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is this enough thermal conpound?

post #1 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:09pm
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By kaixseablue

and was it alright if i used http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EJ3Q2A/...SIN=B001EJ3Q2A
for cleaning my cpu? couldn't find any rubbing alcohol.





thats what it looks like after i took off the heatsink
Edited by kckyle - 12/2/09 at 2:18pm
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post #2 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:13pm
Looks fine from that height, , Looks like your HS was a tightened down a little unevenly.

I can see a little bleed on the lower part of the chip.

Nice board too.
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post #3 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:13pm
That is not enough. Take rubbing alcohol and remove the tim. Take your brand of thermal paste. put a dot in the middle(little more then pea size), then take credit card and spread it with a thin even coat.
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post #4 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:15pm
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That is not enough. Take rubbing alcohol and remove the tim. Take your brand of thermal paste. put a dot in the middle(little more then pea size), then take credit card and spread it with a thin even coat.
I am going to disagree. I think the application is just about perfect.
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post #5 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:16pm
It's sufficient and almost perfect.
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post #6 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:16pm
I recommend you do a small line over the internal die. It gives you a more even spread, with adequate pressure*

VERY THIN LINE! Forgot to mention that , but to comment on your TIM, it looks like the perfect amount. Just uneven
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post #7 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:17pm
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then take credit card and spread it with a thin even coat.
No. Don't do that. His current TIM application is almost perfect.
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post #8 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:17pm
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That is not enough. Take rubbing alcohol and remove the tim. Take your brand of thermal paste. put a dot in the middle(little more then pea size), then take credit card and spread it with a thin even coat.
Ah, no. You shouldn't have to spread the compound, the HS will do it for you. that looks good to me. the die are in the center, so there is nothing to cool in the corners anyways. Look at the base of a stock Intel cooler.

I always follow the AS5 method. Small dab about the size of an uncooked grain of rice in the middle of the IHS. The correct amount is not too much (spilling over the sides) and not too little (not having the edges of the circle meet the edges of the IHS)
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post #9 of 27
12/2/09 at 2:17pm

just use a pea size'd dot in the middle or even a line or an X , as long as it is over the core.


notice what spreading does, it creates air bubbles.
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I prefer to use the x method myself, I get better idle and load temps.
Do a google search for videos on "how thermal compound spreads"
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