin!

/me makes it rain.

Ryder

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muddocktor

Thrax wrote:

i still spread with a credit card.

That's not the best way to apply any more, Thrax. That worked great with naked cores, but with an IHS it tends to put too much TIM on the processor and is harder to get a good mount. But if it works for you then that's good too. And it also depends on the viscosity of the TIM material too. A thinner paste is easier to spread.

I use a bb sized dot in the middle of the IHS myself with AS5 or Ceramique nowadays.

_k

I have tried both ways with a few different paste and it all seems to produce all the same temps.

Your-Amish-Daddy

Depending on what brand I'm using; I'll either draw a small circle and spread it out with a fine brush, or use a putty knife.

lemonlime

I agree, mudd. I used to spread it out, but also use a small dot for dual core intel and all AMD processors. The biggest pain about spreading it across the entire heat spreader is that is much harder to remove the heatsink. This is especially true with sticky TIM like AS ceramique.

After a few mounts, you get a good feel for how much to apply.

garfield619

some brands advice that using a manicure nail brush to spread the paste, some just tells you to leave a dot and let the sink spread em.