[SOLVED] Barely smudged thermal paste, very very very tiny pieces of lint (maybe only 3)

[cameronsteltzlen82]

Hi, I am new to computer building and I was wondering if I should reapply it, being stock cooler's (g5400 cooler) thermal paste, or test before hand. Like I said I barely smudged it, and there is about 3 pieces of lint, which are so small I couldn't tell until I inspected very closely. Also recommendations for thermal paste?

 

[jay32267]

I would test it first.
I work in a plant where we apply thermal paste and I'm sure lint falls on it every so often.

 

[cameronsteltzlen82]

I would test it first.
I work in a plant where we apply thermal paste and I'm sure lint falls on it every so often.

Ok I will try to see this friday. I am still getting some parts, and I put it back in my CPU box. I shouldn't have opened it I guess, and should of waited until then. Like they say, curiousity kills the cat

 

[jay32267]

Yeah I understand.
If you look around....they even have tests where they have used toothpaste as thermal paste....and it worked pretty good.....so I don't think a few pieces of lint are going to affect anything much.

 

[stevenjemint]

Is this the thermal paste that came pre applied? It would be worth replacing it with a high end paste anyway if you want to. Thermal Grizzly is one of the best on the market.

 

[jay32267]

Yes^^^
I've been using Thermal Grizzley Kryonaut.
Prior to that....I did some research on paste.
It gets very good marks.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Thermal grizzly. I've been building computers for years and decided I would try that stuff. Maybe I'm old school but I don't care for how the thermal grizzly applies.

I find I still prefer Arctic silver 5. Just a dot in the middle of the chip, use a finger to spread it. It tells longer to cure and really reach it's potential, but it's decent stuff and not to expensive imo.

 

[cameronsteltzlen82]

Ok thank you guys for your responses, I will test it Friday. Also a side question, can air bubbles actually damage your CPU besides heating up? I've heard of air bubbles popping on the CPU and damaging it.

 

[jay32267]

I"ve never heard of that....but i think maybe it could.

...but I think it is VERY uncommon because I think I would have heard about it more often.

...and I've installed many cpus and never had anything like that happen.

 

[Gam3r01]

Thats not something you need to worry about.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Built a lot of systems myself and never heard that.

 

[cameronsteltzlen82]

I thought it was bogus, but just wanted to make sure! Thank you!