Clean both with alcohol. Using both gels is a waste of the better heat transfering gel. All the gel you should use is enough to fill the tiny microscopic imperfections in top of the cpu and the face of the heatsink. Use as little gel as possible as the heatsink with gel already has more than you really want. Please dont think more gel is better as no gel is as good as the heatsink. Gel should only be used to fill the small imperfections and the thinnest layer you can make is the best.I bought some AS 5 and a new fan that has thermal paste already on it. Should I clean the thermal paste off the fan and then apply the AS 5, or should I just mush it all together into one blob of thermal paste?
I bought some AS 5 and a new fan that has thermal paste already on it. Should I clean the thermal paste off the fan and then apply the AS 5, or should I just mush it all together into one blob of thermal paste?