[How to] - Remove and Apply Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compund
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- The thermal paste is Artic Silver 5 and the cleaning solution is called ArticClean. I will also try two different methods using just a dot of thermal paste and not spreading it and then I will use the instructions from the makers of Arctic Silver 5 by applying a single line down the center.
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lol hes spreading thermal paste like it's mayonaise..
hahaha go ahead and eat the graphics sandwich, you dimwit XD
Yep. This comment aged well
One of the worst video's on how to Remove and Apply Thermal Compound.
@eddles777 Thanks for the info and the tip. Did the Noctua thermal compound come with your cooler or did you buy it separate? I have not seen the thermal compound for sale on its own over here in the US.
OMG! Where did that waterdrop goes at 6:17 ??
the cleaning solution he uses evaporates, it is not water, and it doesnt leave a mark. if it did it wouldn't be certified for use on a cpu
You smoking crack? It all went on the CPU only
@9887962543 Yes. The actual instructions from the company that makes arctic silver 5 says to draw a line of thermal paste down the center and that is all you need. I tried that but noticed I squeeze out too much when trying to make a thin line because the paste oozes out too fast and un-evenly. I am pretty sure that both a single dot or spreading it around is equally effective. In two weeks I will measure the temperature and try it with just the dot and then the line. Thanks for watching!
@ysatria That is very true. Thanks for the info. The Arctic Silver 5 website instructions says to spread it as a thin line across the cpu. I still need to do a dot and a line.Did your thermal paste work right away at cooling or did it have to cure? This Arctic Silver 5 takes 200 hours and that's about a month of use for me. I can't wait that long to reach optimal cooling. I am thinking of switching to a nano diamond compound. That stuff cools instantly. Thanks for watching!
You should try to get as much as possible off the cpu with the cloth before you apply the Arctic cleaning liquid.
Btw, the reason why you shouldn't spread the paste around like that, is that when you put the cooler back on, there will be lots of air bubbles between the cpu and cooler, which means you would get worse temps than you could have gotten.
I agree about using the pea method only because it is easier to do. I will be making another video on the various methods and if it really does heat up more than the pea method. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Thank you and thanks for watching! I hope to do a heat test with a few thermal paste application techniques.
"Try not to leave any clumps." All you had to do was put the heatsink on after you put the blob of paste on the middle of the CPU. That's it. You wouldn't have to worry about "clumps" cause you wouldn't be spackling the CPU case.
Um. Not according to my directions since I’m told to apply in the corner and spread it. Some say a horizontal line. Not one size fits all.
@Walter why do people get so uptight about this subject... spreading it ensures good contact on the entire ihs go look up how paste spreads and you'll feel stupid. spreading it is the most effective way to get good thermal contact on the entire dye which can make the difference of a few degrees.
@@Shuruii I had to order some lol, completely forgot when my mate sold me the computer the i5 processor didn’t have any on it to be fair.. and the other day I got a warning when restarting my pc about cpu temp.. I hit set up and it was hitting 89 degrees :O .. I got the paste but forgot to buy the cleaning agent and stuff.. Gonna order some though and get that done before applying definitely.
@@Seannn94 awesome dude it really doesn't matter much how it is applied the amount is the important part spreading is just the best way to get good contact on the entire IHS but put enough not too much or too little and you'll be good happy building :D
@@Shuruii But I really do need to get the ArtiClean remover & Purifier before applying though right? Because it probably has residue most likely anyway, from the last person who used it. Just don't want to make a mistake.. also, Some people have waited 2-3 hours after applying.. is that something you would do? Any info is appreciated !
Edit: Btw Thank You!
I ve used always arctic silver products from the very early models back in burning amd times. My arctic silver 5 syringe never dried up till i used last drop on my laptop last day. I am still amazed it works like i bought it 5+ years ago. I always spreaded like you did. With a razor. Other spreading methods don't work well on as compounds because it is thicker. My first overclock attempt was using an 25mhz 486 sx ( no math co processor ) at 33 mhz ... These days fastest processor was dx4 100mhz . I passed first time the 1ghz barrier with as2 with my Athlon. Arctic silver showed his potencial at watercooling applications. AS ceramique i don't liked it. I used ocz freeze it was ok. But Arctic Silver 5 is my all time favourite. AS 2 was a little sticky. But it was coming with old good big syringe with white cap. I installed countless cpu and gpu heatspreaders. I always spread with razor on dies. For rams or mosfets i do small dots. Never use paper towels to clean cpu or heatspreaders you will surely scratch like sanding paper. Use only soft eyeglass cleaner patch with isopropyl alcohol.
They don't expire....
@Fittlemen Thanks! and let us know how those temps are with that cooler.
Arctic silver 5 is hard to be spread by the CPU cooler unless you put a lot. I used as much as he did and placed my cooler on it. ended up with 90 Celsius while idle at .3 ghz.. after spreading it, I now get 80 Celcius under 85% load
thanks for the guide man! my desktop overheated a year ago. only just now i figured i tried to fix it. which meant i had to do something i've never done before: applying new paste. but you showed how easily it could be done. my desktop is now working 100% +1 to you man! :)
Okay, so I'm getting a new heatsink today. Do I have to clean up my processor and then apply the thermal paste when replacing it? Or can I just put a little more on top?
Good job with tutorial. It was helpful with upgrading my nephew's Alienware. This year, he will finally customize his own computer.
after applying thermal compound, should I leave it dry or you can use it.
would you suggest applying the thermal paste on the cpu and the cpu cooler or just the cpu and let the paste go on to the cpu cooler naturally.
That's normal. Some of the cores are working harder than the others. Those are good temps. Is that under a full load?
I recently did this using Arctic Silver on my GPU. I spread it on my Die and heat sink with a razor blade. The temperature difference between the GPU and Heat-sink is a constant 3-4 degrees which is good IMO. The less the temperature difference, the greater the thermal transfer. Arctic silver is not the same as silica thermal paste. I think the spread method works better.
Would normal rubbing alcohol work for cleaning it off? New at cleaning thermal paste off
can i use first aid antiseptic alcohol and a glasses lense cloth?
@Fittlemen Cool. There is a new Hyper 212 Plus that came out. Looks pretty good with the new direct copper heat pipes.
Thanks for clarifying. although I can't change the audio in this video, I have changed the title and voted your comment up. Hopefully others will follow. Thanks for watching!
Do you think it is good to spread the paste all up to the borders of the CPU? The pressure of the cooler will spread the paste a little further which could lead to the paste being in the wrong place (on side of the CPU or even on the MB, for example).
Better that than a hotspot
would i be able to use normal alcohol like jack denials to clean the heatsink
yes
quick question, how would i got about doing this on the processor, i mean i know you did it right ontop of the motherboard, but shouldn't i do it separately?
Oh alright, I was planning to repaste my m14x R2 with the ArctiClean solutions and the IC Diamond Thermal Paste, and I was not sure if I had or did not have a lint free cloth. So paper seems like a less hassling substitute.
@calical26 Correct! I also have another video about thermal grease and I do that too! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the link!
I've also read up quite a bit on the process and the overriding opinion is that spreading is NOT a good method, because of air bubble creation (which is worse than having only partial thermal paste coverage). The Arctic Silver 5 manual suggests tinting the CPU first, which is putting on a VERY small amount and thinly spreading it over the CPU. Follow it up with the center pea method. This helps paste spread out by itself.
So that compound is gonna act as a heat sink or you forgot to glue on top?
In the absence of thermal paste, would butter suffice? I already have a butter knife ready.
Don't use butter. Jesus christ, please no.
Either you have thermal paste and use computer or you dont have thermal paste and dont use computer untill you get some...
Correct. After you clean off the old on both the heat sink and cpu, apply new thermal grease on the cleaned surface.
should i do this for a brand new cpu if the motherboard is bought used?
Nice info and thanks for sharing that.
I have gotten the thermal grizzly Kryonout. Some have said Kryonout is too thin and that Artic silver 5 is thicker. I hope mine words fine, i will test temperatures and see.
You can hold it with your finger tips. Just be careful. Thanks for watching!
thanks very much. i didn't know it took so little. and how fortunate that i see the special removal solution pair. i'm buying the same one. thank you so much
@calical26 I use that too! thanks for sharing!
what cloth should i use. i know you said lint free but whats lint free in an average home.
Is it better to remove the cpu and clean it, or you can clean it just fine when it sits on the motherboard? I don't want to take the risk of bending the pins by accident...
If you are careful then you can take it out and clean the edges with a q-tip and alcohol. It just depends on you if you can clean it the same while it is in the socket.
I might have to try it on another system myself. Try to shock it with static electricity. I want to see sparks fly.
@Fittlemen It is very absorbent. Just don't put too much liquid and you should be fine. just a few drops is fine.
I read an article on Maximum PC where they connected a car battery to an Intel Core i7 2600K CPU and sparks started flying. There were even burn marks on the cpu. They plugged it in and it started up working fine. I am going to try it for myself on a less expensive CPU one day. Thanks for watching!
there's another method of spreading the thermal paste on the processor..
They simply put a drop of the paste like u did, n simply install the heat sink. n they even show that the thermal paste spreads evenly.
Which would be better?
It should be fine since The board is still performing excellent. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tip.
Very through, Thanks for this tutorial.
@johnnythegeek1 hey johnny, sorry i forgot to mention how i got the noctua thermal compound. there have been massive sales in the past month in Brisbane, Australia from the January floods where computer businesses have been trying to offload stock that is damaged,unsellable or without warranty for sale to the public. I got the noctua nh-d14 heatsink and compound from there for less than 30$ AUD and a few other things. I'll be doing a review tomorrow and across the weekend of all the stuff i got
thanks for making this clip mate
Is it harmful if you get it on your hands
Is it bad if I only use ethyl alcohol to clean it.
It would have been a good idea to just remove the CPU and press the pins in a foam block while cleaning.
Do you really want to risk getting old thermal paste on your MoBo?
So I can use paper to clean it?
If you suspect the paste to have air bubbles(for example if you've put it down and removed it if you placed it incorrectly), you can try to twitch it around some. That may remove most of the air bubbles, and thereby increasing the heat sink value.
What do you mean by twitch it around some?
@@nicmuenchhagen1242 I opt for gentle straight in pressure applied in a rotation along the rim, to kind of make a gentle spiral of pressure out
@johnnythegeek1 i've been using noctua thermal compound for about 6 months now and its pretty amazing. it doesnt have a cure time either so its instant thermal cooling performance.
im using this for my ps3 phat its on 3.55cfw and getting annoyed that it has red light.....will this work ???????
You do not have to spread the paste, when you push in the fan/cooler it will do that much better then you did.
NOTE TO ALL: please do not spread the paste like the video describes it, just apply the amount seen in the video and push in the CPU FAN.
+Hajredin Pasha Totally agree!..
JJ
Yeah no kidding. I can't stand when people spread it
@@stektirade Why?
So, just to clarify. Take the thermal paste off completely, don't apply some new thermal paste on top of the old?
best thermal application is pea-sized amount in the middle
In most cases, but if you want to maximized heat transfer, this is the best way to ensure the entire surface has paste creating a connection between the cpu heatspreader (top) and the bottom of the cooler. Pastes purpose is to fill the tiny spaces of air in the groves of the metal between the two surfaces, you just need a very thin layer, too much and it will cause heat build up instead of transferring it more efficiently.
sorry 35Celsius right not Fahrenheit right ?
Thanks have a good day.
@eddles777 also i've used other cleaning solution such as wd-40( the australian version is 'selleys RP7') and it costs about $4 AUD. just spray that stuff onto a lint free cloth and clean the excess thermal compound. then the remaining residue, use the arcticlean solution. this is a great method to prolong the small bottle of arcticlean solution.
Thanks for watching 7minutes and 50 seconds of my video. I will be doing another video like this where I test the temps of an over clocked CPU using 3 different methods of applying CPU thermal grease. Stay tuned!
1mm? that's closer to 1cm!
That is true. Camera angles and lighting got the best of me and I was lazy about it. Thanks for watching!
I would replace and use new thermal paste. there are some inexpensive cpu coolers you can get. good luck!
Ur welcome...!!!
and your videos are really helpful
Keep the work going :-)
@johnnythegeek1 also Australia sells alot of Noctua thermal compound strangely enough on alot of the online web pc stores.
where did that drop go 6:17
Thanks!
I think it is if you leave it on your hands so you should wash your hands right away. Thanks for watching and sorry for the late reply!
Pay no attention to the haters. The spread method is fine. I been doing it for years with no problem. The dot method is fine too but I prefer to spread. Long as you don't put too much or too little.
Good eye. It's a good thing everything dried out before I turned it back on again. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
You could put it on the water pump but I would be afraid if it dripped off and landed on something. I had the Antec Khuler but will be upgrading soon to the H100. Thanks for watching and your English is good!
I use ethanol to clean off the paste. If you do get a little spill it won't cause any damage (so long as your power is off) because it evaporates very quickly.
would isopropol work just as well?
Should do.
***** isopropyl is the best
yes. Thanks for watching!
Thanks man!
@MinpAndCorey4Eva thanks for watching!
Ok, to all the trolls who say don't spread it, it's BS. Spreading and using the Dot Method work almost identically. Also, when spreading, the best strategy is to wrap a strip of scotch tape on your finger and spread it with that.
The default fan for any CPU is pretty much trash. Applying thermal paste properly might help with a couple of degrees, but the heater is problaly the concern. The case might also be a problem if it doesen't let heat out properly although paying 50 - 100 dollars for a nice and silent fan should get your problem solved. :)
After you've applied the thermal paste, just let the pressure from the CPU Cooler even out the thermal paste onto the CPU. This is the best way, as it creates no air pockets what-so-ever(If you use the Pea-Method(putting a small dot in the middle of the CPU)).
thank you johnny ^_^
Thank you
Yes, you should never manually spread thermal paste like that. You will get lots of air bubbles trapped and your temps will be alot worse.
For a 4th generation i7 www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appmeth/int/vl/intel_app_method_vertical_line_v1.1.pdf , the Arctic Silver directions specifically state that you do NOT spread the paste around other than the initial tinting of course. You do a thin line. I'm sure different cpus have different application methods.
I used about 5 times that. Is that bad?
May your CPU RIP. 😂
6:17 you dropped some of that liquid on the motherboard.
Johnny. Reapply the thermal paste by using the simple pea method below and you're guaranteed a CPU temp reduction of at least 5ºC.
so what is the proper method of applying arctic silver 5?
and I don't know why most of the people are criticising the uploader as arctic silver own website recommends surface spread method on i7 2nd gen mobile/laptop processors.
+Kashif
Unfortunately there really isn't a hard science to this kind of thing -- and it turns into a bit of a religious debate, because everybody has their own way of doing things. Continuing with that, I'll spread my view, which I do believe to be best -- and inherited from a hugely talented and experienced electrical engineer. No deep analysis on it, however it works as well as any other method I've seen, and when removing the heat sink to reapply -- or what have you -- there is no overspilling after compression. At the end of the day, the improvement you see from one method to the next isn't going to dramatically change your rig's performance.
My ideal is to use a razor blade as my implement for spreading. Allows for an extremely even TP application. Start with a small dot of TP (the amount he applies here isn't overdone as some are suggesting) and then work the blade back and forth along all edges and diagonals of the 'rectangle' of the CPU/GPU. You are only trying to have a thick enough layer to cover the metallic shine of the CPU. Once the AS5 is fully spread, and can't be reworked to cover bald spots, apply a very small dosage more until all areas are covered. And of course, be very careful as to not allow AS5 to bleed off onto the circuitry.
The last part is the largest complaint I would have with this video. He says -- loosely -- "it's okay if some spots aren't covered in TP, as the CPU heat design will dissipate the heat evenly". That is flat out incorrect. It's a simple surface area scenario, and very very basic thermal physics. Effectively you are bottlenecking how much heat can be dissipated, and your cooling will be less effective as a result. Nothing awful will happen if you don't do it, however you aren't taking advantage of the amount of dissipation you could be having, which is counter to the purpose of why you're applying TP to begin with.
+Oliver Scott I applied the paste as you and arctic silver's website suggested (spread method) and my hp envy 17 which was literally unusable is now working absolutely fine. Its been a month now and I am not facing any problem.
windex cleans it well
That will work. Just try to use 70 percent or preferably 91 percent.
NEVER SPREAD THERMAL PASTE AROUND WITH A CARD. Its the method thats most likely to trap air bubbles that will act as a heat insulator rather than a heat conductor. By far the best method is to simply use the thermal paste syringe to squeeze a pea sized ball in the dead centre of the CPU as you did in the video. Then just put the heat back on and screw it down and the pressure of the heat sink pushing down onto the CPU will pancake the now air bubble free thermal paste for heat conductance.
I sort of agree, I use a small X patterned 'pea', and don't spread....
It would have to depend on the consistency of the thermal grease. Certain grease is too thick for the pressure of the heat sink or the heat to spread around. With thinner compound, the pressure of the cooler would push out the air bubbles. So until you do a test on various thermal compounds and where I can see these air bubbles, I will use my common sense and you can use yours. Thanks for your opinion and for watching!
Johnny u lost me in the end buddy ... PEACE LOL
so what is the result of the H60 and what is the average temperature when in normal operation.
lol can i just use brake cleaner to get the old paste off
I'd use Arctic Oraco MX-4, it's nonconductive, and works better. Plus I would apply it to the heatsink fully vs CPU, nice and thin with a card (or whatever), make it perfectly smooth, take your time. (You can even use some metal polish to smooth out your heatsink surface, just clean it off real well when it's nice and shiney) Or just say F it, and mix up 75% toothpaste and petroleum jelly really well, and save some money! lol j/k But it will work quite well for eh 4-5 months. Arctic Silver 5 is old skool man, but good video anyhow +1 and thumps up.. and I know it was posted in 2011.. But each to his own, I don't see any videos showing real world tests on what's better the spread or dot method. But yeah MX-4, no worries about shorting anything out and you can make sure the entire surface contact area will be covered via putting it on the heatsink.
theres no problem at all if u smear it, if you apply the right amount of paste, the layer is to thin and uniform to have bubbles, have tried both ways and if applied correctly theres no difference at all