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Simple question,
So I'm a long standing Arctic Silver 7 thermal paste user but I went with IC Diamond this time around.
The IC Diamond instructions say to apply the paste and then mush the paste onto the CPU using the liquid cooler without lifting up since air will ruin it after pressing.
Problem is, I have no freaking idea if the paste is covering the whole CPU or if it's evenly coated since the instructions says not to lift up to check. What I can say is my idle temps are a solid 6C cooler already which is extremely impressive (from 32C to 34C idle with Arctic Silver 7 down to 26c across the 6 cores). The "package temp" however is 10C higher (38C) during idle but under stress simply matches the rest of the cores (so if cores 1-6 hit 57C in GTA5 the package temp is identical). This leads me to believe that the spread of my IC Diamond is more centralized and is not covering the entire CPU.
Some say that covering the entire CPU is not necessary as 90% of the heat is dead center while others say it does help to thinly coat the entire metal die of the CPU with a credit card. I'm finding this to be IMPOSSIBLE with IC Diamond using the instructions given.
Any advice anyone? Thanks! Specs in signature
So I'm a long standing Arctic Silver 7 thermal paste user but I went with IC Diamond this time around.
The IC Diamond instructions say to apply the paste and then mush the paste onto the CPU using the liquid cooler without lifting up since air will ruin it after pressing.
Problem is, I have no freaking idea if the paste is covering the whole CPU or if it's evenly coated since the instructions says not to lift up to check. What I can say is my idle temps are a solid 6C cooler already which is extremely impressive (from 32C to 34C idle with Arctic Silver 7 down to 26c across the 6 cores). The "package temp" however is 10C higher (38C) during idle but under stress simply matches the rest of the cores (so if cores 1-6 hit 57C in GTA5 the package temp is identical). This leads me to believe that the spread of my IC Diamond is more centralized and is not covering the entire CPU.
Some say that covering the entire CPU is not necessary as 90% of the heat is dead center while others say it does help to thinly coat the entire metal die of the CPU with a credit card. I'm finding this to be IMPOSSIBLE with IC Diamond using the instructions given.
Any advice anyone? Thanks! Specs in signature
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