arctic silencer paste question

[diarh34]

So i thought I'd be smart and replace the pad on mine with some as5,well my temps got worse : / it idles at like 60 (6800gt oc agp).Any suggestions on how i should apply it in case I did it wrong,i put a dab (rice grain) on the core and spread it.I took it off and put some arctic lumina on it and it's idle at ~57.

any suggestions?

 

[JKownz]

Well I know that As5 takes a while of breaking in before you see a result but it's only 1-2 degree difference, but I cant see why it can increase your temp's.

 

[quadnad]

When you're putting thermal paste on an exposed core, you don't want to follow the "rice grain" method. You want to put as small an amount as possible on the core and using a razor or credit credit smooth it out, making sure you don't make any air pockets. Make sure that the layer is extremely thin, and you'll get the best thermal conductivity. Also, make sure before you do any of this that you properly clean off the old thermal paste off of both the copper heatsink and the core using rubbing alcohol and a lint-free cloth.

One last tip: with the silencer, make sure that when you tighten the screws, you do so in an even fashion (i.e. two turns on this one, two turns on the next one, and so on until you're doing half-turns on each and everything seems nice and snug). That way you get the best even contact with the core.

 

[diarh34]

When you're putting thermal paste on an exposed core, you don't want to follow the "rice grain" method. You want to put as small an amount as possible on the core and using a razor or credit credit smooth it out, making sure you don't make any air pockets. Make sure that the layer is extremely thin, and you'll get the best thermal conductivity. Also, make sure before you do any of this that you properly clean off the old thermal paste off of both the copper heatsink and the core using rubbing alcohol and a lint-free cloth.

One last tip: with the silencer, make sure that when you tighten the screws, you do so in an even fashion (i.e. two turns on this one, two turns on the next one, and so on until you're doing half-turns on each and everything seems nice and snug). That way you get the best even contact with the core.

cool thats pretty much the exact thing I just did,seems to have helped maybe.back to the temps I used to have ~50 at idle