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Actually I have a bunch of related questions.
1. Why not remove cooler after thermal paste application?
1.1. Why do I want to do it? After applying paste, I want to screw the cooler on then unscrew it , then screw it back on, to see if any of the thermal paste spilled over which is an actual electrical hazard, and also see if the spread is sufficient
1.2. Google sais: "Once you remove the heatsink off the CPU, you create a void where the thermal paste used to be". I find this to be nonsense. The paste will be stuck to the CPU and cooler no doubt, and at worst I might create an air pocket if it's not spread evenly. I think screwing it tight enough should burp any air pockets out
2. Google be like "In most cases, you shouldn't need to reapply more than once every few years". My i7 3930K is at 54 Celsius after 10 years of applying the paste, with an h100i liquid cooling on it, and a fair paste, probably an arctic, forgot. When actually doing something, it's about 65 Celsius. I don't see a reason to reapply paste ever... and probably I did back then what I said in point 1, and also spread the paste instead of using a dot, but really I don't recall that far back what I did
3. Google be like "One of the most common mistakes is using too much or too little thermal paste"
3.1. I agree, hence I want to have a look-a-see before I put it back on for another 10 years, no doubt
Cannot think of anything else, please suggest. In the meantime I go watch some videos
4. Got more data from the following video, that unless using too little, it hardly matters. Secondly, I noticed that spreading the paste before might cause the same air pocket issue, which again hardly matters
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofyNgJyhGuc
1. Why not remove cooler after thermal paste application?
1.1. Why do I want to do it? After applying paste, I want to screw the cooler on then unscrew it , then screw it back on, to see if any of the thermal paste spilled over which is an actual electrical hazard, and also see if the spread is sufficient
1.2. Google sais: "Once you remove the heatsink off the CPU, you create a void where the thermal paste used to be". I find this to be nonsense. The paste will be stuck to the CPU and cooler no doubt, and at worst I might create an air pocket if it's not spread evenly. I think screwing it tight enough should burp any air pockets out
2. Google be like "In most cases, you shouldn't need to reapply more than once every few years". My i7 3930K is at 54 Celsius after 10 years of applying the paste, with an h100i liquid cooling on it, and a fair paste, probably an arctic, forgot. When actually doing something, it's about 65 Celsius. I don't see a reason to reapply paste ever... and probably I did back then what I said in point 1, and also spread the paste instead of using a dot, but really I don't recall that far back what I did
3. Google be like "One of the most common mistakes is using too much or too little thermal paste"
3.1. I agree, hence I want to have a look-a-see before I put it back on for another 10 years, no doubt
Cannot think of anything else, please suggest. In the meantime I go watch some videos
4. Got more data from the following video, that unless using too little, it hardly matters. Secondly, I noticed that spreading the paste before might cause the same air pocket issue, which again hardly matters
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