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**Juggalo23451** · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by Corpser

whats the best way to apply it?

put about the size of a grain of rice of thermal paste in the middle of the cpu. but u might need to do the line method

Nightz2k · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by Space Pope

On the directions it says just to apply a little and place the heatsink on top, since ocz freeze is really hard to spread.

It's not hard to spread at all, but ya don't need to spread it anyway.

Use the 2 line method, seems to work best.

Link here shows you how.

Drivr3g · 07-01-09

OCZ freeze is way better than as5.IMO.

88EVGAFTW · 07-01-09

Using IC Diamond here, I noticed about ~4ºC drop in load temps, give or take.

slothfish · 07-01-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Space Pope

On the directions it says just to apply a little and place the heatsink on top, since ocz freeze is really hard to spread.

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Originally Posted by robbo2

It's hard stuff to spread so I just drop a grain of rice amount in the middle of my cpu an let the cooler spread it out when I tighten it down. Works well I find.

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Originally Posted by Juggalo23451

put about the size of a grain of rice of thermal paste in the middle of the cpu. but u might need to do the line method

These are all the wrong way of applying it with your setup, don't do this.

You have an HDT cooler, so you need to fill in the cracks of your heatsink with a little bit of OCZ Freeze first, then apply two small lines of it to the silver colored parts of the heatsink in between the heatpipes. Then just bolt it on to the CPU and you're done! Make sure not to make the lines too thick though, too much thermal paste and your temps will actually go up.

K10 · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by slothfish

These are all the wrong way of applying it with your setup, don't do this.

You have an HDT cooler, so you need to fill in the cracks of your heatsink with a little bit of OCZ Freeze first, then apply two small lines of it to the silver colored parts of the heatsink in between the heatpipes. Then just bolt it on to the CPU and you're done! Make sure not to make the lines too thick though, too much thermal paste and your temps will actually go up.

Yup, QFT.

Also, why does OCN love OCZ freeze and Xtreme Systems loves MX-2?

slothfish · 07-01-09

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Originally Posted by K10

Yup, QFT.

Also, why does OCN love OCZ freeze and Xtreme Systems loves MX-2?

They are both awesome, within about a degree of each other. It has been shown that OCZ Freeze performs slightly better though, so we use it

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Edit: Actually, it's even better than I thought. Check this out:

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...1&limitstart=2

JMT668 · 07-01-09

Freeze FTW

K10 · 07-01-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by slothfish

They are both awesome, within about a degree of each other. It has been shown that OCZ Freeze performs slightly better though, so we use it

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Edit: Actually, it's even better than I thought. Check this out:

http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/ind...1&limitstart=2

Results will vary anywhere you look.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/126...al/index3.html

skarm · 07-01-09

Shin Etsu X-23 is extremely good too but between AS5 and OCZ Freeze, OCZ Freeze is the best way to go.

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