TOO much thermal paste ? AMD x6 with Hyper 212 plus

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I put the thermal paste in a line formation on the heat sink. After knocking it around I noticed that some paste was bleeding out of the gap, between the sink and cpu. Is it ok? I don't really want to redo it.
 
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It doesn't look that bad, I cleaned some of it up on the sides. I wasn't sure if it would affect my temps. I just want it to OC:)
 
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To answer your question, you don't have to redo it, as long as you didn't put TOO MUCH paste on it, and as long as the heatsink is installed properly, sitting right on top of the cpu. A little bleeding out is okay, and many people do it by mistake. From my experience, I would rather have a little extra than little less paste.

 
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Thanks, I really hate messing with my pc hardware.
Like I said it was a small line across the cooler, other websites said it was the best:/
 
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My experience with the 212+ is that the excess TIM will fill in the cracks between the heatpipes and some will leak out, I tried many different applications of TIM but found the best for this model was to put a VERY thin bead of TIM along each heatpipe where it contacts the CPU the excess fills in the gaps between pipes, This problem was addressed when CM released the 212 EVO. Anyway this way gave me the best results cooling my 1090T @4GHz 212+ with 2 140mm p/p.

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