Endless Paradigm

Hey EP, I'm in the need of a bit help^^

My stock AMD CPU cooler gets a bit noisy during the summer so I ordered a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO:

though I never fitted anything but stock AMD coolers with pre-applied thermal paste so I need a bit help with cleaning my CPU from the old one and how to apply the new one properly, any hints and help would be greatly appreciated^^

Thanks in advance!

thermal paste works by filling the gaps between the metal on the top of your cpu and the metal on the bottom of the cooler with something other than air

usually the paste is made of something that conducts and transfers better than air does

from what I understand it is best to have just enough paste to fill whatever gaps will exist between the cpu and the heatsink (in theory it would almost be better to have metal on metal contact and everywhere the metal wasn't touching the gap was filled with paste)

to remove thermal paste rubbing alcohol and coffee filters are desired as the alcohol is non corrosive and great for cleaning while the coffee filters will not leave any dust behind

to apply thermal paste put a very small (smaller than a pea) sized amount on the center of the cpu
you can then use a plastic card to spread it out or you can just put the heatsink right on top of it (as you tighten the heatsink the paste will all even out anyway

the end

(on a side note: that picture reminds me of the tuniq tower)

Once you get the heat sink pressing against the cpu, DON'T lift it up again, you'll create air bubbles which will kind of defeat the purpose.  Huge debate about whether you spread it out first or just use pressure to spread it, I always spread it by pressing the heatsink down and giving it a bit of a wiggle to spread it out.

i use the syringe to put some on, spread it out, and then put a little more on top to spread it evenly with pressure as well.

i used arctic silver ceramique and it does a great job

use white spirit (Testbenzin) to remove the old stuff, and use a very fine, dry cloth to very gently clean off the spirit after all of the old gunk is off. Do the same on both the heatsink and the CPU.

apply a line to the CPU, if it has a metal shield (Intel usually), apply it to that. If it's on the die itself that's also fine. also put a very small bit onto the heatsink and spread it SUPER THIN. This makes the fine texture of the heatsink get filled completely with paste, and makes the connection even better.

i did this with my 212+


3 lines of tim (red lines in pic)
... prior to that, if I recall correctly, i put a tiny amount then spread it around just to fill the gaps

i get about 60C on load (overclocked to 4.5GHZ)

Thanks for the help everyone I sadly saw your post too late boogschd and did it like GlaG said for now. >.< Though everything seems to have worked out quite well, I currently run between 36-38°C idle with a ambient temperature of 34°C (I live right under a roof with no A/C...) and from what I got that it's not bad at all. On normal load I also barely can hear a noise increase so mission accomplished I guess^^

I tried applying thermal paste to a PS3 once.

I failed!

Grey Ghost Wrote: [ -> ]I tried applying thermal paste to a PS3 once.

I failed!

oh dear xD

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]

Grey Ghost Wrote: [ -> ]I tried applying thermal paste to a PS3 once.

I failed!

oh dear xD

Uwaaa yeah thermal paste can be quite... stubborn