I need help rn!

[Chromaa]

I'm building my gaming PC rn, did i applied thermal paste well?

 

If I stop building rn and wait tommorow to get some help, will I have to remove the thermal paste ? Will it dammage my components ?

 

Do you guys have any tips to instal the Dark Rock pro 3 cause it actually fell when I lifted my case ://

 

[PCMR Ricos]

I would say that doesn't look good, and no, it won't damage your components

[dizmo]

That's way too much thermal paste. Unless that's after you applied the cooler, and it's already spread out.

You just need about the amount of a grain of rice. Maybe a bit more.

 

As for the cooler, precisely follow the instructions provided. It'll work perfectly fine.

Clearly you must have missed a step somewhere.

[iRileyx]

Uh if you spread it out like that yourself then no, thats not done well.
 

[Dreigo42]

Just a little too much I think. Shouldn't hurt anything but it's a bit of a mess. 

[aisle9]

I would remove that thermal paste and try again regardless. When applying thermal paste, you want to end up with a nice, even, thin layer covering the top of the CPU. I find it's easier to make a line of thermal paste about the width of a grain of rice, extending for a little longer than the length of a grain of rice across the center of the CPU. Then you attach the cooler and let it do the spreading for you. Methods like the credit card, plastic glove, whatever, are largely unnecessary these days as we have better thermal paste and better coolers to work with.

[Chromaa]

26 minutes ago, dizmo said:

That's way too much thermal paste. Unless that's after you applied the cooler, and it's already spread out.

You just need about the amount of a grain of rice. Maybe a bit more.

 

As for the cooler, precisely follow the instructions provided. It'll work perfectly fine.

Clearly you must have missed a step somewhere.

Yes is already spread pur I took this picture after my Dark Rock Pro 3 just fell off  

[Chromaa]

25 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

I would remove that thermal paste and try again regardless. When applying thermal paste, you want to end up with a nice, even, thin layer covering the top of the CPU. I find it's easier to make a line of thermal paste about the width of a grain of rice, extending for a little longer than the length of a grain of rice across the center of the CPU. Then you attach the cooler and let it do the spreading for you. Methods like the credit card, plastic glove, whatever, are largely unnecessary these days as we have better thermal paste and better coolers to work with.

What do I need to remove thermal paste ?

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, Chromaa said:

What do I need to remove thermal paste ?

Isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and a lint-free cloth, mostly. Plenty here use 91% alcohol and coffee filters. I personally find the little alcohol prep pads you can get at pharmacies work perfectly well, even if they're only 70%. They just take a little longer to dry.

[DunePilot]

54 minutes ago, Chromaa said:

What do I need to remove thermal paste ?

Isopropyl alcohol any %, and 3-4 coffee filters, fold one in half/fourth and wipe around the outside edges first and grab a new one whenever you need to so you don't get thermal paste all over the socket area. Once you got it all cleaned up put a small grain of rice size line of TIM.

[Shadow_Storm56]

2 hours ago, Chromaa said:

Yes is already spread pur I took this picture after my Dark Rock Pro 3 just fell off  

Weather or not you spread it or the cooler did... that is waayyyy to much paste, when it starts to pool on the edges like that it is too much. I only put a little blob on in the very center. The way it works is you want a layer of paste as thin as possible, the metal is alot more conductive than the paste so more paste it bad and you want as little as possible. 

[TheRandomness]

14 minutes ago, Shadow_Storm56 said:

Weather or not you spread it or the cooler did... that is waayyyy to much paste, when it starts to pool on the edges like that it is too much. I only put a little blob on in the very center. The way it works is you want a layer of paste as thin as possible, the metal is alot more conductive than the paste so more paste it bad and you want as little as possible. 

Thermal paste is very, very conductive for heat. The purpose of it is to fill in the microscopic gaps between the contact surfaces, and if it weren't thermally conductive (or not good at it) then it'd worsen the performance of a heatsink, something it doesn't do. 

3 hours ago, Chromaa said:

Yes is already spread pur I took this picture after my Dark Rock Pro 3 just fell off  

Then you didn't mount it properly. 

[pyrojoe34]

3 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and a lint-free cloth, mostly. Plenty here use 91% alcohol and coffee filters. I personally find the little alcohol prep pads you can get at pharmacies work perfectly well, even if they're only 70%. They just take a little longer to dry.

Kimwipes. Buy a box on Amazon and they'll last forever. Just as cheap as filters (560 for $8), less annoying to work with, and perfect for the job. They're also great for cleaning monitors, lenses, glasses, etc since they're made for microscope lenses/slides anyway.