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9th April 2008, 14:06
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| 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
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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. |
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9th April 2008, 17:51
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: Nov 2004
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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. |
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9th April 2008, 21:45
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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. |
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9th April 2008, 21:46
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| k. it's suppose to be a box(CPU) with another box(TIM) inside of it. |
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10th April 2008, 01:17
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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. |
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10th April 2008, 07:48
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| I used to spread it evenly, but next time I'll probably just put a big dab in the middle  |
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10th April 2008, 08:44
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| 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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| Rice grain sized dab in the middle, press and twist. Last edited by Arctucas : 10th April 2008 at 18:38. |
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