i like the picture on step 17
it looks like the main block is watching the hand apply the thermal paste
sort of like someone watching their sandwich being made in front of them at subway
- Artic Silver 5 is not recommended for RAM or VRegs and should be applied with extreme care when there are SMCs on the close vicinity (for instance Intel NBs and nVidia NBs and SBs) so there's no spillage. There's many reports of the paste becoming capacitive and having negative effects that range from erratic behaviour to "death".
The performance difference between AS5 and ASC (Ceramique) is negligible on these applications (with reports of even better performance... when it comes to TIM performance reviews are a swamp really... curing times, layer thickness, mounting pressure, all influence the result, and in five different mounts is not unlikely to have five different outcomes), yet is non-capacitive/non-conductive, in other words 100% safe, and only slightly more difficult to apply than AS5.
- Too much TIM in every single application on the pictures. AS5 should form a very thin layer, not a mantle.
- Bolts on GPU block should be tightened following a cross pattern and evenly to ensure proper contact.
- Artic Silver 5 is not recommended for RAM or VRegs and should be applied with extreme care when there are SMCs on the close vicinity (for instance Intel NBs and nVidia NBs and SBs) so there's no spillage. There's many reports of the paste becoming capacitive and having negative effects that range from erratic behaviour to "death".
The performance difference between AS5 and ASC (Ceramique) is negligible on these applications (with reports of even better performance... when it comes to TIM performance reviews are a swamp really... curing times, layer thickness, mounting pressure, all influence the result, and in five different mounts is not unlikely to have five different outcomes), yet is non-capacitive/non-conductive, in other words 100% safe, and only slightly more difficult to apply than AS5.
- Too much TIM in every single application on the pictures. AS5 should form a very thin layer, not a mantle.
- Bolts on GPU block should be tightened following a cross pattern and evenly to ensure proper contact.
thank you will be taken into consideration and probably will be supplied with no thermal paste at all so everyone gets what they want.
- Artic Silver 5 is not recommended for RAM or VRegs and should be applied with extreme care when there are SMCs on the close vicinity (for instance Intel NBs and nVidia NBs and SBs) so there's no spillage. There's many reports of the paste becoming capacitive and having negative effects that range from erratic behaviour to "death".
The performance difference between AS5 and ASC (Ceramique) is negligible on these applications (with reports of even better performance... when it comes to TIM performance reviews are a swamp really... curing times, layer thickness, mounting pressure, all influence the result, and in five different mounts is not unlikely to have five different outcomes), yet is non-capacitive/non-conductive, in other words 100% safe, and only slightly more difficult to apply than AS5.
- Too much TIM in every single application on the pictures. AS5 should form a very thin layer, not a mantle.
- Bolts on GPU block should be tightened following a cross pattern and evenly to ensure proper contact.
thank you will be taken into consideration and probably will be supplied with no thermal paste at all so everyone gets what they want.
That is indeed an option
However, IMHO supplying the block with some flavour of TIM is a good decision, I just question the adequacy of the choice.
Mind you, since the adoption of the BGA packaging spillage of AS5 on the RAM chips has become less of a problem, as the contacts are underneath the chip, and not on the sides (master of the obvious they call me... ), but for the VRegs is a no-no.
Still, is rather ironic that I try to play safe when it comes to TIM, and then I fill my computer with running water...
