212+ Thermal Paste

[robask]

How does this look?

http://i.imgur.com/BSkPy.jpg

 

[BoomerD]

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5

 

[chelhxi]

You did it exactly how I did, robask. Don't worry about reapplying if temps are fine. (Mine are pretty decent)

 

[perdomot]

I'll be changing my mobo this week and will need to reapply my 212+ and was wondering who applied their TIM like that. Going to be using Tuniq TX-4 which is supposed to be very good but hard to spread out. Thinking of leaving the syringe in hot water for a few minutes to warm it up but don't know if that is a good idea.

 

[chocobaR]

I applied my AS5 on the 212+ like in Boomer's link. My 2500K idles at 29C or so when my room is at 24C.

 

[Raider1284]

This doesnt look like a good idea to me. I was also told that you should allow in a single line or single dot, otherwise air bubles can form between the two. Why not just do a straight horizontal line around the three heatpipes after filling in the channels?

 

[fffblackmage]

I applied 3 thin lines of TIM along each heatpipe, rather than in-between each. Any air bubbles between the heatpipes probably doesn't matter very much.

 

[MadScientist]

I applied 3 thin lines of TIM along each heatpipe, rather than in-between each. Any air bubbles between the heatpipes probably doesn't matter very much.

The 212+ has 4 heat pipes so that would be 4 lines of TIM. Way too much TIM.

OP,
Follow the method at benchmarkreviews that BoomerD linked to. First fill in the spaces between the base and heat pipes with TIM and put down 3 thin lines, half the length of your processor, on the base partitions. This is the method I use. You will not get any air bubbles.

Tuniq TX-4 is good but thick. AS5 is still ranked high, cheap, and easy to spread.

 

[fffblackmage]

^Ah, I meant 4 thin lines of TIM. It's not too much if you apply thin lines, and, if you're doing this for the first time, excess TIM gets collected by the gaps.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Just got my 212+ in and getting ready to apply the TIM.

How is the included TIM by CoolerMaster - is it crap or adequate? I'm not worried about a few temps difference.

 

[MadScientist]

It's fine. I would have used it if i didn't have some AS5 on hand.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Do you guys think that diamond TIM that was popular back in the Q6600 days is okay to use with this heatsink? I remember it being very viscous and difficult to spread so I was worried about using it on the 212+. My choice is that or the one in the box, I forgot to get AS5.

 

[MadScientist]

IMO, IC Diamond is too viscous for HDT heat sinks like the 212+. Its viscosity, per its MSDS, is 50,000 centipoise. http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/pdf/thr-41_msds.pdf
It contains 1-Methoxy-2-Propyl Acetate, which is a fast evaporating solvent, and as you apply the TIM its viscosity will increase.

There are no instructions on their website for applying IC Diamond to an HDT heat sink. http://www.innovationcooling.com/applicationinstructions.htm

Stick with a moderate to thin viscosity TIM.