thermalpaste spread in i7 3930k

fastkiller23 · Feb 10, 2014

i have arctic silver 5 and i want to ask what is the best way to spread thermalpaste over my cpu(my cpu cooler is the hyper evo 212)

laviniuc · Feb 10, 2014

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-heat-sink-heat-spreader,3600.html
pea sized drop in the middle and it will spread itself when you attach the cooler - always works for me

fastkiller23 · Feb 10, 2014

http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_application_method.html# arctic silver website says that you need to apply thermalpaste vertical

laviniuc · Feb 10, 2014

thin line works too, just make sure you dont put too much or it will drip over the sides, that's the zone you need to cover and why line is recommended by the site
http://media.bestofmicro.com/thermal-compound-review-test,6-3-395499-13.png