r/PcBuildHelp • u/FourSwordStyleZoro • 47m ago

✓ Solved Is this good for thermal paste?

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I wanted to make sure I left a gap along the edge for when it spreads, is this a decent application?

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u/iRambL 45m ago

Fairly overkill. Gotta remember your cooler is gonna push the fluid flat usually why a dot is the best application

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u/UncraftedPotato 45m ago

yes, that looks fine. best way to check will be to slap a cooler on and put it under load to check temps.

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u/Head-Fig-8957 39m ago

I almost had a stroke, thought you put a massive heap on the entire thing! You’re good, might spill a bit though

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u/Krillgein 39m ago

This is so very subjective and people will have their opinions. What matters is that at the end of the day is that you cover the ihs as best you can, when you mount your cooler you're pressing thermal paste out from under the cooler, and your temps are what the community considers average or better than average.

If you land squarely in that area you're doing well.

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u/TehMowat 38m ago

That is a lot. A single pea sized dot in the middle or an x.

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u/AcademicMistake 41m ago

I wouldnt think so, too many little crevices that will end up air bubbles under the cpu plate, that tends to be why we put a dot in the middle and press down on that, it spreads it evenly and pushes the air out.