Where to put artic silver on core 2 duo

[decadude]

It has been a while since I have been back into desktops I have been an avid laptop user for the past several years.

Where should I put thermal paste such as artic silver on the processor.

I know obviously not the bottom and I am figuring the top of the processor but do I coat the entire top of the processor along with the sides??

also do I just but a relatively thin layer of it on??

 

[WaTaGuMp]

http://www.arcticsilver.com/ar...ilver_instructions.htm

 

[covert24]

personally when i built my core 2 system i just put it on the heatsink since the heatsink is going to be what is touching the cpu. it also saves AS5

 

[aCynic2]

On a C2D, you draw a line down the middle, perpendicular to the writing.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

aCynic2 --

That's pretty good! I wouldn't have thought of it myself.

The thinnest layer of AS5 such that you can no longer see the processor cap metal or writng, or so the copper doesn't show through on the heatsink -- is a good idea.

I've been using AS5 for about three years now, and have switched to JetArt CK4800, at least for the time being. Here, I'm not trying to sell you CK4800, because in its current formulation, it only matches AS5 performance.

If they'd increase the diamond particulate content of the CK4800 (currently 10%, I assume, by weight) -- the thermal resistance would fall and thermal conductivity would rise in some proportion that is not necessarily linear with the amount. By "not necessarily," I mean that "I don't know," but it would only improve.

My experience with adding diamond-powder to the CK4800 reminded me of a practice I've followed religiously in spreading AS5. Less is better. If there is any situation that leaves air-pockets between the heatspreader cap and the heatsink base, it will reduce thermal interface performance noticeably.

AS5 bench-tests their product controlling the thickness of the layer spread on the processor heatspreader cap to a standard 0.001 inches.

 

[VinDSL]

Don't forget the Eau de Cologne

 

[Navid]

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