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9th April 2008, 14:06 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Applying Thermal Grease ~ Anything but the "razor blade" works well The WORST pattern was the razor blade - blame my application technique, but when you think about it, any ridges or gaps in applying grease may result in coverage gaps http://www.overclockers.com/articles1529/
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9th April 2008, 16:23 | #2 |
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| I hoped this was going to be the second coming of christ with temp readings and everything including the 2 line Quadcore method. I'm so disapointed. |
9th April 2008, 17:51 | #3 |
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| I used to take my finger to spread out the grease, you may get better results that way. Using the Zalman ZM-STG1 at this moment, I can now paint my cpu with thermal grease (liquids). It doesn't perform worse/better most of the time, only found out a problem where mounting pressure wasn't that high. |
9th April 2008, 19:28 | #4 |
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| I was hoping the same, but this method works too. The razor blade method clearly has air pockets so thermal performance will be weak. The only things we don't know is whether the applied layer is too thick or not. |
9th April 2008, 21:45 | #5 |
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| i use the razor blade / pea idea.... i put kind of a thick layer like this.... ________________ | ________ | | | | | | | | | | |_______| | | | |_______________| This seems to work very well as i have installed my zalman and put on AS5 and let it settle for a week or so and then remove the heatsink and check it. sooooo i believe the pea/razor blade combo is best. |
9th April 2008, 21:46 | #6 |
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| k. it's suppose to be a box(CPU) with another box(TIM) inside of it. |
10th April 2008, 01:17 | #7 |
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| Heh... everyone has their own technique I guess! I put a dot in the middle, then one very small dab at all four corners. I've found doing so spreads the paste evenly across the entire heatspreader just like when I used to spread it out myself, except this time I use less of it and get better results + easier to apply. Last edited by Kougar : 10th April 2008 at 01:21. |
10th April 2008, 07:48 | #8 |
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| I used to spread it evenly, but next time I'll probably just put a big dab in the middle |
10th April 2008, 08:44 | #9 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| using the dollop in the middle for years now, gives me very repeatable results temperature wise; and is also easiest to apply
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10th April 2008, 18:36 | #10 |
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| Rice grain sized dab in the middle, press and twist. Last edited by Arctucas : 10th April 2008 at 18:38. |
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