[SOLVED] How to know if to much thermal paste?

[Joni1566]

Hello everyone.
I just finished a new build and everything works great.
But I read about thermal paste and why you shouldn't use too much.
My question is how domi know if I used too much after finishing the build ? It's hard to get a direct look inside the PC as for all the comments.
It is worth mentioning that I played some intensive game and used 100% CPU for about 2 hours straight and in all that time the CPU temperature was at max 60+-

Can this be a tell the the thermal paste is in good amount as the temperature is in the safe zone?
If not is there any other way to know?

CPU - rayzen 5 5600x

Thank you.

 

[Koekieezz]

It is worth mentioning that I played some intensive game and used 100% CPU for about 2 hours straight and in all that time the CPU temperature was at max 60+-

This is far from hot. Too much thermal paste usually just went out of the cpu ihs and you will see that the paste is outside the ihs.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

60 is very good on Ryzen. My Ryzen 5 3600 can get up to low 70s in cinebench under load, that's with a tower cooler that has 2 120mm fans attached to it. For thermal paste, usually you just want a pea sized dot on the middle of the cpu. That's usually enough.

 

[CountMike]

Hello everyone.
I just finished a new build and everything works great.
But I read about thermal paste and why you shouldn't use too much.
My question is how domi know if I used too much after finishing the build ? It's hard to get a direct look inside the PC as for all the comments.
It is worth mentioning that I played some intensive game and used 100% CPU for about 2 hours straight and in all that time the CPU temperature was at max 60+-

Can this be a tell the the thermal paste is in good amount as the temperature is in the safe zone?
If not is there any other way to know?

CPU - rayzen 5 5600x

Thank you.

Looks like you have right amount of TIM, those temps are very good.