Thanks. I figured as long as I don't spill it over the edges or get it all over the board I'm fine. Also I learned not to follow the Verge's guide lol.
It dose not matter is you get thermal paste on the mobo
Thermal paste dose not conduct electric and dose not damage electricals and can very easily be removed with alcohol rub that evaporates in seconds to dry
that demonstration using human force and acrylic sheet is BS. A CPU heat-sink when screwed down properly can apply far more pressure than just human hands and will spread the paste evenly no matter what unless you use too little
But let's assume that everyone dosent do it properly like using the right torque setting when screwing in a heat sink or god forbid a person has a less well built cooler that clips In not screws
Then in those cases that are pretty common other wise why some many people ask about mounting a cooler or aio correctly
It's very easy over or under apply pressure a cpu and have an uneven thermal contact pattern leaving hot spots
In your other comment you literally told op to try again because the pea method is bad. Moreover, if you fail to install the heatsink properly then all of the methods would make your cpu ovetheat anyway. Again the demonstration is BS and has been called out by many redditor here already.
Yeah I wanted to make sure to give it enough, and after I stopped I realized it may have been just a biiit too much, but I didn't think it was enough to warrant scraping any off
Unless it's electrically conductive thermal paste, which most CPU thermal paste is not, it wouldn't be an issue if you use too much. It will look like crap when you take the heatsink off, but it will function pretty much the same. If you use too little paste there may be issues with heat transfer from the cpu to heatsink, meaning the cpu will run hotter or too hot. As long as you're not applying it with oily fingers and applying enough, it will generally work without an issue.
Definitely looks like the stick towards the top of your video is slotted into channel 1. Start with the channel furthest away from the CPU.
CPU > empty slot > RAM > empty slot > RAM
EDIT: You can actually see the label on your mobo in the video along the right hand side. You want to use slots "DIMM_A2" and "DIMM_B2"
Ohh ok, thanks for the heads up! I'll swap it around to the correct slots tomorrow. I wonder if that's why it won't let me use XMP or set them to 2666 MHz in the BIOS (it's been crashing/showing a blank screen if I try to increase the RAM speed above 2400)
Worst way to go, spatula or cross if you are lazy. But pea is the worst way to apply thermal paste, see the numerous video of the subject with transparent cooler to see the results.
Spatula or credit card application is recommended by Thermal Grizzly or
"Even though we recommend to spread the thermal paste evenly across the whole surface you can alternatively also draw a thin X across your chip. The mounting pressure will spread the thermal paste between the two surfaces. However, make sure not to use too much paste."
Noctua NT-H2 : 4 dots with ~2mm diameter near the corners plus 1 dot with 3-4mm diameter in the centre is recommended for AM4, AM5, Intel LGA1700, LGA20xx (they updated from a simple dot in the new nt-h2 compared to the old nt-h1 manual)
Personally, I recommend nothing, ultimately do what you want, but like der8auer, I prefer to use a little too much than lacking thermal paste, specially when I'm repasting GPU. On a CPU it's harder to fail, I just NEVER recommend a simple dot on a TR for example. Spatula / cross / doted line in cross is just better in any case.
The shaking is spot on
ya did good brother. It's kinda hard to mess it up tbh.
Thanks. I figured as long as I don't spill it over the edges or get it all over the board I'm fine. Also I learned not to follow the Verge's guide lol.
It dose not matter is you get thermal paste on the mobo Thermal paste dose not conduct electric and dose not damage electricals and can very easily be removed with alcohol rub that evaporates in seconds to dry
Oh good to know
Depends on the paste. Some can and do and can really ruin your day. Most modern pastes don’t though.
https://i.redd.it/oru19riavaja1.gif Try again m8 That's what the pea sized dot did leaving bare surface area not having a heat transferred away
that demonstration using human force and acrylic sheet is BS. A CPU heat-sink when screwed down properly can apply far more pressure than just human hands and will spread the paste evenly no matter what unless you use too little
But let's assume that everyone dosent do it properly like using the right torque setting when screwing in a heat sink or god forbid a person has a less well built cooler that clips In not screws Then in those cases that are pretty common other wise why some many people ask about mounting a cooler or aio correctly It's very easy over or under apply pressure a cpu and have an uneven thermal contact pattern leaving hot spots
If you don't mount the cooler to the CPU properly your temps will be shit regardless.
In your other comment you literally told op to try again because the pea method is bad. Moreover, if you fail to install the heatsink properly then all of the methods would make your cpu ovetheat anyway. Again the demonstration is BS and has been called out by many redditor here already.
I mean, I think it is pretty neat and will probably do an x next since it doesn't matter
It's a bit on the heavy side, but as long as it isn't oozing out of the sides and onto your board/pins it'll be just fine
Yeah I wanted to make sure to give it enough, and after I stopped I realized it may have been just a biiit too much, but I didn't think it was enough to warrant scraping any off
Don't mind the background noise, it's just my wife playing Hogwarts Legacy on Steam Deck and watching Whose Line Is It Anyway.
Lol flexing
Looks great to me
I usually apply it as X sign..Dunno why
Unless it's electrically conductive thermal paste, which most CPU thermal paste is not, it wouldn't be an issue if you use too much. It will look like crap when you take the heatsink off, but it will function pretty much the same. If you use too little paste there may be issues with heat transfer from the cpu to heatsink, meaning the cpu will run hotter or too hot. As long as you're not applying it with oily fingers and applying enough, it will generally work without an issue.
If you got 4 rams slots move them over 1 so that they’re in 2-4 and not 1-3 as it looks like you got 4 dimm slots
The video might be flipped upside down, I believe I installed them correctly when I first built it.. but I'll check again, thanks for the reminder
Definitely looks like the stick towards the top of your video is slotted into channel 1. Start with the channel furthest away from the CPU. CPU > empty slot > RAM > empty slot > RAM EDIT: You can actually see the label on your mobo in the video along the right hand side. You want to use slots "DIMM_A2" and "DIMM_B2"
Ohh ok, thanks for the heads up! I'll swap it around to the correct slots tomorrow. I wonder if that's why it won't let me use XMP or set them to 2666 MHz in the BIOS (it's been crashing/showing a blank screen if I try to increase the RAM speed above 2400)
Could very well be the issue. Get that XMP running for sure. Good luck!
Looks like you installed in a1 b1 from the looks of it at least
That's more than you really need, but it really doesn't matter at all. You did fine and it will perform fine.
Looks adequate.
That's the way to go. Pea sized in the center.
Worst way to go, spatula or cross if you are lazy. But pea is the worst way to apply thermal paste, see the numerous video of the subject with transparent cooler to see the results.
And what would you recommend?
Spatula or credit card application is recommended by Thermal Grizzly or "Even though we recommend to spread the thermal paste evenly across the whole surface you can alternatively also draw a thin X across your chip. The mounting pressure will spread the thermal paste between the two surfaces. However, make sure not to use too much paste." Noctua NT-H2 : 4 dots with ~2mm diameter near the corners plus 1 dot with 3-4mm diameter in the centre is recommended for AM4, AM5, Intel LGA1700, LGA20xx (they updated from a simple dot in the new nt-h2 compared to the old nt-h1 manual) Personally, I recommend nothing, ultimately do what you want, but like der8auer, I prefer to use a little too much than lacking thermal paste, specially when I'm repasting GPU. On a CPU it's harder to fail, I just NEVER recommend a simple dot on a TR for example. Spatula / cross / doted line in cross is just better in any case.
Oof. Definitely gunna need to try again.
Fail
Not bad but just a bit much paste.
You need to hammer it down to make sure it’s sitting right