Hey all,
So here is my issue. Basically I suck at thermal paste and Heatsink application to my CPU. I just bought the Core i7 2600k to overclock it to between 4.4 and 4.7Ghz on air. I have a CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler and have been using brush on Zalman ZM-STG1 thermal paste (ran out of A5 Silver). My first try to overclock resulted in Prime 95 temps of around 65 degrees at 4.5Ghz with vcore at 1.33. That is honestly not a bad temp, but reading around on forums I saw people getting temps in the 50s and 40s using my same cooler and setup. So like an unsatisfied little monkey, I thought that if I reseated the CPU cooler and reapplied my thermal paste I should be able to drop the temps. After 5 attempts at trying to lower the temps all I have done is made it so my temps hit the 80s during prime 95! It doesnt matter if I set the processor at 4.0 or 4.6 Ghz I am hitting 80s.
What I want to know, is how you guys get your overclocks down to such low temperatures or how can I get my temperatures back into the 60s! I want to know how everyone applies their thermal paste and how they go about setting their CPU cooler.
How much is too much thermal paste? Are you supposed to apply so much that you can no longer see the metal on the CPU (even with a thin layer)? Do you apply a single line and let it spread via the CPU cooler? Do you apply multiple lines (like the bottom of stock intel coolers)? IS the rule still a pea sized die amount? Is it better to credit card spread or just let it spread on it own? How do you get your cooler on the CPU with minimal movement so you aren't creating bubbles and bare spots? Do you put the themral paste on the bottom of your cooler or on the CPU? I want to know how everyone does it so I can do it to!
Thanks to all that reply.
So here is my issue. Basically I suck at thermal paste and Heatsink application to my CPU. I just bought the Core i7 2600k to overclock it to between 4.4 and 4.7Ghz on air. I have a CM Hyper 212+ CPU cooler and have been using brush on Zalman ZM-STG1 thermal paste (ran out of A5 Silver). My first try to overclock resulted in Prime 95 temps of around 65 degrees at 4.5Ghz with vcore at 1.33. That is honestly not a bad temp, but reading around on forums I saw people getting temps in the 50s and 40s using my same cooler and setup. So like an unsatisfied little monkey, I thought that if I reseated the CPU cooler and reapplied my thermal paste I should be able to drop the temps. After 5 attempts at trying to lower the temps all I have done is made it so my temps hit the 80s during prime 95! It doesnt matter if I set the processor at 4.0 or 4.6 Ghz I am hitting 80s.
What I want to know, is how you guys get your overclocks down to such low temperatures or how can I get my temperatures back into the 60s! I want to know how everyone applies their thermal paste and how they go about setting their CPU cooler.
How much is too much thermal paste? Are you supposed to apply so much that you can no longer see the metal on the CPU (even with a thin layer)? Do you apply a single line and let it spread via the CPU cooler? Do you apply multiple lines (like the bottom of stock intel coolers)? IS the rule still a pea sized die amount? Is it better to credit card spread or just let it spread on it own? How do you get your cooler on the CPU with minimal movement so you aren't creating bubbles and bare spots? Do you put the themral paste on the bottom of your cooler or on the CPU? I want to know how everyone does it so I can do it to!
Thanks to all that reply.
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