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Everyone says that less is more and if you put a lot, it's not good and things like that...

 

But my friend runs a repair shop and he says that the more you put, the better, because your CPU and mobo around ir might be dirty, but you can clean that and it's cheaper than if your CPU dies.

 

What is the truth here?

 

Also one more thing: is the Intel stock thermal compound good, or should I replace it with a custom one (I've got a PC to build SOON, very soon :D)?

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Everyone says that less is more and if you put a lot, it's not good and things like that...

 

But my friend runs a repair shop and he says that the more you put, the better, because your CPU and mobo around ir might be dirty, but you can clean that and it's cheaper than if your CPU dies.

 

What is the truth here?

 

Also one more thing: is the Intel stock thermal compound good, or should I replace it with a custom one (I've got a PC to build SOON, very soon :D)?

Okay to apoint if you put a tiny amount it wondt cover the die but on the contrary if you pu to much it will insulate and you should clean the die beforehand. The intle stock is shit but also thermal compound wont dramatically increase the performance of the stock cooler

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The more compound you put on after a certain point the more detrimental it gets. You need about slightly more than en uncooked grain of rice and that's it. It's what I put on my friends CPU and his CPU runs 48-50C after a few hours of aida64

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But my friend runs a repair shop and he says that the more you put, the better, because your CPU and mobo around ir might be dirty, but you can clean that and it's cheaper than if your CPU dies.

Also one more thing: is the Intel stock thermal compound good, or should I replace it with a custom one (I've got a PC to build SOON, very soon :D)?

It's like asking how long is a piece of string is. It kinda depends what your friend means, he might mean one thing but we may see at as him saying something else, same goes for the less is more saying. It's probably just a misinterpretation on either his part or our part. 

 

As for the intel thermal compound, it's okay I guess, it's not going to be anything special like MX-4

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What does "detrimental" mean?

What happens then?

 

=having the opposite effect, making things worse rather then better (=increase temps, instead of decreasing them)

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OK, but why so... ?

 

The pea method is the best. You don't want to put too much, because you could short things out

 

 

=having the opposite effect, making things worse rather then better (=increase temps, instead of decreasing them)

 

OK... but why so?

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OK, but why so... ?

 

 

 

 

OK... but why so?

 

Thermal paste conducts heat less efficient than direct metal to metal contact (in theory). But since the metal surfaces are not perfect, there will always be (tiny) areas where the surfaces don't really touch and you have tiny pockets of air - and air doesn't conduct heat very well at all (it's more of an isolator actually). So, thermal paste ist used to fill up all these little air pockets with something that conducts heat much better than air, but still less than direct metal to metal could. So, it's best to use only as much as is needed to fill the air pockets, but still as little as possible.

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