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Apply Arctic Silver 5. That is almost certainly because they're using it incorrectly, which I can understand since the instructions provided are minimally useful. Also, don't trust the board makers proprietary software to tell you what your temperatures are; download a good program like RealTemp 2.41 or Everest for free (use google to find them). The results are always a 4-10c drop in CPU temperatures under load. I recommend purchasing an ArctiClean kit. You can use more alcohol, or the surface preparer that comes in the arctic silver kit. 2. This is accomplished by using Isopropyl alcohol to dissolve and loosen the old thermal paste.
You might have to reapply more drops of cleaner again depending on how much thermal compound was present on the chip to begin with. So for those of you who are not familiar with applying thermal paste, here is the process: 1. Wipe all the waste off with a lintless cloth or cotton swabs. The idea here is to get a THIN, EVEN LAYER across the entire chip surface. I recommend getting an aftermarket heat sink as those provided by Intel are notoriously poor. Start with a small amount and add more if necessary.
There are some saying Arctic Silver 5 didn't lower their temperatures. The real gains in heat dissipation come when the CPU is being pushed. Zalman makes some great ones. Apply a surface cleaner.
You will not notice a huge difference at idle. A toothpick actually work's really well at spreading the paste around. The compound simply allows for a much better transfer for heat from chip-->heatsink. If you do, it will squish outside the edge of the chip, get on your motherboard, the CPU locking mechanism, your hands, etc.
Do NOT buy on that uses push pins to lock in place. For minimal cost it will give you the compound remover, as well as an excellent surface preparer. You want one with screws and mounting bracket so that it is very securely attached to the motherboard and in turn, your CPU. If you follow those steps, you will see a massive improvement in your core temps. This is probably equally important to applying the thermal compound correctly, because all the compound in the world won't help you if the heatsink isn't making solid contact with the chip's surface. There are other types that might be better for specific purposes (Arctic Céramique for example), but for cooling a CPU, this is the best. I swear by Arctic Silver, and I promise you it works if you use it correctly.
You should not be able to see any part of the metal of the chip when you're done. Less is more in this instance; many people think they need to slather this stuff onto the chip, but trust me that does nothing but make a mess. Install your heat sink and fan assembly. I've used it extensively for quite a few computer builds as well as a few 'special projects' like replacing the thermal compound on an Asus Formula X48 mother board's Northbridge and Southbridge heatsinks. Remove the old thermal compound.
Arctic Silver 5 is the best thermal compound on the market.
Apply a several drops of the cleaner to the top of the chip and let it soak for 20-30 seconds.
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Just remember that heat dissipation is achieved by the fans in your case and heatsinks, not the compound itelf.
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Either will give you more accurate numbers than Asus PC Probe, or whatever software your board manufacturer supplies.
Make sure there are no traces of the old compound: you can tell that the surface is perfectly clean when you can wipe it with a new q-tip and it comes away pure white.
It makes a real mess.
DO NOT USE TOO MUCH.
Much to my surprise the Zalman fan came with a high quality paste (ZM-STG1). The SA5 may be marginally better (1 degree C cooler), but that is questionable. SA5 paste requires a 200+ hour curing period with multiple heat cycles, whereas the ZM-STG1 doesn't. Hi all,Just bought this thinking that the Zalman CNPS9700 LED fan would need a good thermal paste. In fact, I'm giving this paste only 4 stars because it's not as easy to apply as the Zalman paste, which comes in a bottle with a brush and used like white-out. [.]. Be sure to apply a think coating on both the CPU and intended heat-sink of whichever paste you use.
the Arctic silver compound did a great job on the 2 Pc i've got (Pentium 4 and Q6600) -5° on Q6600 and -10C° on P4 compared to stock compound by intel
there is just enough grease for one cpu (dont let the picture fool you it is really tiny) combine this with a new (better) cpu cooler and you are set. you will notice a cooler running cpu right away.
p4 over here, always at 40 and 41 c, now 32-35 c, and on load only 39 c, never breaks to 40, you must buy.
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