old arctic silver?

[pancakes]

I have a 3.5 gram tube of arctic silver 5 from about a year ago. I borrowed it from a friend and took a look at it. It is dark grey and very sticky unlike the generic theremal grease I've used before. It's very difficult to spread with a credit card and im not sure if it's ok to use.

 

[diredesire]

I have a 3.5 gram tube of arctic silver 5 from about a year ago. I borrowed it from a friend and took a look at it. It is dark grey and very sticky unlike the generic theremal grease I've used before. It's very difficult to spread with a credit card and im not sure if it's ok to use.

Yep, AS5 spreads really thick, that's how it's supposed to be.

Good luck, also, check AS's website for proper application instructions.

 

[pancakes]

thanks

 

[Shadow27]

You'll want it as thin as possible. Follow the Arctic Silver instructions on their website like Diredesire said.

 

[ZL1]

You'll want it as thin as possible. Follow the Arctic Silver instructions on their website like Diredesire said.

not always, in my experience a slightly thicker layer helps on cpus with an IHS

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