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Thermal Paste and i7 920
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Thermal Paste and i7 920
I still have some Arctic Silver 5, but I just bought some OCZ Freeze.
__________________I ran a search and I am seeing that you should use a rice size of Freeze in the middle of the CPU. I just want to verify this, because the i7 is a quad, and I thought you were supposed to use the line down the middle of the cpu, not a rice size of paste.
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there are different ways to apply the paste. I use the grain of rice method for my i7
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I've always used a the rice grain spec. Probably just because it's what the manufacturer specifies. Either way, the pressure from the heatsink will give the paste a nice spread, granted you apply the paste on the center of the CPU.
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I used OCZ Freeze and did the grain of rice method, then pressure of the Mega to spread it. Seems to be working fine, although the first try I put way more TIM than necessary.
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1 more vote for the rice-grain method. I used it on a Mugen2/i7 combo. I recently changed from a C0 to a D0 stepping and saw a nice even pattern covering the IHS. My hottest core runs 72c under P95
You can always try it and pull the heat sink to check the pattern to be sure 
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I take a small dab into the center then spread with a credit card for the most even and best contact.
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what about two small dabs?
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And with that method, comes a ton of air bubbles!
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Same way I apply toothpaste. One small pea sized drop. Then use the flat side / back side to smear it around.
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