thermal paste application on HDT heatsink?

[jeri534]

Is there a preferred method to applied thermal grease when installing a HDT type heatsink to a CPU?

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5

According to that guide, the last method seems to work well. What if your heatsink has 4 HDT pipes going through it though?

Thanks