Thermal paste on chipset heatsink?
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Pretty much this. In a lot of cases it's a huge improvement especially if you have something like the horrible pink pad on the chipset heatsink.
Which may actually do more harm than good.
The hands-down best way to apply TC is to place on in the center of an already-installed CPU and gently place the HSF on top of it, locking it down as per the directions for that particular model. The weight of the HSF and pressure from locking it down will evenly spread the TC.
I've done every which way possible over the years. The best way if you use the right amount (small grain of rice). Like said, put it in the middle of the CPU and let the heat sink spread it. Spreading it before you put on the heat sink will work, done it many times with no temp difference. But you take a chance of getting a air bubble, which it really doesn't like.
We use to have polishing contest to see who could do the best and flattest. Usually it was just a few deg. but would help if you was really cracking it up. A lot of the old Athlons didn't even have a spreader. God thinking about it I might still have a few of the old super 7 boards in a box somewhere.
Use to be fun. PCI bus wasn't locked down, no voltage control and no unlocked multipliers. Cant remember if Intel did but AMD you could use a small wire and connect some pins on the K5/6 and early Athlons and unlock the voltage or change the multipliers. You was the man if you got 50mhz overclock.
Geoff
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Same. Noctua NH1 and D15!I use Noctua thermalpaste on my P8P67 because why not
Jamebonds1
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No, you should not using silver thermal paste on die as it they are not meant for die chip. Plus, it is hard to wash off grease from die and it is not good. Die chip are fragle. I recommend to using silicone thermal paste since those chipset does not using a lot of power like CPU. Plus, they are easy to wash off and most newer laptop are now under 100 watt.
Geoff
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First, the OP never said he was using silver thermal paste. Second, the OP is talking about putting it on the heatspreader, not the die itself. Third, it's not hard to clean thermal paste.
Jamebonds1
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Yes he does. He have newer motherboard than first gen i7, so most stock heatsink has silver thermal paste. Yes he is talk about put on die for chipset. Also, yes it is hard to clean silver thermal paste with correct fuild.
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