For the application of each thermal paste, I followed directions
from the manufacturer’s website. However, if a site didn’t
offer any, I used the common application technique. To clean my
block and CPU in between thermal pastes, I used Rubbing Alcohol
(70% or greater) along with my trusty Q-tips.
I
applied a small dot of OCZ Ultra II to the CPU, and tried to spread
it out in an even and thin fashion, however it had other plans.
It liked to clump up and refused to spread out. However, after my
best efforts, I was finally happy and put it in my system.
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Arctic Silver’s Ceramique had interesting application instructions.
They say to apply some paste to the block itself, and rub it in, using
a plastic baggy (so as to avoid getting the oil from your skin on
the block). Then the instructions say to wipe it off with a lint free
cloth and to apply (for Barton CPUs) a line of thermal paste down
the die. (The “die” is the center part of the CPU, which
happens to create all the heat. For AMD64 and current Intel CPU’s
the die is hidden behind what’s called the heat spreader, which
is the metal part on top of the CPU. For specific instructions on
how to apply Ceramique on other types of CPUs I urge you to read their
instructions found here.
I found Ceramique the easiest to work with, probably because of the
part where I spread out the paste on the block I was able to use my
hand, and then for apply the paste to the CPU, all I had to do was
“draw” a line with the paste. Very easy IMO.
Arctic Silver 5 was a bit thicker than Ceramique,
but not clumpy like OCZ Ultra II, so the application was easy. Pretty
standard installation, again, following the directions at Arctic
Silver’s website.
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