Need help with Thermal Paste application

[ahbear82]

if the thermal paste apply alittle too much, will it over flow and damage the board?

 

[koroshiya8]

if the thermal paste apply alittle too much, will it over flow and damage the board?

happened to me.. the mx4 paste overflow to the side of the CPU.. no real harm done though.

 

[kingtiger2014]

if the thermal paste apply alittle too much, will it over flow and damage the board?

It won't damage anything but it will be a little messy lor.

 

[Humster]

Artic Silver need to be careful tho, paste go wrong place can fry the chip.

Artic MX4 doesn't have conductive compounds so it is safer.
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OMG.. this post reminds me about my pass mix/match thermal paste.

70% MX3 + 30% Artic Silver for the best results!

 

[trento]

if the thermal paste apply alittle too much, will it over flow and damage the board?

tats why just put a tiny grain in the center. a bit more is still fine. it's no rocket science. over paste just wipe clean with tissue and redo.

 

[SHIKSHINISM!♥'24']

Artic Silver need to be careful tho, paste go wrong place can fry the chip.

Artic MX4 doesn't have conductive compounds so it is safer.

If you scared bubbles, use a piece of clean plastic card and spread the paste like spreading kaya on your Gardinia bread then mount the cooler. I do myself.

Hmmm, on another tread, Roy said that the Artic Silver is not conductive?

What trolling comment is this?

If you all got no idea what is happening please do not anyhow bomb.

To TS,

The purpose of thermal paste is to fill up the gaps between 2 metal surfaces.

Too much doesnt mean good at all. It could lead to no/poor contact of the CPU and heatsink.

And most thermal paste and in this case Artic Silver is non conductive thermal paste. It will not short the CPU.

All you need to do is just clean off all the thermal paste and re apply the thermal paste using grain method or pea method.

 

[avsquare]

Hmmm, on another tread, Roy said that the Artic Silver is not conductive?

Roy more sexperience, he might be the correct one.

I recalled that cos I was researching about thermal pastes especially the Arctic MX4 and the Arctic Silver and on tomshardware threads I've read quite a few ppl warning about although paste with Silver are the better pastes as they conduct heat better but spilling them at the wrong place risk frying the CPU.

Don't count on my words too much though, I'm still kinda new compared to old bird like Roy

 

[ahbear82]

hmm.. i wonder if its too much? lol
i actually after applying , attached my cooler, after that take out the cooler and check if it over flow..lol

 

[shadow84]

hmm.. i wonder if its too much? lol
i actually after applying , attached my cooler, after that take out the cooler and check if it over flow..lol

This is sufficient. If you want to cover whole area, you could use a credit card/ something with that thinness and spread the excess TIM to the edges. but it wun make a difference in temp.

 

[Mikiberry]

hmm.. i wonder if its too much? lol
i actually after applying , attached my cooler, after that take out the cooler and check if it over flow..lol

Over applied Liao.

 

[ahbear82]

This is sufficient. If you want to cover whole area, you could use a credit card/ something with that thinness and spread the excess TIM to the edges. but it wun make a difference in temp.

that time i so worried, cos u see the lower bottom is all the way to the edge.. i tot i apply too much.lol

 

[shadow84]

that time i so worried, cos u see the lower bottom is all the way to the edge.. i tot i apply too much.lol

If u think its too much on the bottom edge, then use tissue paper and wipe off.

 

[Mikiberry]

U should actually let the heat sink do the spreading for u. High chance to trap small air bubbles resulting higher temps. Meanwhile the thermal paste is suppose to be as little as possible, a very thin layer just to bridge the surfaces of the Intel chip and hs. Thicker the layer, the higher the resistance for heat transfer.