I have an i7- 4790k and a Hyper 212 Evo cpu cooler and Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste and I was wondering how much thermal paste do I apply do the cpu I've seen people do a small line down the cpu and I have also seen people do pea sized dots I am unsure about how much to apply.
How Much Thermal Paste Do I Use
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jimthenagual
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I have the same cpu and paste and get 70C at 4.5ghz overclcoked full load using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
What I do is put a tiny pea sized dot of paste on than use a plastic bag to spread it around. Than put on cooler and it will spread some more. Make sure everything is clean.
Remember you need very little paste just enough for a thin coat over the majority of the cpu. I'm not an expert. You can find guides on this website for applying paste.
What I do is put a tiny pea sized dot of paste on than use a plastic bag to spread it around. Than put on cooler and it will spread some more. Make sure everything is clean.
Remember you need very little paste just enough for a thin coat over the majority of the cpu. I'm not an expert. You can find guides on this website for applying paste.
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