Just like thermal paste that has not been changed in years on your CPU, using old, dry thermal paste can cause overheating. This does not have to be the case, though. More often than not, it will fix your overheating issues.
A lot of TIM does need to cure before you see the maximum amount of heat dissipation. AS5 is one TIM that has a hour cure time. This means choosing the right thermal paste is an easy way to reduce the temperature of your CPU before your even get started on a CPU cooler. To much Thermal paste can cause just as many problems as none at all, thin, and even-you shouldnt be able to see the die, but it shouldnt be very thick either.
The big question is, does the type of thermal paste you use matter? Short answer, yes. TIL dry thermal paste can cause glitches and crashes even with low displayed temperature. But then it started to crash in games regularly.
Disabling overclocking lowers the rate of crash but it still happens. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.
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Almost every data point within the test period falls within a two degree range, degrees C dT. The reason the graph is hard to read even at this scale is that the temperatures are all almost exactly the same.
This graph includes the temperature logs for each of the valid tests, but zoomed in to a range of eight degrees. Almost every data point within the test period falls within a two-degree range, and that range is degrees C dT over ambient.
We manually spread for easy replication between multiple staff working on the same test, but only when doing thermal benchmarks. In fact, the full range of results from best to worst was less than one degree. Too little paste is bad, but anything above the minimum threshold will have the same effect once the cooler is tightened down. The testing conclusively demonstrated that the biggest consideration, particularly with a multi-chip module like Threadripper, is that all dies need to be covered.
You can see in our TR4 paste application thermal chart that full IHS coverage also helps, something we demonstrated again in our Noctua full coverage plate Threadripper benchmarks.
We illustrated this yet again in our Enermax CLC benchmarks, where the small Asetek cooler coldplates struggled to keep up. Finally, our most recently testing of this kind involved the Asetek-made Corsair Hi Pro, where we demonstrated that manual application improved cooling performance in a meaningful way. We spread paste out over the entire heatspreader, as opposed to using the stock Asetek circular application that only covered a central portion of the X99 IHS.
It was actually producing less heat than our K we tested with today, but the significantly larger IHS meant there was more to be gained from covering the rest of it.
So again, the bigger goal is to cover the IHS. Also be mindful of cleanup later on. There will be some delay after submitting a comment. YouTube Channel Tweet Us! Toggle navigation Home. They were not variable. Bad Data and Tightening our Results Windows was downloading updates in the background during the first two tests passes we attempted and both had to be scrapped. Everywhere Threads This forum This thread. Search Advanced…. Log in. Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4.
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Status Not open for further replies. Previous Next Sort by votes. Oct 1, 7 0 4, 0. Hello I had to disassemble and reassemble all my pc components and now it won't post. I think the problem might be is my mistake of applying too much thermal paste on the cpu.
It spilled to the sides, so I tried to wipe it off and also removed the cpu from its socket I tried to wipe it all off but I guess a tiny amount remained between the pines and some inside the socket which I couldn't remove completely. So you think it is the paste fault or it is some time else? What can I do? It turnes on, all fans of all parts are spinning but I guess it won't post as I see nothing on the screen and no lights turn on at the keyboard. When I press the reset button I see that it resets.
Tried battery off and cmos clearing, also tried to reinstall the cpu again and checked all the cables Do you think I ruined the mb or the cpu? Specs: afx m5a 99x Evo 3memory sticks of crucial ballistix mhz HD 2gb sapphire corsair rm Thank you! Aug 14, 0 5, Supahos Champion Ambassador. Nov 11, 12, 48 57, 2, If you got a conductive paste in the socket and turned your computer on your board and possibly you CPU are toast.
Well I wiped off all I could, there was just a tiny bit in couple of wholes, but there wasn't any paste to connect between the wholes Apr 20, 1, 25 20, The paste is not conductive.
Thermal paste is designed not to conduct electricity, even the silver compounds.
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