Hey,
I'm wondering, since I just changed my thermal paste for the first time (the paste before this one was applied 3 years ago when I bought my PC). I bought the Artic MX-4 Thermal paste. I removed the cooler, cleaned the CPU from the last thermal paste and applied the new one. I saw different ways of applying it so I applied it drawing an X with it. I used around 1g maybe a bit more and it could've slipped down but I don't know if it can do any damage if it slipped to the bottom side of the cpu (although it could've not slipped too much).
If I screwed up I'll remove the paste and add the new one but less paste.
I'm wondering, since I just changed my thermal paste for the first time (the paste before this one was applied 3 years ago when I bought my PC). I bought the Artic MX-4 Thermal paste. I removed the cooler, cleaned the CPU from the last thermal paste and applied the new one. I saw different ways of applying it so I applied it drawing an X with it. I used around 1g maybe a bit more and it could've slipped down but I don't know if it can do any damage if it slipped to the bottom side of the cpu (although it could've not slipped too much).
If I screwed up I'll remove the paste and add the new one but less paste.