OC & Modding Thermal paste heat spread !

[BIKeINSTEIN]

lol

have read that.

Ohh. Where?

 

[Amien]

Just yesterday resitted my cpu and heatsink ..This time used tuniq tx-3 which I found very difficult to spread evenly .. So just put one small dot in middle of cpu heatspreader and put the heatsink on it. MX-2 is much easier to spread than this tuniq tx-3 .. Got a temp drop of 2 degress though. So it varies for different TIM I guess..

Tuniq TX3 is an amazing thermal compound, quite possibly the best out there right now, but it is also EXTREMELY difficult to work with. It was so thick/hard that i thought there was something wrong with the sample i tried. Its tricky, but once you get it to work, its awesome.

 

[kaneunderground]

After shave lotions nail polish removers good old chemistry ethyl alcohol perfume guess anything which is highly volatile will work...

 

[BHULLAR BOYS]

what about nocta thermal paste is it good to use ?????

 

[BIKeINSTEIN]

After shave lotions nail polish removers good old chemistry ethyl alcohol perfume guess anything which is highly volatile will work...

There is a difference between- 'whether something works or not' and 'whether something should be used or not'. :cool2:

The sooner we learn that, the better for us.

 

[pretttt]

One thumb rule is that the liquid that u use to remove TIM shouldn't itself leave any residue layer. So considering this, I don't know how good something like aftershave lotion or deodorant will be.

 

[eternoMind]

There is a difference between- 'whether something works or not' and 'whether something should be used or not'. :cool2:
The sooner we learn that, the better for us.

Bikey, being a senior member i expected a better reply from you. Your reply is not going to be of any help unless you expand on it a bit. You have in a subtle way mentioned what is good and what is not. For the sake of noobs and newbies alike, can you give the reasons for the same as well.
I asked in a earlier reply whether this (after-shave) was a safe method. Guys like you are in a far better position to answer these things man.

 

[St.John]

X method spreads the TIM more effectively then any other method.. but for coolers like Hyper 212 that have exposed Copper pipes, you might want to apply a bit on the pipes and then apply parallel lines of TIM on the heatsink and a small bb sized dot on the CPU...

With exposed heat pipes this works really well...

 

[nish_pinto]

i used deshi dharu(home made alcohol to clean the surface.. works well and gives a superb shine!

 

[phreak0ut]

I've been using Artic Silver on my AMD Athlon and till date used only the dot method and then spreading it evenly using a visiting card Somehow the temperature is controlled for limited period and then the overheating starts all over again I guess I'm doing something wrong, can you guys please suggest what might be wrong?

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Athlon has exposed crystal na ? [older athlon barton 32 and older]. Its risky to use AS5 on it. Get some metal oxide based TIMs like MX-2 or TX-2.

If its newer athlon 64, then it has similar base finish as todays PII/AII.

i used deshi dharu(home made alcohol to clean the surface.. works well and gives a superb shine!

is it offensive to make alc urself in household

 

[alcy]

I personally have had better temps with MX-2 compared to Thermal Fusion 400. But I agree the latter is easier to spread.

 

[pretttt]

i used deshi dharu(home made alcohol to clean the surface.. works well and gives a superb shine!

Haha.. now people are getting real creative....

Somehow the temperature is controlled for limited period and then the overheating starts all over again I guess I'm doing something wrong, can you guys please suggest what might be wrong?

From what I had read, Arctic Silver is supposed to get better with time. It has break-in time unlike the metal oxide ones like TX2. Donno whats going wrong with your system.

 

[vibronics]

I've been using Artic Silver on my AMD Athlon and till date used only the dot method and then spreading it evenly using a visiting card Somehow the temperature is controlled for limited period and then the overheating starts all over again I guess I'm doing something wrong, can you guys please suggest what might be wrong?

Very Simple. Change the TIM hyeah:
Truely I have never used AS. But CM Thermal fusion 400 and tuniq had worked very well for me , ofcourse while solving problems for others..:clap:

 

[vibronics]

i used deshi dharu(home made alcohol to clean the surface.. works well and gives a superb shine!

Deshi Daru - Home Made :huh: Kaha the itne din ..... Leave thermal spread lets start new thread .... Procedure please hyeah: