- Feb 4, 2006
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Hi all, I know most of the AS5 and Ceramique installation has been covered before and a lot of people, especially Jedi feels that regardless what HIGHEND thermal paste is used, it doesn't have any difference. But oh well, this thing is just as avalible so why not get my self one =D
Anyway, I have noticed on the official installation instruction, it specifically said "Do not spread", but in other places, i was told to apply a minor amount to both the HS and cpu, wear a plastic bag over my finger and gently spread out the thermal paste to cover the microscopic valley on both the CPU heat spreader and the HS base, THEN apply something about the size of a rice in the middle and use the heat sink base to spread it out.
Will this be a better method that simply squeeze, sit HS, move it a lil and voila?
Also, what is the recommended "burn-in" for the MX-1? I figured that it could be similar to a AS5, since the paste is said to "harden and achieve optimal performance after a period of time" So i guess I should do the whole burn-in thing. What exactly do I do? have my CPU running with dual prime for...? Once I have the system up and running, I'll report back with records of my temp.
Thanks in advance!
Anyway, I have noticed on the official installation instruction, it specifically said "Do not spread", but in other places, i was told to apply a minor amount to both the HS and cpu, wear a plastic bag over my finger and gently spread out the thermal paste to cover the microscopic valley on both the CPU heat spreader and the HS base, THEN apply something about the size of a rice in the middle and use the heat sink base to spread it out.
Will this be a better method that simply squeeze, sit HS, move it a lil and voila?
Also, what is the recommended "burn-in" for the MX-1? I figured that it could be similar to a AS5, since the paste is said to "harden and achieve optimal performance after a period of time" So i guess I should do the whole burn-in thing. What exactly do I do? have my CPU running with dual prime for...? Once I have the system up and running, I'll report back with records of my temp.
Thanks in advance!