Arctic Silver 5 temps

[Ryan10000]

I applied Arctic Silver 5 on my i7 4790k today, before today it was using the stock thermal paste. I used the vertical line method as suggested by Arctic Silver. I was playing CSGO before where normally my PC is not stressed at all, but I was reaching temps into the 80 degree c range. Does it take awhile before it spreads out evenly like I have seen or have I applied it incorrectly? Temps should be nowhere near 80 for csgo. My system is not overclocked. Stock cooler as well.

Idle/moderate usage is riding about 30c which is around what I had been getting on the other thermal paste.

 

[SBennett13]

You most likely applied the paste poorly. When applying it, the line method is fine and is what I use. Make sure that thermal paste from the last use is removed completely using rubbing alcohol and a tissue or coffee filter. Then after making the line, make sure to press down on the cooler as vertical as possible. Keep the pressure applied evenly until it is tightened down.

 

[unksol]

Cooler is most likely loose or you didn't put enough or put to much. I really wouldn't have bothered, there's no point to AS5 on a stock heatsink and it's just a meh paste anyway.

 

[Ryan10000]

Cooler is most likely loose or you didn't put enough or put to much. I really wouldn't have bothered, there's no point to AS5 on a stock heatsink and it's just a meh paste anyway.

It's possible the cooler is on loose, but I doubt it. Anyway the reason I changed the thermal paste was because I had unrelated issues with my motherboard so changing the thermal paste was necessary. Anyways tomorrow I will take off the heat sink and clean that and the cpu again. Its possible I skimped on the amount of thermal paste I put on the cpu. I don't personally like the vertical line method, I much prefer the rice grain method. If I do in fact use the rice grain method will it affect the temps apposed to using the VLM?

 

[Shaun o]

I would start again on the application of the AS 5 you did.
Too much and it works the opposite way causing high temps.

A lot of people have different ways, and methods of applying Tim.

The one I always recommend is to put a blob of tim slightly bigger than a grain of rice in the center of the cpu heat spreading plate.

Then i use a plastic card and spread the paste in a thin layer, covering all over the cpu heat spreading plate it`s self.
Then clamp the cooler down.

When your fitting your stock cooler.
Start off pushing one pin down if it`s the push pin type that latches to the underside of your motherboard.

Move over to the pin diagonally opposite corner to the first one, do this working in a clockwise direction.

Till all four are securely pushed through to the back side of the motherboard and firmly locked.
You should hear a firm sounding click for each push pin, twist to complete lock. if the twist type also.

The order you push the pins down can greatly effect how well the cpu cooler makes contact with the cpu`s heat spreading plate.

Pushing two pins down ie: bottom left and right will cause a bend or lift in contact between the cooler and the Cpu heat spreading plate and of then why you get high temps after new tim is applied.

So always follow the latching method described here on the order you push the pins down on the cpu cooler ok.
It gives it a better fit to the cpu heat spreading plate Ryan, tension is more even and equal.

Hope it helps. I would re do the Tim application, clean the old stuff off first from the cpu and the base of the cooler though ok.

 

[Ryan10000]

Alright, today I replaced the thermal paste. Temps improved slightly, still in the high 80's though. So again I removed the paste, this time applying in a pea shape because the thermal paste only had spread to a small-medium sized rectangle on both the cpu and heatsink. So I fired her up again, slightly better temps again. I decided to go into the bios again and make sure that the motherboard was not overclocking.

My motherboard has simple and advanced options, and apparently to shut down the processor OC'ing, you need to check BOTH advanced and simple areas of the overclocking, something I had done months ago when I first got my motherboard, which I had to replace these last few days.

BUT; I do believe that the heatsink was also not properly seated, which I have also fixed.

Temps of my house is about 22c, motherboard 30c, cpu about 32-36c, and gpu 30c while posting this. Now I know this still is a bit high for idling, it is MUCH better than what is was yesterday, at about 45-50 at idle. and a degree to a few degrees cooler to when I had stock tp on. Playing CSGO I have not seen anything higher than about 62c (Have not played much yet, will update if hotter)

Ran cinebench and max temp my cpu got to was 76c.

All in all I have my system to a comfortable level, although, I may be in the market for an aftermarket cooler. My case is rather spacious but not the biggest, so if you have any suggestions on which heatsinks I should take a look at, please reply.

 

[synphul]

Those temps look a lot better Ryan10000. They may even improve a little, when the pc cycles on/off (such as powering down for the night, restarting in the morning) a few times and given some time, the paste will also settle in. Arctic says there's a 200hr burn-in time for as5, so you might see a few degrees better after awhile.