No shit. You have to put it on in an asterisk pattern so the compound gets on all the pins. They got the quantity pretty good on the laid strip though. It should come out from the sides of the cpu to draw away heat.so wrong..
What the fuq? Why are the pins so straight?
That's what I do. Puts on dots like the 5 side of a die, place the heatsink, twist a little left and right, then clamp it.Some compounds recommend you let the weight of the heatsink spread the paste,
i stopped wasting money on thermal paste and just use vaseline now
i stopped wasting money on thermal paste and just use vaseline now
My last build I just used a pea sized dot in the center of the CPU and squished it with the hsf assembly.Some compounds recommend you let the weight of the heatsink spread the paste, but I've always just dotted the CPU and spread using a fresh razor blade (Feather blades, which I have on hand anyway).
OP's method works well if the motherboard is feeling a little peckish, though.
For realz, I've built 2 or 3 systems now... never once had to do my own thermal paste, plan to keep it that way. Go stock Intel cooler!
The stock Intel cooler is fine as long as your not going to OC your chip very much, if your gonna go for a 600Mhz+OC then you defiantly need to look at a more robust option. Sometimes you can get lucky, I found a Foxconn 775 cooler for $6 at a local repair shop, I call it the "aluminum meatloaf" LOL, it's large and the best thing about ANY aftermarket cooler is you avoid those PITA Intel push-pins.friends don't let friends use stock coolers.
The stock Intel cooler is fine as long as your not going to OC your chip very much, if your gonna go for a 600Mhz+OC then you defiantly need to look at a more robust option. Sometimes you can get lucky, I found a Foxconn 775 cooler for $6 at a local repair shop, I call it the "aluminum meatloaf" LOL, it's large and the best thing about ANY aftermarket cooler is you avoid those PITA Intel push-pins.