I usually just fill my whole bathtub with thermal paste and completely submerge my whole pc in it. It had yet to exceed -48° i did notice a 92FPS drop due to not being able to see my RGB through the thermal paste, so i made sure to cover the entire bathroom in RGB lights to eliminate FPS loss. 10/10 most effective method so far. Highly recommended.
@@DanielRademeyer12345 disagree you also don't want to use too much. I am of the camp that too little is better than too much. Otherwise it smooshes out and makes contact with the board which is an absolute no no.
Applauding the effort of having so many different pastes and cpus and items to showcase this much info about a single part of PC building lol. Very informative!
Damn good call on how thermal paste is meant to reduce the air gap layer (which is highly insulating). I always thought it’s purpose was that of a thermal gap filler, and I’m sure it does some of that, but definitely eliminating that air layer and replacing it with something of high heat conductivity is it’s biggest impact
I agree with the replacing part. I had applied thermal grizzly kryonaut on my Ryzen 3600 in 2020 and to date the temps are amazing. Recently I changed my CPU to the 5700X3D. I saw many of them were concerned about the higher temperatures because of the higher TDP. Al I did was apply a new thermal grizzly paste, popped on my Deepcool Gammax 400V2 and the temps are perfect. Idle - 35-40 degrees Cinebench - 77 degrees max (Ambient temp - 24 degrees) PS Used the X pattern
a canister of thermal paste typically is NOT single use. I have had tubes that last 4 or 5 applications and when done immediately put the cap back on. If not obvious, the amount of time the tube is uncapped is just long enough to apply the paste.
You should test replacing thermal paste with a metal leaf like gold, copper, or silver, in theory all of them have a greater thermal conductivity but I'd love to see the actual results. Thanks for all of the information.
Really good electrical conductivity too so you have to be careful. The idea of paste or pads is to fill the imperfections of manufacturing (no air gaps) so leaf isn't going to do the trick. Also, most if not all coolers have a copper plate and I even owned one anodized in gold (which made no difference).
Sometimes the old paste works out perfectly fine, other times it's not. Keep monitoring your CPU temperatures. For the time being, the temperature is safe. Sometimes it seems fine at first but causes things to get worse substantially over the next few months. So if you were working on a customer's PC rather than your own, you'd ALWAYS repaste. But for your own PC, temperature is all that matters, but you should also know your cooler and your CPU and what temperatures the pair is expected to produce in particular.
@@xxovereyexx5019 Probably were talking Fahrenheit, 75 Celsius would not leave any question of if it was running hot. that's 10 C idle and 23 C at max load.
I usually see CPU idle temperatures around 30°C. If I saw a CPU idle at 50°C, I would probably repaste it. Fun fact: I have a 15-year-old computer that has never been repasted and it _still_ idles around 30°C. It's an old Dell. I dunno what paste they used on it, but whatever it was, it must've been good stuff.
a few months ago i replaced a 2008 95W AMD CPU and the temps were still normal using Arctic Silver 5... things might be different for overclocked components but a 2yrs life span for thermal paste seems super short to me. in essence you want just enough thermal paste to fill in air gaps but allow metal to metal contact (as the video states). my preferred method of applying is by spreading a thin layer on top of the CPU.
Perhaps the best thing to hit the market is the ThermalGrissy thermal pad "Carbonaut"! It doesn't get messy and is perfect for everyone! Well, if you're an overclocker, why would you want something ordinary?
A dot is going to distribute entirely according to how to place and then apply pressure with the heatsink. That's not so much the case with the X. With the X you're forcing it to distribute in a better way across the CPU.
The best pattern is , draw any geometric shape and then draw again the shape inside it , for eg : draw a big circle and then a small circle inside the big circle. As simple as that😄
Always have to put the paste in one corner on my ryzen. it is not very flat, and its not the cooler. The surface of the cpu itself is definitely a factor to consider.
thermal paste isnt hard to use. most now come with a spatula to spread a thin layer over the whole IHS. the old spot in middle or cross shapes are obsolete because chiplets are a thing with latest cpus and changed where the heat is. so long as you dont slather it on so thick it oozes out. or you can use a thermal sheet (kryosheet for instance) and unless you replace cpu or cooler you need never worry about paste at all. carbon sheets unlike phasechange or paste will never pump out over time with heat cycles.
i never changed my paste its already more than 10 years, its never overheating, idle & load cpu are still fine, idle 33-45C & load 60-75C, and its overclocked too i only clean the pc or fans when its dusty. i would repaste it someday, probably will reduce about 5C
This really helped a lot, I’m new to the whole PC building thing and I’m repairing an older one and was Confused why the fan was so loud and the pc was getting so hot, then I took the fan off and what do you know there’s dried and pretty much no thermal paste,thanks again
Maxtor brand is recommended for easy application, cooling effect is also very good, and the kit is complimentary.Applying too much or too little will affect the cooling effect
When and were to use alternatives is a great subject as well. Phase change material or Graphite pads for example. I am due for a repaste on my board's chipset it is running WAY hotter than it used to so it is obviously time. The southbridge uses paste the vrms use thermal pads. I have been wondering about using PTM7950 or a Graphite pad on the chipset instead of paste. My board is the Asus Rampage IV black edition. it is an oldie but a goodie. It uses heatsinks secured via screws on the back. Better mounting pressure and more secure than push pins but it means I have to completely gut my machine before applying a new cooling solution since it is going to be a bit of a pain so the fewer times I need to repaste the better. Thus why I am wondering about phase change or even better a graphite pad since a graphite pad wont dry out at all
Got a question for you to try can flux soldering liquid be a better transfer of heat from the cpu to heatsink. Asking on behalf of channel northwest repair.
Nope. The only function of thermal paste is to keep your CPU cool, so as long as it's still doing that, it's good. And yeah, I've seen thermal paste last a very long time, so I'm not surprised that yours is still good.
I do a lot of computer work but what ive noticed is my AIO cooler is extremely hard to seperate from my AM4 CPU. The problem i run into is when i take it off to mess with something the CPU tends to pull out regardless of how long i leave it on, and even if i unhook the fans to AIO and let it warm up for as long as i can. Last time it nearly destroyed my 5600x because of the pins i thought i completely broke it until my mother and a needle and a dream fixed it for me. She told me not to take it apart again but the board is slowly giving up on life, and im planning on doing an upgrade in the future and switching in my wifes components to this case so i will have to take it apart lol.
And this is open to anybody for ideas or feedback, Incase it helps its an older Fractal Design Celcius, 360MM with the black pump with a very dark snowflake design on it. think it was celcius but ive had it 6-7 years. [I also managed to put in corsair liquid into the pump a year ago to help the longevity.
I think turning off power to the pump might help to warm up the paste and make it a little more liquidy. If possible, do not pull, twist clockwise and counterclockwise the waterblock, and once it has gotten itself moving, keep twisting while you pull. If you have access, which you might when you remove RAM, you can try wedging a really thin flexible knife in between the heatspreader of the CPU and the cooler, though this is a somewhat risky idea since you really need to hit the spot where the cooler and the CPU lid touch, and not touch the green interposer substrate of the CPU, and the knife can slip. Also remove as much hardware as you quickly can from the PC before you try to remove the cooler to give you better view and access at what's happening. You can use Prime95 to heat up your CPU as far as it'll go. What's happening with the board, reason to replace it?
@SianaGearz I'm planning on doing a new pc build at tax time the board itself is just old a lot of USB issues and stuff so plan on using her motherboard with my cpu so she gets an upgrade. I'll definitely try that when it comes time im really excited to get am5 and move away from pulling my cpu outta socket lol
@@GrayReactsYT I've had USB trouble for a while on a b450 board, it was probably down to fTPM bugs that they had for a while, so new BIOS versions with updated AGESA helped. The boards themselves don't really do anything adventurous with USB, it's all just CPU and chipset lines broken out directly. Additionally the machine was just seemingly not very happy with some of the old GL850 hubs that i've had for a while, that my Ivy Bridge Intel didn't have any trouble with. I haven't been building and repairing computers professionally for quite a few years now so my modern system experience is limited, but so far i've been lucky to never pull a CPU out of a ZIF pin socket with the cooler, probably just got lucky with the pastes that i use being non curing and probably somewhat decent batches as well. I've largely used MX2 for a very long time, but it's not available any longer. I've got MX6 in now and it scares me a little, i'll have to look over it when i have less stuff going on, hopefully it's not too badly cured, because i don't have a great feeling about it :D
A few years ago I tried installing an Intel CPU both cleanly and with thermal paste. In reality, the computer worked better and 1 degree cooler without thermal paste. There are different thermal pastes, of course, but apparently the processing of the contact surfaces of the CPU and coolers is accurate enough. The point is how well the cooler mounts work and how careful the installer is and that the thermal paste fills the micro grooves. Should thermal paste really be used when installing CPU coolers? Has anyone done such a test officially?
hey i want to test something, idk if you brave enough to do it. i don't want my pc to set on fire lol Inox is poor conductive material right? can you have a small Inox can and put Ice in it, put on non- water absorption surface cup holder and place under the GPU fan, so the fan could blow the cold air from Ice to cool off you GPU, idk that still create water on the GPU cause of the evaporation from water.
So I just picked up the Corsair h100 icue cooler now that comes with a pre-applied paste right? I don't have to put nothing on it. It doesn't seem to cover the whole copper's plate though there seems to be space. Will that be okay? It almost looks like a pad. It looks to be a very thin layer. Is it better to just wipe that stuff off and reapply to make sure that there's enough? I don't know like you were saying the peaks and valleys what if there's divots or whatever on the case of the CPU or the copper plate for that matter even though it's pre-applied
Seriously, cover the entire surface of the cpu with a thin layer of thermal paste by smearing it on. I use a piece of a plastic bag wrapped around my finger to spread it out evenly. I've been doing it that way for 40 years and never once had an issue unless the heatsink was bent and not making full contact in the first place.
Neither, use diamond thermal pads, they're clear, up to 2mm thickness and is the best available. And works on everything that has to dissipate heat, even on things as hot as lasers, the best part is, you never have to replace it. Rated at 2000W/mK
By "standard" is that the "Wraith", or the "Wraith Stealth"? What BIOS settings do you have regarding power limits, PBO, fan curves etc.? Are you absolutely sure it's installed properly and securely, with full contact between the CPU and the cooler? What temperatures do you idle at, in Windows or in the BIOS? 90 sounds pretty high for a 5700X but if it's the smaller "Stealth" cooler, and especially if the power limits are unlocked or if the fan is set too slow, I can see it.
I'm sure bubble gum will work for thermal paste in a pinch. Maybe some lard too. No, that might "fry" your CPU and motherboard. I think I'll just stick to thermal paste since even a small tube last me for years and I am not about to start reapplying it every 2 years.
I got a 20+ year old pc for free that was heavily used and the thermal paste had never been replaced ever yet it ran way cooler than I expected I wouldn’t worry too much (it wasn’t running anything too heavy though, before I get yelled at)
Ptm7950 is thermal paste but even better with higher thermal conductivity very close to liquid metal and just as safe and easy to clean without the risks of liquid metal. Only buy honeywell ptm7950 as its a reputable brand. Also forgot to mention it lasts way longer than thermal paste and doesn't pump out or dry out.
Years ago I had to troubleshoot some dude computer in some very remote jungle village, the first computer shop was at least 10 days away, so I used colgate tooth paste and it worked fine, the cpu stopped overheating.
Recently saw another youtuber talking about airbubbles createdin the past never heard of such a thing is it a thing? does it even matter? Also how long does thermal paste last? Or when should you reapply it? OH just had to wait a bit you covered these things LOL Thank you for this!
Great videos and format. Unfortunately audio quality is not that great, and makes it painful to watch. Sound very tinny. Something you may want to look into. Thanks
The W/mK figures specified by manufacturers are measured in very adventurous ways so it's a proxy value, real thermal conductivity ranges between 0.9 (basic white paste) and just short of 5 W/mK. Some of the best pastes have real thermal conductivity values around 2-3W/mK. Because we don't actually buy thermal paste for its bulk conductivity properties, but for its surface thermal impedance reduction properties, which are more difficult to measure and not really specified. The actual thickness of the paste layer is generally thin enough with good application. Though resulting paste layer thickness matters too but it depends on paste flow properties. Furthermore since every manufacturer measures thermal conductivity in their own way, the specification values are not comparable between them. 6:42 ruined the board. Even if you clean this up right away, a little bit of gallium will have alloyed with tin and will continue making its way through it, and in a year or a few that little resistor is likely falling off. Suggested course of action is to repopulate that part of the board with fresh components, flooding the pads real well and braiding them dry. Random dead demo board right? Oh btw cheap white pastes with low thermal performance can have some very nice other properties. There are types that are rated for much higher temperatures like over 200°C continuous and they can be resistant to pump-out/dry-out for 10-20 years when used under 100°C. One should be slightly wary of pastes with exceptionally good thermal performance, as as a rule, their long term endurance suffers. Liquid metal doesn't count though, it's a thing of its own.
If even .00001% of the pc users in the world replaces thermal paste every 2 years I would be shocked. Literally almost nobody on earth does that or even knows they should for that matter. Personally I think that's a bogus suggestion probably by makers of thermal paste to sell more product. Can't be any real data to support that you should replace every 2 years. I NEVER remove my CPU unless I have a very good reason for it.
I usually just fill my whole bathtub with thermal paste and completely submerge my whole pc in it. It had yet to exceed -48° i did notice a 92FPS drop due to not being able to see my RGB through the thermal paste, so i made sure to cover the entire bathroom in RGB lights to eliminate FPS loss. 10/10 most effective method so far. Highly recommended.
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please tell me that was sarcasm. I have actually met people that stupid.
I cover the entire motherboard with a thick layer of thermal paste and then bake it in the oven at 350 degrees F for an hour.
@@Shay-q8u It is quite obviously sarcasm
@@CarNerd7 like i said bud I have actually met people that dumb. Sadly they were NOT trump supporters but might as well have been.
Just spread it evenly with a spatula, then you can put very small dot in the middle if you want to make sure there is enough paste on top of the core.
I like your tip.
New builders often overthink thermal paste application, in reality it's not a big deal just put a few small dots around the middle
Exactly this. Don't use too little is really the only recommendation.
@@DanielRademeyer12345 disagree you also don't want to use too much. I am of the camp that too little is better than too much. Otherwise it smooshes out and makes contact with the board which is an absolute no no.
@@Shay-q8u Per the video, this isn't an issue unless the paste is electrically conductive (i.e. liquid metal). I take it you disagree?
I watched this on my holiday and it was by far the most memorable part.
I watched this video about 6 years AFTER I applied thermal paste. Am I screwed?
You need to repaste, it lasts about 6yrs before it dries out
@@TheBlueBunnyKen valide answer
I mean if your pc survived 6 years I think that’s a good sign
Your PC is going to explode
how did your computer survived, does it have longer lifespan?
Applauding the effort of having so many different pastes and cpus and items to showcase this much info about a single part of PC building lol. Very informative!
Damn good call on how thermal paste is meant to reduce the air gap layer (which is highly insulating). I always thought it’s purpose was that of a thermal gap filler, and I’m sure it does some of that, but definitely eliminating that air layer and replacing it with something of high heat conductivity is it’s biggest impact
Too little = high temps
Too much = no problem
i mean unless it spreads all over your mobo
@@hwurting that is still not a issue, but might be a pain to clean
I added too much and my pc was lagging
@@henders61 makes no sense. its non conductive so it doesnt matter
Lol. Many problems can arise from too much. Learn before you speak.
You alleviated all of my fears about applying thermal paste.
I agree with the replacing part.
I had applied thermal grizzly kryonaut on my Ryzen 3600 in 2020 and to date the temps are amazing.
Recently I changed my CPU to the 5700X3D. I saw many of them were concerned about the higher temperatures because of the higher TDP.
Al I did was apply a new thermal grizzly paste, popped on my Deepcool Gammax 400V2 and the temps are perfect.
Idle - 35-40 degrees
Cinebench - 77 degrees max
(Ambient temp - 24 degrees)
PS Used the X pattern
When you removed it did ur cpu got cemented to the cooler with a 3+yr old kryonaut?
@ no the removal was easy. I just performed 2 stress tests back to back, it came of nicely.
Vídeo incomplete, you never gave me my much needed answer of: can I put my thermal paste in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
You technically can
Yes, you can and then you'll end up in the hospital
You can. Once.
Hey! we love eating crayons right?
Thermal Paste is not toxic but it can cause irritation and allergy. Not recommended for consumption.
a canister of thermal paste typically is NOT single use. I have had tubes that last 4 or 5 applications and when done immediately put the cap back on. If not obvious, the amount of time the tube is uncapped is just long enough to apply the paste.
You should test replacing thermal paste with a metal leaf like gold, copper, or silver, in theory all of them have a greater thermal conductivity but I'd love to see the actual results. Thanks for all of the information.
Really good electrical conductivity too so you have to be careful. The idea of paste or pads is to fill the imperfections of manufacturing (no air gaps) so leaf isn't going to do the trick. Also, most if not all coolers have a copper plate and I even owned one anodized in gold (which made no difference).
Some arab youtuber named sankara did it with gold leafs and the results was disappointing
I have always done a pea size application on every CPU I have installed and never had a problem
I get a super fine nozzle and use it as a pen to play a game of noughts and crosses on my CPU die before applying the heatsink.
Look out! It’s a European!
I’m just joking. Europeans are actually really cool
Bro is thoughtful. Really love how you shared your knowledge about thermal paste. Thank you.
The pattern does make a difference with different compounds(viscosity etc) and surfaces
2:15 thats exactly what i did. Should I really reapply it? My cpu is under 50 deg in idle and 75 deg at max load
Sometimes the old paste works out perfectly fine, other times it's not. Keep monitoring your CPU temperatures. For the time being, the temperature is safe. Sometimes it seems fine at first but causes things to get worse substantially over the next few months. So if you were working on a customer's PC rather than your own, you'd ALWAYS repaste. But for your own PC, temperature is all that matters, but you should also know your cooler and your CPU and what temperatures the pair is expected to produce in particular.
50C temp in idle is hot
In general cpu idle temp should be only around 30-40C
@@xxovereyexx5019 Probably were talking Fahrenheit, 75 Celsius would not leave any question of if it was running hot. that's 10 C idle and 23 C at max load.
@@maromania7 10c is way below ambient indoor temperature. Even 23c would be hardly warm to the touch.
I usually see CPU idle temperatures around 30°C. If I saw a CPU idle at 50°C, I would probably repaste it.
Fun fact: I have a 15-year-old computer that has never been repasted and it _still_ idles around 30°C. It's an old Dell. I dunno what paste they used on it, but whatever it was, it must've been good stuff.
a few months ago i replaced a 2008 95W AMD CPU and the temps were still normal using Arctic Silver 5... things might be different for overclocked components but a 2yrs life span for thermal paste seems super short to me. in essence you want just enough thermal paste to fill in air gaps but allow metal to metal contact (as the video states). my preferred method of applying is by spreading a thin layer on top of the CPU.
The best Thermal Paste pattern was the friends we made on the way
Perhaps the best thing to hit the market is the ThermalGrissy thermal pad "Carbonaut"!
It doesn't get messy and is perfect for everyone! Well, if you're an overclocker, why would you want something ordinary?
A dot is going to distribute entirely according to how to place and then apply pressure with the heatsink. That's not so much the case with the X. With the X you're forcing it to distribute in a better way across the CPU.
He is like a teacher who is very positive and makes topics easier to learn ❤
And can you drink aio coolant (since now I can't eat paste)
The best pattern is , draw any geometric shape and then draw again the shape inside it , for eg : draw a big circle and then a small circle inside the big circle. As simple as that😄
Always have to put the paste in one corner on my ryzen. it is not very flat, and its not the cooler. The surface of the cpu itself is definitely a factor to consider.
Just a thin layer spread across the whole cpu evenly w/a the spatula and its all covered and your all good.
Very informative this helped me better understand
My first application was a smiley just like ur pfp, now i just use it cause its funny and it works surprisingly well.
Does this hurt the cpu?
Use WD-40 as thermal paste
Great info. Thank you!
X patterns are easier because faster spreading in no time and Butter methods also easy for CPU
Ihs means integrated heat spreader
thermal paste isnt hard to use. most now come with a spatula to spread a thin layer over the whole IHS. the old spot in middle or cross shapes are obsolete because chiplets are a thing with latest cpus and changed where the heat is. so long as you dont slather it on so thick it oozes out. or you can use a thermal sheet (kryosheet for instance) and unless you replace cpu or cooler you need never worry about paste at all. carbon sheets unlike phasechange or paste will never pump out over time with heat cycles.
i never changed my paste its already more than 10 years, its never overheating, idle & load cpu are still fine, idle 33-45C & load 60-75C, and its overclocked too
i only clean the pc or fans when its dusty. i would repaste it someday, probably will reduce about 5C
hi sir can you make a video of delidding a cpu ?
This really helped a lot, I’m new to the whole PC building thing and I’m repairing an older one and was
Confused why the fan was so loud and the pc was getting so hot, then I took the fan off and what do you know there’s dried and pretty much no thermal paste,thanks again
Anyone who has not used Maxtor thermal grease will be sad, cooling effect is good, cost-effective
What are the recommended patterns for applying thermal paste, and why do they matter?
Maxtor brand is recommended for easy application, cooling effect is also very good, and the kit is complimentary.Applying too much or too little will affect the cooling effect
When and were to use alternatives is a great subject as well. Phase change material or Graphite pads for example. I am due for a repaste on my board's chipset it is running WAY hotter than it used to so it is obviously time. The southbridge uses paste the vrms use thermal pads. I have been wondering about using PTM7950 or a Graphite pad on the chipset instead of paste. My board is the Asus Rampage IV black edition. it is an oldie but a goodie. It uses heatsinks secured via screws on the back. Better mounting pressure and more secure than push pins but it means I have to completely gut my machine before applying a new cooling solution since it is going to be a bit of a pain so the fewer times I need to repaste the better. Thus why I am wondering about phase change or even better a graphite pad since a graphite pad wont dry out at all
Your thermal paste shows the price in GBP, but when checking out it states that it cannot ship to the UK address:)))
10 builds in and now i just use a pea sized dot. Realized that I got the same temps or sometimes better than the patterns with the pea dot.
Got a question for you to try can flux soldering liquid be a better transfer of heat from the cpu to heatsink. Asking on behalf of channel northwest repair.
its been 9 years of my 6th gen PC, it works fine, i never changed thermal paste, is it required to change if its running fine?
Nope. The only function of thermal paste is to keep your CPU cool, so as long as it's still doing that, it's good.
And yeah, I've seen thermal paste last a very long time, so I'm not surprised that yours is still good.
Which IHS are bowed? I definitely am aiming to go for as thin of a spread application as possible on my R7 5800X3D
I do a lot of computer work but what ive noticed is my AIO cooler is extremely hard to seperate from my AM4 CPU. The problem i run into is when i take it off to mess with something the CPU tends to pull out regardless of how long i leave it on, and even if i unhook the fans to AIO and let it warm up for as long as i can.
Last time it nearly destroyed my 5600x because of the pins i thought i completely broke it until my mother and a needle and a dream fixed it for me.
She told me not to take it apart again but the board is slowly giving up on life, and im planning on doing an upgrade in the future and switching in my wifes components to this case so i will have to take it apart lol.
And this is open to anybody for ideas or feedback, Incase it helps its an older Fractal Design Celcius, 360MM with the black pump with a very dark snowflake design on it. think it was celcius but ive had it 6-7 years. [I also managed to put in corsair liquid into the pump a year ago to help the longevity.
I think turning off power to the pump might help to warm up the paste and make it a little more liquidy. If possible, do not pull, twist clockwise and counterclockwise the waterblock, and once it has gotten itself moving, keep twisting while you pull. If you have access, which you might when you remove RAM, you can try wedging a really thin flexible knife in between the heatspreader of the CPU and the cooler, though this is a somewhat risky idea since you really need to hit the spot where the cooler and the CPU lid touch, and not touch the green interposer substrate of the CPU, and the knife can slip. Also remove as much hardware as you quickly can from the PC before you try to remove the cooler to give you better view and access at what's happening.
You can use Prime95 to heat up your CPU as far as it'll go.
What's happening with the board, reason to replace it?
@SianaGearz I'm planning on doing a new pc build at tax time the board itself is just old a lot of USB issues and stuff so plan on using her motherboard with my cpu so she gets an upgrade. I'll definitely try that when it comes time im really excited to get am5 and move away from pulling my cpu outta socket lol
@@GrayReactsYT I've had USB trouble for a while on a b450 board, it was probably down to fTPM bugs that they had for a while, so new BIOS versions with updated AGESA helped. The boards themselves don't really do anything adventurous with USB, it's all just CPU and chipset lines broken out directly.
Additionally the machine was just seemingly not very happy with some of the old GL850 hubs that i've had for a while, that my Ivy Bridge Intel didn't have any trouble with.
I haven't been building and repairing computers professionally for quite a few years now so my modern system experience is limited, but so far i've been lucky to never pull a CPU out of a ZIF pin socket with the cooler, probably just got lucky with the pastes that i use being non curing and probably somewhat decent batches as well. I've largely used MX2 for a very long time, but it's not available any longer. I've got MX6 in now and it scares me a little, i'll have to look over it when i have less stuff going on, hopefully it's not too badly cured, because i don't have a great feeling about it :D
A few years ago I tried installing an Intel CPU both cleanly and with thermal paste. In reality, the computer worked better and 1 degree cooler without thermal paste. There are different thermal pastes, of course, but apparently the processing of the contact surfaces of the CPU and coolers is accurate enough. The point is how well the cooler mounts work and how careful the installer is and that the thermal paste fills the micro grooves. Should thermal paste really be used when installing CPU coolers? Has anyone done such a test officially?
I did not change my thermal paste on my AMD 8350, which is 125W, and a stock cooler, for 12 years, ran great
hey i want to test something, idk if you brave enough to do it. i don't want my pc to set on fire lol
Inox is poor conductive material right? can you have a small Inox can and put Ice in it, put on non- water absorption surface cup holder and place under the GPU fan, so the fan could blow the cold air from Ice to cool off you GPU, idk that still create water on the GPU cause of the evaporation from water.
REMOVE PROCESSOR WHILE PC IS ON ❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌
Could thermal paste be used inside a custom loop, I know you have enough sir
MrYeester, can you tell me if I need to replace the thermal paste of my rtx 2070? It usually overheats to 88 degrees
It's probably time to do that.
So I just picked up the Corsair h100 icue cooler now that comes with a pre-applied paste right? I don't have to put nothing on it. It doesn't seem to cover the whole copper's plate though there seems to be space. Will that be okay? It almost looks like a pad. It looks to be a very thin layer. Is it better to just wipe that stuff off and reapply to make sure that there's enough? I don't know like you were saying the peaks and valleys what if there's divots or whatever on the case of the CPU or the copper plate for that matter even though it's pre-applied
Which paste suitable for Intel i3 3rd gen processor is it metal base / carbon base
0:53 hahaha :) what made you to use a footage of Minsk
Seriously, cover the entire surface of the cpu with a thin layer of thermal paste by smearing it on. I use a piece of a plastic bag wrapped around my finger to spread it out evenly. I've been doing it that way for 40 years and never once had an issue unless the heatsink was bent and not making full contact in the first place.
does this apply to a 3rd gen intel from 2012 that has never been changed
Yes
i replaced it recently and now my pc smells like its burning plastic but cpu temps and gpu temps are...fine
Neither, use diamond thermal pads, they're clear, up to 2mm thickness and is the best available. And works on everything that has to dissipate heat, even on things as hot as lasers, the best part is, you never have to replace it. Rated at 2000W/mK
For a stock cooler a small dot is enough. I just did a video (Shorts) about it.
1:33 felt physical pain there😢
Can I use normal 70%+ alcohol to wipe off excess OLD thermal paste? please someone lmk
Is it normal for a ryzen 7 5700x to go to 90 degrees while gaming with a standard am4 cooler?
By "standard" is that the "Wraith", or the "Wraith Stealth"? What BIOS settings do you have regarding power limits, PBO, fan curves etc.? Are you absolutely sure it's installed properly and securely, with full contact between the CPU and the cooler? What temperatures do you idle at, in Windows or in the BIOS?
90 sounds pretty high for a 5700X but if it's the smaller "Stealth" cooler, and especially if the power limits are unlocked or if the fan is set too slow, I can see it.
@@itspaafekuto newer version of the amd wraith stealth did not change any bios settings apart from enabling xmp
No, thats kinda hot. My 5700x3d runs at around 75c max in a hot room accelerator to the floor.
I'm sure bubble gum will work for thermal paste in a pinch. Maybe some lard too. No, that might "fry" your CPU and motherboard. I think I'll just stick to thermal paste since even a small tube last me for years and I am not about to start reapplying it every 2 years.
But can I mix different pastes
Imagine a chemical reaction at high temperature on top of your GPU between two different thermal paste compounds.
I got a 20+ year old pc for free that was heavily used and the thermal paste had never been replaced ever yet it ran way cooler than I expected
I wouldn’t worry too much (it wasn’t running anything too heavy though, before I get yelled at)
I've seen thermal paste last 15 years with no issues. 🤷♂️ I would be impressed, but not overly surprised, to see it last for 20.
oddly enough my finger started to feel plodded after i touched thermal paste
thanks your video helpt me allot! thanks!
Ptm7950 is thermal paste but even better with higher thermal conductivity very close to liquid metal and just as safe and easy to clean without the risks of liquid metal. Only buy honeywell ptm7950 as its a reputable brand. Also forgot to mention it lasts way longer than thermal paste and doesn't pump out or dry out.
why is my brothers pc at 79c at idle its i5 2400
Smiley face is optimal application, this is objective truth
Instructions not clear if I put it inter the cpu will it be faster
Years ago I had to troubleshoot some dude computer in some very remote jungle village, the first computer shop was at least 10 days away, so I used colgate tooth paste and it worked fine, the cpu stopped overheating.
Cool! This is awesome!
8:30 bro used the kid from his short as an example.
You sure wasnt lying about starting the new generation overclocked and better.
Recently saw another youtuber talking about airbubbles createdin the past never heard of such a thing is it a thing? does it even matter?
Also how long does thermal paste last? Or when should you reapply it? OH just had to wait a bit you covered these things LOL Thank you for this!
you applied your cpu water cooler incorrectly the tubes should be upside town the top must be the cooler
Anyone who has not used Maxtor thermal grease will be sad, cooling effect is good, cost-effective
5:58 now hold up, how
mercury
fried my first computers cpu (i7-5820k) using to much thermal paste.....got onto the underside of the cpu. so it can fry components but its rare.
Thermal paste are not conductive, how can it fry anything? Unless he is using liquid metal.
@@sc9433 they can be conductive
I don’t have any thermal paste on my cpu. It’s been overheating like crazy. It’s coming in 9 days though. Takes way too long for this crap
I don't know why people just not spread the thermal paste manually.
- No tools
- Scared of doing something wrong
- 99.9% of the population don't care about losing 1 or 2 degrees
Airbubble boogeyman
why do it when i can use the pressure to spread the thermal paste for me
I didn't do it originally, but to ease my mind of it being completely covered I spread it evenly on my gpu die and my cpu
Me gonna ace my Chemistry and Physics paper with this!
Under 15 min after release yaay
The pattern really does not matter (Had thermal paste already applied when I bought my AMD cpu)
Great videos and format. Unfortunately audio quality is not that great, and makes it painful to watch. Sound very tinny. Something you may want to look into. Thanks
The W/mK figures specified by manufacturers are measured in very adventurous ways so it's a proxy value, real thermal conductivity ranges between 0.9 (basic white paste) and just short of 5 W/mK. Some of the best pastes have real thermal conductivity values around 2-3W/mK.
Because we don't actually buy thermal paste for its bulk conductivity properties, but for its surface thermal impedance reduction properties, which are more difficult to measure and not really specified. The actual thickness of the paste layer is generally thin enough with good application. Though resulting paste layer thickness matters too but it depends on paste flow properties.
Furthermore since every manufacturer measures thermal conductivity in their own way, the specification values are not comparable between them.
6:42 ruined the board. Even if you clean this up right away, a little bit of gallium will have alloyed with tin and will continue making its way through it, and in a year or a few that little resistor is likely falling off. Suggested course of action is to repopulate that part of the board with fresh components, flooding the pads real well and braiding them dry. Random dead demo board right?
Oh btw cheap white pastes with low thermal performance can have some very nice other properties. There are types that are rated for much higher temperatures like over 200°C continuous and they can be resistant to pump-out/dry-out for 10-20 years when used under 100°C. One should be slightly wary of pastes with exceptionally good thermal performance, as as a rule, their long term endurance suffers. Liquid metal doesn't count though, it's a thing of its own.
My intrusive thoughts when he said what happens when you eat thermal paste: Try the gray stuff its delicious 😂
Sandwich Method ? Just spread the thermal paste evenly across the entire surface.
I use Acrtic Mx-4 🤷🏻♂️
Good enough
If even .00001% of the pc users in the world replaces thermal paste every 2 years I would be shocked. Literally almost nobody on earth does that or even knows they should for that matter. Personally I think that's a bogus suggestion probably by makers of thermal paste to sell more product. Can't be any real data to support that you should replace every 2 years. I NEVER remove my CPU unless I have a very good reason for it.
8 years on mine haven't hit 95 once
but is .5 grams of thermal paste to much
spatula gang
The turtle pattern is best
i didnt even notice this video was made 4 minutes ago
Kingpin needs to be replaced every year.
There's also thermal pumpout that is frequently talked about with some brands of thermal paste.
Mr Yeester is so funny!!
This was cool but would love a video where you go into detail.
... I kid
I want a graphics card for games, the card I have is broken 😢😢😢