The How To's of thermal paste. I must learn.

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cabecker13

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Hello everyone,

So I just bought my first liquid cooling setup, and I also got Antec Nano Thermal Diamond compound. However, I do not know how to apply it, nor do I want to before learning so I do not ruin everything. Is there any good authorities on applying it or tutorials out there?

Let me hear your feedback and suggestions! I am very eager to start putting this together.

Parts List:

Corsair H55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181029&Tpk=corsair%20h55

Antec Nano Diamond Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209053&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo
 
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There are "authorities" that supply all kinds of different ways to apply thermal paste. While one way might give a slight (1 degree) difference over another, there is no "correct" way, at least, one that can be decided upon by everyone. There are improper ways however. The one I used the first time I put my PC together was using the pea-size drop and letting the heatsink spread it. The second time I just used the spatula that came with my paste and spread it. Look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvIdecOvSSM

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Blaise170

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There are "authorities" that supply all kinds of different ways to apply thermal paste. While one way might give a slight (1 degree) difference over another, there is no "correct" way, at least, one that can be decided upon by everyone. There are improper ways however. The one I used the first time I put my PC together was using the pea-size drop and letting the heatsink spread it. The second time I just used the spatula that came with my paste and spread it. Look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvIdecOvSSM

 
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enemy1g

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Place a small bead of thermal paste onto the center of the CPU, take something with a flat surface (in my most recent builds I've just used the plastic case that would normally hold the CPU) spread the paste evenly across the suface of the CPU.
 
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