Is this enough arctic silver 5?

[ravinder]

this is a picture of how much ac5 is on the cpu right now, if its not enough i will add more. its a amd athlon 3200+ with the stock amd hs/f

http://img314.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12424109gh.jpg

 

[Leper Messiah]

if you spread it right, yes...

 

[n7]

That's just it.

According to their website, you are not supposed to spread it. You are supposed to let the HS squash it out...

Yet everyone seems to have conflicting ideas on what to do.

 

[ravinder]

thank you so much for the quick replies. im just gonna let my heatsink squash it

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: n7
That's just it.

According to their website, you are not supposed to spread it. You are supposed to let the HS squash it out...

Yet everyone seems to have conflicting ideas on what to do.

its not going to squash very well. That might get as big as a dime at the most...

 

[Powermoloch]

Don't worry man, just follow the instructions at the AS5 website, i followed it. I was nervous, but it works fine for a couple months now (for me)

 

[Jschmuck2]

Yup, that's just about the right amount. Although it looks small, once the HS gets right down on it, it'll smoosh it right over the CPU

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Yup, that's just about the right amount. Although it looks small, once the HS gets right down on it, it'll smoosh it right over the CPU

That's correct, I used a blob that size and when I took the heatsink off my Winchester it had spead to each edge of the heat spreader. So that's how much I used on my Venice too and it runs on average 31 degrees C idle with the retail cooler and a room temp of about 24 degrees C.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h

Originally posted by: n7
That's just it.

According to their website, you are not supposed to spread it. You are supposed to let the HS squash it out...

Yet everyone seems to have conflicting ideas on what to do.

its not going to squash very well. That might get as big as a dime at the most...

Each to their own. However, according to those who manufacture it:

Our testing has shown that this method minimizes the possibility of air bubbles and voids in the thermal interface between the heat spreader and the heatsink. Since the vast majority of the heat from the core travels directly through the heat spreader, it is more important to have a good interface directly above the actual CPU core than it is to have the heat spreader covered with compound from corner to corner.

Linkage

I kinda worried about not spreading it myself, but i'd like to think AS knows what they are saying

 

[Leper Messiah]

IDK. I'm using the stock cooler, so no AS here.

 

[Jeff7181]

Here's how much I used...

 

[DaFOBulous1]

How is ur camera so clear...I can't get my A95 to be like that. Not the greatest camera but I would think it could do that.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: DaFOBulous1
How is ur camera so clear...I can't get my A95 to be like that. Not the greatest camera but I would think it could do that.

Well I used macro mode... I dunno... it's a Canon SD200. Nothin special.

Here's another where it didn't do as well... it should have focused on the pins closest to the camera, but didn't, obviously.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: ravinder
this is a picture of how much ac5 is on the cpu right now, if its not enough i will add more. its a amd athlon 3200+ with the stock amd hs/f

http://img314.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12424109gh.jpg

Looks perfect to me. BTW, as other members pointed out you do_not spread the AS5 over the cpu when there is a heat spreader. Just place the heatsink on top and secure it to the retention bracket.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: n7
That's just it.

According to their website, you are not supposed to spread it. You are supposed to let the HS squash it out...

Yet everyone seems to have conflicting ideas on what to do.

On their older instructions that came with the AS (AS3 and older i think) you were supposed to spread a thin layer on the HS and the CPU contact surface, then push together and clamp/screw down/whatever. Ive had good luck with it so i continue doing it that way, but yes their instructions have changed.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h

Originally posted by: n7
That's just it.

According to their website, you are not supposed to spread it. You are supposed to let the HS squash it out...

Yet everyone seems to have conflicting ideas on what to do.

its not going to squash very well. That might get as big as a dime at the most...

Each to their own. However, according to those who manufacture it:

Our testing has shown that this method minimizes the possibility of air bubbles and voids in the thermal interface between the heat spreader and the heatsink. Since the vast majority of the heat from the core travels directly through the heat spreader, it is more important to have a good interface directly above the actual CPU core than it is to have the heat spreader covered with compound from corner to corner.

Linkage

I kinda worried about not spreading it myself, but i'd like to think AS knows what they are saying

That doesnt take into account the dual cores of Intels new CPUs though, youre talking 2 very hot points that are *NOT* under the center of the heat spreader.

 

[uberowo]

Hmm, I think I used a little bit more then that, but I did let my heatsink squash it.. Can to much AS make my cpu overheat? I kinda think its running a little hot, but I duno.. its 44 degrees at idle now. Just reapplied the artic silver a few hours ago.

 

[n7]

Acanthus: Certainly you are correct.

With dual-cores, you'd be using more, & spreading it around.

 

[RichUK]

to the OP why are you using AS5 when using the stock Heatsink

Oh and i vote for the blob in the middle method , im running 1.6v .. with temps maxing out at 52 degrees with xp90 and panaflo 92mm L1a, and idling at 41 degrees .. dont really care if i burn it .. although i dont think i will **fingers crossed** ..

 

[uberowo]

ack, wrong thread.

 

[HBO]

I emailed Arctic Silver, they said the same instructions for single cores applies to dual core Athlons.

 

[fstime]

I always make a thin layer over my IHS, almost transparent.

Just prefrence.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: uberowo
Hmm, I think I used a little bit more then that, but I did let my heatsink squash it.. Can to much AS make my cpu overheat? I kinda think its running a little hot, but I duno.. its 44 degrees at idle now. Just reapplied the artic silver a few hours ago.

Not overheat... but using too much will cause temps to be a bit higher. If you use too much it acts like insulation between the IHS and heatsink.

Remember, thermal compounds are not used to aid in transferring heat from metal to metal. They're used to fill air gaps since air is poor at transferring heat.

 

[NokiaDude]

Originally posted by: BouZouki
I always make a thin layer over my IHS, almost transparent.

Just prefrence.

Here too. You only need enough AS to fill in the microscopic imperfections.

 

[Lithan]

Personally I find that spreading a SEE THROUGH (very very very thin) layer across the entire heatspreader with a razor and then putting a dab half the size of the one shown in the first post right in the center works well enough for me.