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Ive built tons of PC's and i get great temps by not gooping it everywhere.

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Ive built tons of PC's and i get great temps by not gooping it everywhere.

A pea size or grain of rice is about all that's needed for either the gpu or cpu.

 

 

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:ph34r: agreed

 

 

 

A pea size or grain of rice is about all that's needed for either the gpu or cpu.

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:ph34r: agreed

is the amount I've added okay? the 2nd pic (non cross one)

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Only way to tell is to Monitor temps :-)

 

make sure u grab realtemp

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Only way to tell is to Monitor temps :-)

make sure u grab realtemp

the first pic's thermal paste load temp was 77c @ 58% fan spd

the second pic thermal paste load temp was 78c at 45% fan spd...

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the first pic's thermal paste load temp was 77c @ 58% fan spd

the second pic thermal paste load temp was 78c at 45% fan spd...

Try just a little pea size amount in the center. Some pastes need time to cure. Don't remember if Mx-4 does. Just run a benchmark for an hour, record temps, and then repeat the same thing the next day to see if its changed.

 

 

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one drop is enough. Im not quite sure why they think they need to cover the whole surface. all that does is increase the heat.

there is no heatspreder on the GPU core. That's why you spread. You need thermal paste on the GPU Core. That is why spreading is recommended more, for GPU's.
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Try just a little pea size amount in the center. Some pastes need time to cure. Don't remember if Mx-4 does. Just run a benchmark for an hour, record temps, and then repeat the same thing the next day to see if its changed.

you need to spread if there is no heat spreader.
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you need to spread if there is no heat spreader.

This !  :P

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Bottom Mon #1 Alienware Overclocked Refresh Rate #AW3418DW G-Sync 120hz

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