I7 3770k thermal paste question

[bigcheazyofwg]

Hey guys I am looking to OC my cpu soon and I have heard that the thermal paste needs to be spread over the entire thing and I have also heard a pea sized drop in the middle is fine and the heat sink will spread it out. I put a pea sized drop in the middle and somewhat spread it around but definetly not covering the entire cpu. Is that okay? I want to OC safely and with cool temperatures. Very new to all this, and this was my first build so yeah..


Thanks!

 

[rolli59]

Yes it is OK the main thing when overclocking is to monitor temps.

 

[jaguarskx]

Yeah, it should be fine.

One trick I use is to just put a drop in the middle, then place the heatsink squarely on top of it. Next I twist it 90 degrees one way, twist 180 degrees the other way, and finally center it while maintaining contact to secure the heatsink to the mobo.

 

[aonor]

Another trick is to put a pea drop in the middle, and spreading it with your index finger in a sandwich bag until it covers about all of it with an even application.