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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
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JoeC
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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Nick911
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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corky dorkelson
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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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It's sufficient and almost perfect.
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tK FuRY
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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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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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dralb
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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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mooneyham
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.




YouTube- How Thermal Compound Spreads



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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tK FuRY
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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"


Look above
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JoeC
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.

I would not use that cleaner. Go get 90 Proof rubbing alcohol.
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dralb
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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.

I would not use that cleaner. Go get 90 Proof rubbing alcohol.

90 proof is 45%
I think he means 90%

edit: you want to use a cleaner that evaporates and leaves nothing behind. I wuld have to see the ingredients of the cleaner you used. As stated, just go down to your local CVS/Walgreens etc. and buy some isopropyl.
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kckyle
previously i used this to cleaned off my 1st failed attempt
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EJ3Q2A/...SIN=B001EJ3Q2A

would that cause any problem? i used a tissue to clean up afterwards
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kckyle
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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.

I would not use that cleaner. Go get 90 Proof rubbing alcohol.

uh a bit late for that. would that cause any problems with the cpu?
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90 proof is 45%
I think he means 90%

edit: you want to use a cleaner that evaporates and leaves nothing behind. I wuld have to see the ingredients of the cleaner you used. As stated, just go down to your local CVS/Walgreens etc. and buy some isopropyl.


D'oh!! I stand corrected, well sitting actually. My bad...nice catch!!
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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.

This. I've always found it is far more difficult to apply too little than too much. My results have always been better w/ using just a very small dab in the middle, & letting the hs squish it out.
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Riou
On Arctic Silver's website, they recommend the line method for AS5.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/ins_rout...2intelas5.html
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dominique120
The "x" method is best because it spreads the TIM equally, but how you put it the is fine
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kckyle
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90 proof is 45%
I think he means 90%

edit: you want to use a cleaner that evaporates and leaves nothing behind. I wuld have to see the ingredients of the cleaner you used. As stated, just go down to your local CVS/Walgreens etc. and buy some isopropyl.
Water, Isopropyl Alcohol, Detergent

i also wiped the cpu and heatsink with a paper towel after using that flent cleaner.
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