mixing different brands of Thermalpaste

[tzitzibp]

thats a very bad way of doing it,

Besides the possible shorting out of the unit it allows small air pockets in the thick layer of the TIM.
And other than no company would recommend applying it that way (and they would "DEFINATELY" say slap it on as thick as possible (to sell more product) but they dont))

NEVER put two layers of paste when installing a cpu cooler... remember you are applying an "air free heat transfer medium", so the thinner and more evenly spread it is, the better!

You can mix different brands of thermal paste but the results are not so different than using a single paste.... I tried mixing pastes in the past and the results showed no improvement over pastes like AS5 or ceramic.... but, if you need to experiment ... go for it.

btw, what is the room temp atm?

 

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No chemical reactions will happen, nothing will be damaged, but air will not conduct heat very well, which is what TIM is for. Air pockets make heat transfer less effective.
And you you glue both sides of a piece of paper when gluing?

 

[dieselcat18]

NEVER put two layers of paste when installing a cpu cooler... remember you are applying an "air free heat transfer medium", so the thinner and more evenly spread it is, the better!

You can mix different brands of thermal paste but the results are not so different than using a single paste.... I tried mixing pastes in the past and the results showed no improvement over pastes like AS5 or ceramic.... but, if you need to experiment ... go for it.

btw, what is the room temp atm?

Currently 77-78F with a ceiling fan in the room running....

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[tzitzibp]

Currently 77-78F with a ceiling fan in the room running....

*+

25C (77F) is nice temp...nice and cool! and with that cpu running idle at 29, well you are set!