Thermal Paste Specification Comparison

[SEvsNK]

X still my fav pattern

 

[Yongkit]

X still my fav pattern

I still prefer full spread as it really give me better assurance it is fully covered when looking at HWinfo for system temperature monitoring

 

[elmariachi]

Trying out Kryonaut Extreme on my 13900K. Will let you guys know on the results.
So weird applying a pink paste on my CPU. Last I used anything pink was a condom.

 

[ragnarok95]

Trying out Kryonaut Extreme on my 13900K. Will let you guys know on the results.
So weird applying a pink paste on my CPU. Last I used anything pink was a condom.

The pink look nice on the all black. =X

 

[elmariachi]

The pink look nice on the all black. =X

Once put cooler, can't see though.

 

[ragnarok95]

Thats why just run like this dun put.

 

[KleoZy]

Rag you you spon he then dont put.. must cover mobo too kakakakka.. kidding.

 

[Yongkit]

https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-addresses-salty-cpu-thermal-paste-mod
Not recommended to mix salt with thermal paste

 

[Koenig168]

https://hothardware.com/news/noctua-addresses-salty-cpu-thermal-paste-mod
Not recommended to mix salt with thermal paste

Forget salt. Adding barbecue sauce is the way to go, especially for Intel CPUs.

 

[KleoZy]

hmm... good things must share.. hope you guys don't mind.. just my own opinion..

Spoiler: Arctic MX6 Thermal Paste

 

[Phen8210]

hmm... good things must share.. hope you guys don't mind.. just my own opinion..

Spoiler: Arctic MX6 Thermal Paste

Haha, great minds think alike.

I've used the same scotch tape method by covering 70% of the surface and spreading a slightly thick layer of paste. Then, I remove the tape and slap the heatsink on. This way, the paste will automatically extend to the entire surface but not overflow.

Spreading paste on the entire IHS is unnecessary and creates a big mess later on, not to mention that it may even get into the socket.

This is the best method by far.

 

[elmariachi]

Haha, great minds think alike.

I've used the same scotch tape method by covering 70% of the surface and spreading a slightly thick layer of paste. Then, I remove the tape and slap the heatsink on. This way, the paste will automatically extend to the entire surface but not overflow.

Spreading paste on the entire IHS is unnecessary and creates a big mess later on, not to mention that it may even get into the socket.

This is the best method by far.

This is similar to what I do as well. But I tape up the CPU but leave maybe 1-1.2mm at all 4 corners and apply a medium spread of thermal paste on the CPU. From my last application of TFX when I removed, it had a nice spread and just a little overflow past the 4 corners. But this to me is good as the 1mm space I leave, allows for the paste to be pumped to the edges once you secure your cooler across all 4 corners.

This method to me also has proved to work very well as well for me.

 

[KleoZy]

Haha, great minds think alike.

I've used the same scotch tape method by covering 70% of the surface and spreading a slightly thick layer of paste. Then, I remove the tape and slap the heatsink on. This way, the paste will automatically extend to the entire surface but not overflow.

Spreading paste on the entire IHS is unnecessary and creates a big mess later on, not to mention that it may even get into the socket.

This is the best method by far.

ah.. these are old school style, since MMX233 days when doing our own AIOs with PBC pipe caps.. just that newer generation will just purchase the ar I forget what you call it.. Noctua selling .. which I find if not too lazy. do this method best.. 1st the spread is super duper good 2nd you dont waste paste 3rd easy to clean.

 

[KleoZy]

This is similar to what I do as well. But I tape up the CPU but leave maybe 1-1.2mm at all 4 corners and apply a medium spread of thermal paste on the CPU. From my last application of TFX when I removed, it had a nice spread and just a little overflow past the 4 corners. But this to me is good as the 1mm space I leave, allows for the paste to be pumped to the edges once you secure your cooler across all 4 corners.

This method to me also has proved to work very well as well for me.

yup.. you wont go wrong with this kind of spread.. and when I see this guy squeeze thermal paste.. I am like WAH damn rich ah if really buying thermal paste and to apply this way.. kind of wrong illustration or message accross.

Spoiler: What A Waste of Thermal Paste

 

[Mach3.2]

yup.. you wont go wrong with this kind of spread.. and when I see this guy squeeze thermal paste.. I am like WAH damn rich ah if really buying thermal paste and to apply this way.. kind of wrong illustration or message accross.

Spoiler: What A Waste of Thermal Paste

wa gan you're not kidding when you say he queeze so much, he really only need 3 medium sized dots above the 2* CCD and 1* IOD if he doesn't want to spread...

The amount he squeeze can use for TR/Epyc processors and probably still have left over

 

[KleoZy]

wa gan you're not kidding when you say he queeze so much, he really only need 3 medium sized dots above the 2* CCD and 1* IOD if he doesn't want to spread...

The amount he squeeze can use for TR/Epyc processors and probably still have left over

lol, thats why.. so that's the difference when you get sponsored but also cannot like this illustrated. imaging the new MX6 already so expensive. if new PC builders think that more is good. they are throwing money into the drain. i dont even use that much.

 

[Phen8210]

lol, thats why.. so that's the difference when you get sponsored but also cannot like this illustrated. imaging the new MX6 already so expensive. if new PC builders think that more is good. they are throwing money into the drain. i dont even use that much.

They spread like making kaya and butter toast

 

[firesong]

Trying out Kryonaut Extreme on my 13900K. Will let you guys know on the results.
So weird applying a pink paste on my CPU. Last I used anything pink was a condom.

Glad you didn't put a... pink dot.

 

[matique]

wah MX6 like nice. But i still have a lot of KPX. If can get mx6 locally easily i might try out for fun.

 

[elmariachi]

Managed to do some testing with the new Kryonaut Extreme paste:

13900K Stock Cinebench R23 Run : 85 degrees / 311W - 40587 points

13900K Tuned LLC Level 3 (DC 1.1 / AC 0.28) Stock clocks Cinebench R23 Run : 77 degrees / 266W - 40251 points

In comparison my 12900K with TFX at 5.2Ghz all core ran at 92 degrees and scored 29426 points in Cinebench R23.

However, 2 factors that changed was I had to change the contact frame on my Z690 Apex as for some reason I just couldn't get proper contact so I installed the Feng Zao contact frame in Fibreglass material and that drastically improved my temps as above. I think that could also have been a reason why my 12900k ran warm when overclocked with the Intel stock ILM but right now this sits at around 15 degrees cooler than my 12900K with tuned LLC on both CPUs! And 13900k runs all core 5.5Ghz all-core for P-cores and 4.3Ghz for E-cores. 12900k in comparison ran 5.2Ghz all-core for P-Cores and 4.1Ghz for E-cores.

The other factor is that I changed my coolant brand to some newer one that's apparently better than EK Cryofuel. Seems less foamy and much much easier to bleed.

Pretty happy so far with this paste together with the contact frame mod. Everything runs nice and cool now and with tuned LLC, 13900k runs really nice and stable. Looped Cinebench R23 and R15 for 30 mins each to test stability. 0 crashes.