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Apply Corsair XTM50 High Performance Thermal Paste

lerodemmy
By lerodemmy
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I’ve never applied thermal paste before.  Do I have to follow these instructions, or will placing a pea-sized amount in the middle do the trick?

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on a regularly sized CPU? pea sized is fine.

Bethesda PC:   R7 3700X  -  Asrock B550 Extreme 4  -  Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB@3.6GHz -  Zotac AMP Extreme 1080TI -  Samsung 860 Evo 256GB  -  WD Blue 2TB SSD -  500DX  -  Stock cooling lul  -  Rm650x

CrumpleBox V3:  Xeon X5680  -  Asus X58 Sabertooth  -  DDr3 16GB@1.33Ghz  -  Gigabyte 1660s -  TT smart RGB 700W  -  

Cooler Master Storm Trooper  -  120GB Samsung 850 Pro   -  LTT Edition Chromax NH-D15 ?

 

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9 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

on a regularly sized CPU? pea sized is fine.

It’s a 9900KF

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K I GPU: EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming I Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming I RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB I SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB I PSU: Corsair RM1000x (2021) I Cooler: Corsair iCUE Link H150i I Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow I Fans: Corsair QX120 x10 I Cables: Corsair Premium Individually Sleeved I Keyboard: Corsair K100 RGB I Mouse: Corsair Nightsabre Wireless I Mouse Pad: Asus ROG Sheath Monitor: Aorus FV43U 

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Just now, lerodemmy said:

It’s a 9900KF

pea away my friend!

Bethesda PC:   R7 3700X  -  Asrock B550 Extreme 4  -  Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB@3.6GHz -  Zotac AMP Extreme 1080TI -  Samsung 860 Evo 256GB  -  WD Blue 2TB SSD -  500DX  -  Stock cooling lul  -  Rm650x

CrumpleBox V3:  Xeon X5680  -  Asus X58 Sabertooth  -  DDr3 16GB@1.33Ghz  -  Gigabyte 1660s -  TT smart RGB 700W  -  

Cooler Master Storm Trooper  -  120GB Samsung 850 Pro   -  LTT Edition Chromax NH-D15 ?

 

CrumpleBox 3 ROTF: I5-6400  -  MSI B150m Mortar  -  16GB 2133Mhz Vengeance Pro RGB  -  Strix 1070Ti - GTX 1070 FE  -  Adata 128GB SSD  -  Fractal Design Define C  -  Gammaxx 400V2  -  Cooler Master silent pro gold 1000W

CrumpleBox 2: i7-7820x - MSI X299 Raider - 32GB Thermaltake Toughram 3.6Ghz - 2x Sapphire Nitro Fury - 128GB PCie Adata SSD - O11 Dynamic - EVGA CLC 360 - Corsair RM1000X

 

Perhiperals:  Gateway 900p60 monitor  -  Dell 1024x768@75  -  Logi. G403 Carbon  -  Logi. G502  -  SteSer. Arctis 5  -  SteSer. Rival 110 - Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2

 

 

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