Help me apply my paste

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Benton The Race

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Well my E6400 was having very high temps(45 degrees celsius stock idle with ninja!). So, I decided to work on cooling it down.

-Lapped the E6400 and ninja
-Purchased AS5

Now, how should I go about applying the AS5 correctly? Should I first apply a little bit to my finger then work it into the E6400 to fill any scratches, then apply a rice sized glob in the center and push the Ninja on? Is this the best way?
 
Well it's important to understand that the IHS has it's on layer of thermal paste inside, then the metal plating and now AS5 on top. I tend to do it how you say, as you really can't put *too much* as the HSF pressure on the IHS would just squeeze out any excess. (a) this isn't great cause it could get on exposed traces, and try and prevent this.

That said, I feel it's better to have slapped on too much and have the excess squeezed out, rather than being too conservative and having gaps under the HSF.

Cheers,
Mike
 
You should never use your bare finger to apply paste as the oils from your finger will transfer as well. Use saran wrap on your finger, a coffee filter will do the job as well.

Please note that more is not better, if you put a rice sized glob in the center of the heat sink the heat from the cpu will spread it out for you and will be able to cure as it needs to.
 
I use a very small amount and spread it over the CPU with a plastic bag. Try to evenly coat the CPU and only use enough to fill the microscopic gaps. After that, put just a tiny amount on the heatsink to fill in its gaps.
 
Just follow the instructions on the artic silver website. Put a dab in the center of the CPU heat spreader and mount the heatsink.
 
WooohHooo! Thanks guys. After lapping and applying AS5 I went from 48 idle to 36. Now I can start OC'ing.

I have a P5B Vanilla, where do I download a temp monitor that I can look at in Windows?
 
NeRd said:
That said, I feel it's better to have slapped on too much and have the excess squeezed out, rather than being too conservative and having gaps under the HSF.
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More is less.



decapitator said:
You should never use your bare finger to apply paste as the oils from your finger will transfer as well. Use saran wrap on your finger, a coffee filter will do the job as well.
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True. It's sad though, some or all of the techs I work with use their bare finger... either they don't know better, or they don't care. I wouldn't be surprised either way.




xref said:
here you go:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm
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Great advice.



Einhanderkiller said:
I use a very small amount and spread it over the CPU with a plastic bag. Try to evenly coat the CPU and only use enough to fill the microscopic gaps. After that, put just a tiny amount on the heatsink to fill in its gaps.
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Spreading it on the CPU works the best for bare cores, but any processor with an IHS it is best to just put a dot on the middle of the IHS and allow the heatsink's pressure to spread it. It reduces the amount of air pockets this way.
 
Bah, I just dip my finger in 99% iso alcohol (prey I dont have a cut heh), let it dry and go to town when I dont have a baggy around (yeah, I have alcohol but no plastic bags, go figure).
 
Arcygenical said:
Bah, I just dip my finger in 99% iso alcohol (prey I dont have a cut heh), let it dry and go to town when I dont have a baggy around (yeah, I have alcohol but no plastic bags, go figure).
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Um, dipping your finger in alcohol won't remove oils - if anything, it might stimulate an increase in natural oil production, as iso alcohol tends to slightly dry-out the surface of your skin when it dries, and thus your finger would respond by relubricating the surface as fast as possible.
 
the 1/2 grain of rize sized dab then letting the HS spread it out is a fool proof method for good results. However, in my systems I got a 4 degree celcius decrease in load temp from spreading the same amout out with my finger in a bag.

--N
 
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