Well I booted up and there doesn't seem to be problems so far and my cpu temp is actually 29c right now when before it was 31c idle. If there was gonna be a problem it would've happened by now wouldnt it?
Well I applied it all over the center of the heatsink and spread it out with a credit card. I'm afraid if the Arctic silver touches those other little protruding metal dots on the chipset area I'm gonna blow it up. Here is a little crude picture I made in paint with the yellow part representing...
I have this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130082
and I just replaced the NB cooler with this one http://www.sundialmicro.com/cooler_master_blue_ice_pro_rrncwl4e1gp_northbridge_chipset_cooler_1732_764.html
and I just installed it with Arctic Silver 5. I noticed...
I have the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130082 and I want to remove the NB cooler because I hear that it pretty much sucks especially if you plan to overclock I bought this cooler to replace it...