Applying Artic silver 5 on Xigmatek HDT-a1283 ????

[aburkhart]

Need help, i am about to have an Xigmatek HDT-s1283 and i am looking for the best way to appy the arctic silver 5. i have never applied thermal paste before and wantd to know the best way to do it on a HDT heatsink, cause i'd rather not have to keep remounting it. I have read different ways to apply it but want to get it right the first time..any help is much appreciated.

 

[Shadow703793]

1. Make sure you get the mounting bracket for the S1283.

2. Cover your finger with cling wrap and then place a little drop of AS5 on each heat pipe and thin it over the pipe with your covered finger.

 

[aburkhart]

yeah i got the ACK-I7751 for it..does this method work pretty well...what do you think of the method here at this site ????? The 2 bottom pictures was interesting how they did it... let me know what you think.... http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=5

 

[one-shot]

1. Make sure you get the mounting bracket for the S1283.

2. Cover your finger with cling wrap and then place a little drop of AS5 on each heat pipe and thin it over the pipe with your covered finger.

That's exactly what I did with my Xigmatek S2383. Works great, make sure you get the retention bracket.

 

[aburkhart]

isn't all i need with the cooler is ACK-I7751...the retention isn't the same as the mounting bracket, or the ACK-I7751 doen't come with all the parts need to install it??????????????????

 

[V3NOM]

i prefer putting a thin liine down each of the heatpipes lupiron style

 

[aburkhart]

awesome thanks alot, got it on now 10c lower than stock with a well ventilated case...think i could be lower, tried not to put that much on...what do you think should i remount....100% load is about 20c lower ..bout 47c from 67c on load..i have the NZXT Tempest case with 4-120mm fans 1-120mm cpu fan and 2-140mm top case fans....think i can get it lower...what do you think???????????????????????

 

[V3NOM]

which way did you apply it in the end? pics?

 

[aburkhart]

tried to fill in the gaps than wipe off the pipes while trying to keep the gaps flush with them which is kinda hard with how tacky ac5 is..than i put 2 lines on , 1 on each of the middle heat pipe seperators, around half the length of the processor....maybe a little to thick on the 2 lines, and couldn't get the gaps perfectly flush with finger in a latex glove as it just starts to get on the heat pipes which i don't think i want to do right...i tried this method on the last to pictures on this site http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5