How much thermal grease to use?

[monton]

I'm going to replace my cpu's heatsink and fan. I purchased some arctic silver 5, 3.5 grams, and would like to know if I use all of it on 1 cpu.


XP 3200 idles at 51c or higher

Adding a thermaltake extreme volvano 12.

Any hints or tricks would be appreciated


Monton

 

[SNGX1275]

absolutely not

DO NOT use the whole thing, basically you want to cover the whole thing very lightly, and its even recommended then to take something like a credit card, and wipe it off. really you do not want the thermal paste/grease to do anything other than fill in small imperfections in the surface of the processor and heatsink.

 

[Laurie]

help

Hi, I am sorry to jump in on your thread - I do apologise - but it is the only action I have figured out so far - How do I post a thread??!! Please if someone could help - it is probably really simple but hey - not for me??!!

Thanks for the space but I have it sussed now - cheers

 

[jaroddog]

I've got an XP 2800+. Same size processor. I use the equivalent of half a grain of rice. Also, for such a small die, I've had success using a razor blade (like for an x-acto knife) to spread the arctic silver. You should look at their instructions on their site for good directions, though. That's the best advice.

 

[sllewe]

just to add something...it should be as thick as a peice of paper when done

 

[LipsOfVenom]

you only need to apply thermal compound to the middle of the processor itself, and then squish the heatsink/fan unit, on which will spread the paste naturally. the only heat generated comes from the center of the CPU anyway so there's no need to really spread it close to the edges like a peanut butter sandwhich. and like the other posts say, a grain of rice is the usualy amount that we all use.

 

[DragonFury]

i spread it evenly paper thin across the whole cpu but grain of rice works to . if you are new to thermal paste and the likes i recomend using a silicon based heat sink compound or one that isnt conductive ( in case u make a mess less likely it will fry stuff )

 

[mossimoboy]

Doesn't anyone read the directions? =P

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

These are official instructions from arctic silver. But if you don't want to use them, make sure you do exactly what lips said, but use less AS5 because of the XP's small core.

 

[monton]

Taking a - Thermal greasing

Thanks everyone for the info. I have used tg before and applied as you all suggested but wanted to know from folks on this forum (btw the best I've ever used) to see if anyone had any tricks or techniques.

**Being the manly man that I am, the last thing I would do is read the directions!

Thanks again everyone for the input

Monton

 

[IronDuke]

Hi, I am sorry to jump in on your thread - I do apologise - but it is the only action I have figured out so far - How do I post a thread??!! Please if someone could help - it is probably really simple but hey - not for me??!!

On left at the top and bottom of a forum index is a button marked "New Thread". Click this.

 

[dmill89]

I'd spread a small film acroos the processer. Be cerefull not to get any on the pins since artic silver is conductive.