I'd assembled my own desktops back in 2006 and 2009. At that time, the stock cooler's thermal paste formed an uniform covering over the heatsink surface that touches the processor.
A few days ago, I assembled my latest computer. The i5 3570's cooler came with three bands of grey thermal paste. I assembled it as instructed. It seems to running fine with turbo boost turned off (33C idle, 43C while gaming), but I'm worried about hot spots on the CPU. Wouldn't the uneven cooling harm the CPU?
People say the thermal paste melts and covers the surface, when the CPU is turned on for the first time, but I don't think thermal pastes melt. If they'd melted, then they would have seeped through the cracks and covered the mainboard, at high temperatures.
Should I disassemble the CPU and recoat the Heatsink surface with some new thermal paste, just to be on the safe side?
A few days ago, I assembled my latest computer. The i5 3570's cooler came with three bands of grey thermal paste. I assembled it as instructed. It seems to running fine with turbo boost turned off (33C idle, 43C while gaming), but I'm worried about hot spots on the CPU. Wouldn't the uneven cooling harm the CPU?
People say the thermal paste melts and covers the surface, when the CPU is turned on for the first time, but I don't think thermal pastes melt. If they'd melted, then they would have seeped through the cracks and covered the mainboard, at high temperatures.
Should I disassemble the CPU and recoat the Heatsink surface with some new thermal paste, just to be on the safe side?