Best Thermal Paste for 8320

[Iglesias]

What would be a good thermal paste for the 8320?

Right now I'm using Antec Formula 6 Nano Diamond.

And how much do I put?

 

[Icaraeus]

Arctic Silver is good thermal paste apparently. You only need to put barely any on the CPU, like pea size. You only need a very thin amount. Use an old credit card or something to spread the paste evenly over the CPU.

 

[ThatGmodGuy]

Like Icaraeus said, only a pea sized dot, then stick your heatsink on top of it.

For the thermal paste, a good benchmark was done here ( http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/mayonnaise-as-thermal-compound.153857/ ), but realistically it doesn't matter much, as long as you put some on.

 

[EliteAP]

Use a branded thermal compound and a high quality one, it's best to spend a little extra to get something that will last for a long time as compared to a standard quality compound.
Try the Arctic Cooler MX series or the Cooler Master compounds.

http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/products/cooling/thermal-compound.html
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-IC-Essential-Performance-Compound/dp/B007W81HKU

The Cooler Master link I gave you is to a very good compound that you may like highly.

How to put it on

Put a pea size amount, place the heat sink (or whatever you need) onto it so it will spread out it self.
Generally the heat will dissipate from the middle outwards so the whole plate won't need to be pasted.

 

[K6-II]

a great video that illustrates how to do it right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ