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Thermal Paste and YOU (Poll)

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How often do you change/reapply thermal paste?  

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  1. 1. How often do you reapply thermal paste?

    • Every 11 months or more often
      8
    • Every 1-2 years
      6
    • Every 2-3 years
      6
    • Every 3-4 years
      0
    • Every 5+ years
      0
    • I never reapply thermal paste
      8
    • If something is broken/troubleshooting (Whenever)
      24

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I was asked to create a thread mentioning this. So I made a thread about how often users clean/reapply thermal paste for their CPU and CPU cooler. Let's start collecting some data!

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1 hour ago, NinJake said:

I was asked to create a thread mentioning this. So I made a thread about how often users clean/reapply thermal paste for their CPU and CPU cooler. Let's start collecting some data!

who needs thermal paste :P

just blow on the cpu to keep it cooler 

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Just now, KOMTechAndGaming said:

who needs thermal paste :P

just blow on the cpu to keep it cooler 

/s

Ah yes until you get so lightheaded you pass out and drop your head onto the cpu, causing a nicely squared "brand" (like branding a horse) on your forehead when you wake up in agony!

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Whenever it gets hotter than usual, simple as that

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I change mine once a month. IDK why.

 

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Why spend money on thermal paste when you can just use toothpaste??

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Just now, N1ghtshade said:

Why spend money on thermal paste when you can just use toothpaste??

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Now I'm wondering how well thermal paste works for brushing teeth... Hmm..

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Just now, NinJake said:

Now I'm wondering how well thermal paste works for brushing teeth... Hmm..

Just ask this guy:

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It's completely determined by what thermal paste you use, how much you applied, what CPU you have, how hot your CPU averages and how often the PC is on.

 

I can make thermal paste last 15+ years by applying it but never using the computer and vacuum sealing a storage container for it. :D

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There's gotta be more people that build / take care of their PCs!

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Ah yes until you get so lightheaded you pass out and drop your head onto the cpu, causing a nicely squared "brand" (like branding a horse) on your forehead when you wake up in agony!

but thats the best part right?

 

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If i wasn't always upgrading 5 year old CPUs, I would probably wait two years. With the exception of one PC, I have had the PC apart anyway, so the TIM got replaced.

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20 hours ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

but thats the best part right?

 

Yes, I actually pre-apply thermal paste to my forehead before attaching said forehead to running cpu!

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I don't go out of my way to replace thermal material on a regular schedule, but if I'm opening my PC up for some reason and feel up to wrestling around with my H80i, I may take the opportunity to re-apply. It probably works out to about once a year. I'm sure it doesn't actually need to be replaced that often, but since I've still never even seen an empty tube of thermal compound it seems silly to conserve it.

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I personally have never reapplied it, the only time I did was when I sold an Intel Core2Quad + motherboard + GTX 560ti I had, and the person had me build it up altogether on a brand new case, so obviously I reapplied the paste there, other than that I just use it indefinitely.

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Needs more options. I went through 11 grams of TG in less than a month last time I kept track. 

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1 hour ago, dexT said:

Needs more options. I went through 11 grams of TG in less than a month last time I kept track. 

O_O; What???? For what? lol

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11 minutes ago, NinJake said:

O_O; What???? For what? lol

Benching. It was my main system at the time so I'd effectively have to mount two coolers each session, once for extreme cooling then back on ambient.

 

Here's what you get for going through so much paste tho http://hwbot.org/user/knock/

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My suggestion: every now and then run your HWmonitor or any other software to detect your CPU temps.

If you see high temps, change your TIM.

Otherwise I don't see any reason to change it.

 

But in general, I see the need to replace TIM every 2 years.

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41 minutes ago, dexT said:

Benching. It was my main system at the time so I'd effectively have to mount two coolers each session, once for extreme cooling then back on ambient.

 

Here's what you get for going through so much paste tho http://hwbot.org/user/knock/

That's amazing lol. Good job on the rankings!

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Just now, NinJake said:

That's amazing lol. Good job on the rankings!

Thanks man :D

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