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Thermal Paste: Line vs Pea method?

MattTheMayor

I'd like to know how the manufacturer's put the thermal paste on there.

When I removed my cooler on my graphics card to apply new thermal paste there was so much it went off the GPU core all over which made it a time consuming chore(had to scrape mounds of gunk off with q-tips). If it is a person who does it they should fire the bastard for using enough to almost fill a tube.

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I think I'll do a line on my Pentium G3258 when I get it. Anyone clarify this is good? P.S. I'll OC it a lot :P

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Like an idiot I spread it when I built my PC.

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Dot method for AMD CPUs.

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Well, the line kinda makes more sense since it covers more area on the die.

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This shows the different ways it is spread when applied.

Spreading it yourself is just about the absolute worse (yes it works but its horrendous).

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Spreading is horrendous how? I've spread ALL of mine and had no issue. My h100i was spread on, I get 60c under load at 4.5ghz overclock. I know someone who has been working on computers for 25 years all he does is spread. It's not near as bad as half you make it out to be WHEN you put the appropriate amount and spread it so thin you ALMOST see the heat spreader.The whole point of thermal paste is to make the heat transfer from the heat spreader to the block on your cooler. It doesn't matter how you put the thermal paste, so long as you put the right amount all results will be nearly identical in performance.

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Rectangle -> line

Square -> pea

Nuff' said

 

Pretty much this. It depends on the shape of the underlying chip. Anything outside the chipdie surfacearea is just excess paste. 

For Intel chips, i'd go with line/ricegrain F.E. Because they're very rectangle/narrow.

 

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Spreading is horrendous how? I've spread ALL of mine and had no issue. My h100i was spread on, I get 60c under load at 4.5ghz overclock. I know someone who has been working on computers for 25 years all he does is spread. It's not near as bad as half you make it out to be WHEN you put the appropriate amount and spread it so thin you ALMOST see the heat spreader.The whole point of thermal paste is to make the heat transfer from the heat spreader to the block on your cooler. It doesn't matter how you put the thermal paste, so long as you put the right amount all results will be nearly identical in performance.

The air bubbles formed within the thermal paste when compressed is gas.

When gas is heated, pressure increases- in turn this creates less heat dissipation between the chip and your cooler.

When spread it will also create an uneven surface for the heat-sink to be placed on top of. This can lead to patches not making contact with the heat-sink.

I would speculate that if you replaced your thermal paste with the line method on your 4770K you would result better temperatures.

I encourage to also check out this article "http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/899671-Applying-Thermal-Paste.-Dot-Method-VS-Spread-Method" by MMO Champion.

There is a very intelligent answer made by an engineer explaining the difference on this exact subject, and why you will get better temperatures.

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I don't know about the spreading technique other than hearing it's horrible because of air bubbles but I replaced my thermal paste on my CPU with the "grain of rice" method and shaved off 5°c hitting 45°c on load now. I would recommend that method but evetone has a different opinions. :)

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  • 2 weeks later...

If you don't use mayonnaise, you're doing it wrong in the first place.

 

Also, should have made a poll, OP. Either way, pea method is the only correct method.

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I do lines...of cocaine. 

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Like an idiot I spread it when I built my PC.

Someone quote me with a facepalm/face desk image please

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Yeah, but it introduces air bubbles. I forgot who said that, but he said it introduces air bubbles.

Watch this:

 

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Lines all the way

 

of cocaine

 

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Lines all the way

 

of cocaine

 

#420blazeit

That's for weed, not coke. :lol:

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That's for weed, not coke. :lol:

Excuse me?

WHITE LINES??

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I always do a tiny plus in the middle of the chip, and a bigger one for GPU's

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I'd say the pea because everything is spread evenly in a circle. In the line method thermal compound can be pushed towards itself resulting in uneven coverage.

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I think you guys are neglecting the efficiency of the Mac method

@4:12 she apply the thermal paste.

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I think you guys are neglecting the efficiency of the Mac method

@4:12 she apply the thermal paste.

It's funny because Apple also uses too much.

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