The Official Thermal Interface Material thread

[Falkentyne]

Much appreciated; now that's confusing.

Anyone else on TechPowerUp using GD900?

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GD007 was 4C worse than SYY-157 on my MSI GT73VR GTX 1070 video card (230W TDP mod). No idea how that compares to GD900 though. Most I can tell you.

 

[xtreemchaos]

i use GD900, to tell the truth its as good as any ive nearly tryed them all over the years "apart from mx5 cos its new" and its a con. in my view GD900 sits just a tad better than mx4 and its about £6 for 30g i double dare any one to try it.

 

[s3ruX]

Well i will tell my experience with GD900/MX4/MX5/Gelid/KryonautGrease.

GD900 is cheaper we can expect to much of it
Gelid was better them GD900 by a couple C's
MX4/MX5 is okish at begging better them GD900 and Gelid but after couple days i notice a increasing on temperature and after dissassembly i notice MX4/MX5 always create air bubles/pockets... maybe a uneven pressure could cause that? maybe with a correctly torque on the screws could help... i tried various methods Dot/Spread/Cross and the problem always happens.
Kryonaut Grease easily the winner here not only significant lower max temperature but is extremely consistent over 3 months and performing exactly the same.

 

[Shrek]

GD900 is cheaper we can expect to much of it

And yet it seems to be up there with the very best.
(1) Best thermal paste for laptop: Arctic MX-4, Zalman ZM-STG2, Noctua NT-H1, GD900 - Bing video

I have a theory that the thick pastes (good for longevity) do not do well if they were applied too generously.

 

[freeagent]

And yet it seems to be up there with the very best.

I have a theory that the thick pastes (good for longevity) do not do well if they were applied too generously.

They don’t, that’s when they become an insulator. The “there is no such thing as too much” I think goes for thinner pastes that just pump out anyways.

 

[theFOoL]

This applies to anything except the larger cpu from AMD

 

[freeagent]

Lol tell that to the phat line I put down the side and pull across the cpu

 

[theFOoL]

One thing I hate so much is that most tech youtubers do that and I'm like "No No not That Much" plus they squeeze like half a tube thus a waste of money

 

[freeagent]

I somehow missed the part about the big amd cpu

even still, with Intel I do a line down the cores and plant my cooler on top which usually results in nice even coverage..

 

[theFOoL]

But freeagent you must realize that when you apply pressure to the HST thus' it'll flatten the paste. The paste *Doesn't have to completely cover on the CPU you know that

 

[Deleted member 202104]

I somehow missed the part about the big amd cpu

even still, with Intel I do a line down the cores and plant my cooler on top which usually results in nice even coverage..

Ha!

I wasn't sure what to do with Alder Lake, and that's exactly what I did this past weekend. Worked like a champ and idles at 4 degrees over ambient on air.

 

[freeagent]

But freeagent you must realize that when you apply pressure to the HST thus' it'll flatten the paste. The paste *Doesn't have to completely cover on the CPU you know that

I do know that, the IHS gets in the way anyways, it doesn’t even spread heat, it’s just there so people don’t crush their cores like in the AXP days

 

[theFOoL]

Just a funny memory... I once was working on a friend's pc and when I say the paste outside of the HST Area I was like "umm uhh ok yeah uhh who did this?" I reapply and Temps were far better

 

[freeagent]

I am so retentive that I will pull my mount apart if is more than 2c off of what it should be lol.. this guy has no life lol

 

[Shrek]

How much thermal paste is too much?

I've been waiting to use this picture for some time now

 

[xtreemchaos]

on desktop CPUs i use about a garden pea size and let cooler pressure spread it out and GPUs and laptops i rub it about a bit to get a even covering' works for me every time.

 

[Shrek]

GD007 was 4C worse than SYY-157 on my MSI GT73VR GTX 1070 video card (230W TDP mod). No idea how that compares to GD900 though. Most I can tell you.

(1) AliExpress Thermal Paste Comparison (feat. GD900, GD900-1 & GD007) GD900 is AWESOME - Bing video

GD007 didn't do so well

I am beginning to wonder if by concentrating on thermal conductivity we are ignoring surface effects like wettability.

 

[Keullo-e]

I do know that, the IHS gets in the way anyways, it doesn’t even spread heat, it’s just there so people don’t crush their cores like in the AXP days

I still have to wonder how people managed to kill their Athlons/Pentium IIIs back in the day. Or maybe they just put the heatsink with gorilla strength or something.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

I still have to wonder how people managed to kill their Athlons/Pentium IIIs back in the day. Or maybe they just put the heatsink with gorilla strength or something.

Some of it was too much pressure, but a good portion was the heat sink attaching to the socket itself - a clip on each side made it easy to apply uneven pressure which then broke off a corner of the die.

 

[Keullo-e]

Some of it was too much pressure, but a good portion was the heat sink attaching to the socket itself - a clip on each side made it easy to apply uneven pressure which then broke off a corner of the die.

I guess that the foam pads on Athlons/Durons helped at least a little. Though I have few S462 CPUs without those and still it's easy to install those without damaging the die.

 

[freeagent]

I still have to wonder how people managed to kill their Athlons/Pentium IIIs back in the day. Or maybe they just put the heatsink with gorilla strength or something.

I didn’t kill mine but I did break some corners off. That big shitty clip out a lot of pressure on if you weren’t lined up just right. In those days I was new

 

[Keullo-e]

I didn’t kill mine but I did break some corners off. That big shitty clip out a lot of pressure on if you weren’t lined up just right. In those days I was new

Well... I had an Athlon 1GHz back in the day with heavily chipped corners but it worked flawlessly even after that, even when overclocked to 1.4GHz. I guess there are some spare silicon left in the corners or something.

Too bad that I don't have a working S462 board ATM, I have few chips with chipped corners and IIRC they also all work fine. Can't just test them now, dammit.

 

[GamingLove]

Hi all,

I have just bought an Intel Core i5 12600K and was wondering which is the best way to put thermal paste on it. Usually I use the "pea" drop technique but that is for "square" CPU. Since LGA 1700 is a rectangle I'm not quite sure how to put thermal paste on it. I have a Gigabyte AiO cooler.
Any advice?

Thanks

 

[Shrek]

I use a toothpick to spread the paste to all parts of the chip not worrying too much about uniformity; this way I can be sure I have not used too much (or too little).

 

[GamingLove]

I use a toothpick to spread the paste to all parts of the chip not worrying too much about uniformity; this way I can be sure I have not used too much (or too little).

Hi,

thanks for the answere.
How much paste do you use to spread it on the CPU?
In a post MSI suggested to do as you say (the important thing is to avoid air bubbles between the CPU and the cooler surfaces), but they did not show how much of thermal paste to use.

Thank again