Cooling Paste

[Morras24]

How much cooling paste should you put on your cpu

 

[Valheru]

Pea-sized, right in the middle of the CPU. Attach cooler / AIO / block and tighten accordingly, this will cause an even spread over the surface of the CPU.

Some reference wrt method:

How much guide from GN:

“Too Much Thermal Paste” – Benchmark of Thermal Paste Application & Quantity | GamersNexus

stub The “correct” method for applying thermal paste is still the subject of arguments, despite plenty of articles with testing and hard numbers to back them up. As we mentioned in our Threadripper paste application comparison, the general consensus for smaller desktop CPUs is that, as long as...

www.gamersnexus.net

 

[HK-Kid]

Pea-sized, right in the middle of the CPU. Attach cooler / AIO / block and tighten accordingly, this will cause an even spread over the surface of the CPU.

Some reference wrt method:

How much guide from GN:

“Too Much Thermal Paste” – Benchmark of Thermal Paste Application & Quantity | GamersNexus

stub The “correct” method for applying thermal paste is still the subject of arguments, despite plenty of articles with testing and hard numbers to back them up. As we mentioned in our Threadripper paste application comparison, the general consensus for smaller desktop CPUs is that, as long as...

www.gamersnexus.net

Agreed, exactly how I've been doing from the days that Arctic Silver was still the king.

 

[Morras24]

Thank you. That was helpful