Im going to either be using megahalems or coolermaster hyper 212 cooler, and am getting article silver 5 thermal paste, but how should I be applying that?
TIM shouldn't be conductive...some is 'mildly' like some AS products, but you are only using a tiny amount anyway...and it should ONLY be applied to your IHS and cooler. If you put on that much that it oozes out the sides and onto your board...you are using about 100x too much.Well I heard the coolermaster 212 comes with thermal paste itself, is the one that comes with it electrically conductive?
Also is thermal paste really required? Can I just slap the cooler on without it? This is my first build and I dont want my computer to explode or anything