When I install a heat sink on a CPU, I put some paste on the CPU, then press down and rotate the heat sink around to make sure the paste gets spread around to cover all of the CPU die. Then I take the heat sink off to make sure it got everywhere, then put it back on after adding a little extra paste in spots if it is needed. I always try for a thin, but still fully covered layer.
If this TX3 is so thick, it's going to be hard to spread evenly, causing more aggravation than it is worth.
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited May 2009
Thanks for the review. I've long been a fan of TX-2 and OCZ Freeze. They are both top performers. I haven't tried TX-3.
Tim, if you pull off the heatsink with paste already on the CPU heatspreader, then put it back down, you have most likely seriously degraded the thermal dissipation potential of the paste. What that does create tiny air pockets within the paste, insulating the CPU.
Tim, if you pull off the heatsink with paste already on the CPU heatspreader, then put it back down, you have most likely seriously degraded the thermal dissipation potential of the paste. What that does create tiny air pockets within the paste, insulating the CPU.
True statement here. By now you should know how much you need, trust that is right and don't pull it back off to check.;)
BuddyJ
Dept. of PropagandaOKC Icrontian
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If this TX3 is so thick, it's going to be hard to spread evenly, causing more aggravation than it is worth.
Tim, if you pull off the heatsink with paste already on the CPU heatspreader, then put it back down, you have most likely seriously degraded the thermal dissipation potential of the paste. What that does create tiny air pockets within the paste, insulating the CPU.
True statement here. By now you should know how much you need, trust that is right and don't pull it back off to check.;)