You might also like our most recent HW news video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/omRsxZqMe8KTddI.html Article: www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3346-thermal-paste-application-benchmark-too-much-thermal-paste Grab a brand new GN cobalt blue beer glass: store.gamersnexus.net/products/cobalt-blue-tear-down-logo-pint-glass-libbey-17-oz Have you seen other really frequent comments on YT that you think might be overblown? Let us know. We might test it.

@noenken

5 жыл бұрын

0:02 Huh, I'm more used to videos where that happens at the end. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@AliceCarlyJ

5 жыл бұрын

Gamers nexus. How difficult is it too clean out the socket after you put the thermal paste on it or does that mean that motherboard is now useless?

@zangetsu6638

5 жыл бұрын

please don't forget the IPC video!!!

@GamersNexus

5 жыл бұрын

Alice- That board was already dead, so no harm done.

@sinnison23

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, I just wanted to point out that I noticed the "Pea Size" graph was repeated for "Too Much" ( 10:51 ). Or rather, I should say that the "Too Much" graph was mislabeled, not that it was repeated. They are distinctly different graphs.

I bought the whole tube I’m gonna USE the whole tube

@aps-c1766

4 жыл бұрын

Zero waste money

@AVI-yc9og

4 жыл бұрын

You are a god...

@saba_0001

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@daa2622

3 жыл бұрын

@@ActuallyAero T

@unboxthedog3330

3 жыл бұрын

T

Don’t put too much CPU on your thermal paste

@solace512

5 жыл бұрын

thanksshould i put it on the dimm slots to cool my ram

@LCST237

5 жыл бұрын

@@solace512 are you dumb? Rams doesn't need that much cooling or else they'll freeze. It's better to put it in the pcie lanes

@DanielBoos

5 жыл бұрын

Why

@enjuakahoshich.6982

5 жыл бұрын

Also apply it in the ports of your sata cables so that not only data is transferred but also the thermal paste itself getting you twice the performance

@alieu5225

5 жыл бұрын

Lucas Costa calm down somebody didn’t take their pills this morning

There's only one major downside of too much paste: It's a real pain to clean up the mess next time you want to replace or reseat your cooler.

@TheAechBomb

Жыл бұрын

can confirm, used just about a whole tube my first cooler install

@James-wd9ib

11 ай бұрын

reseating coolers is for the weak

@legendofman12

11 ай бұрын

@@James-wd9ibwut

@NuisanceMan

9 ай бұрын

It also costs more.

@SupraSav

3 ай бұрын

@@James-wd9ibDried out paste 🥶

Years ago (circa 2005) me and a workmate wondered about this. We decided to research it using a sheet of glass that we machines and drilled holes in to accept a cpu and cooler (upside down) so we could physically see what the paste did. We found that it took surprisingly little to get an even film.you dont actually want a thick layer, it is only there to transfer the heat to the cooler. We also found that the CPU lid and cooler heatsink plate flatness was a factor. Bored engineers do weird things.

@rysterstech

Жыл бұрын

Weird tests can leave to great discoveries. Thomas Edison discovered electrons completely by accident in a vacuum tube

@450AHX

Жыл бұрын

@@rysterstech Edison had nothing to do with the discovery of the electron.

@chipsalom

Жыл бұрын

I did this back in college to illustrate how different pastes, grease, etc spread. The easiest time beginners had was a pea size, and the tightening of the heatsink mount went smoothest with mid viscosity. Not too thin nor thick. At higher skill, lower viscosity, spreading just an almost imperceptuble amount seems to have the most predictable results in my experience. You don't need crazy mounting pressure, and it'll cover without worrying about it or overflowing. You know you have coverage, and just add barely enough pressure to make solid contact. No need to crank it to get the spread 🙂

@jimmymullen453

9 ай бұрын

Engineering 101: Use as little material as possible to fill any microscopic air pockets between surfaces. In a perfect world of flatness, thermal paste wouldn't exist. 😉

@TheActionBastard

7 ай бұрын

"Named the Edison effect, what Edison really discovered was that “electrons” could be literally boiled off the hot filament and collected by the wire. Electrons were not specifically named as such at that time, and would not be so until 1897 (J. J. Thomson)." I had to google that... and I had no idea until today. So he did have something to do with it, just... he didn't do the whole thing.@@450AHX

Every now and then i come back to watch the intro to this, just to make myself feel something again

@mustafam3285

3 жыл бұрын

Steven I know that exact feeling. It is the reason I watch cringe compilations.

@JAYCOUNT

3 жыл бұрын

You Ok bro?

@StevenMussels

3 жыл бұрын

@@JAYCOUNT 2020 has been rough

@kawzmOS

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of love from SoCal! Hang in there, fellow earth human! ❤️

@nandoman4769

3 жыл бұрын

Pain

I think the suicide rate just went up from the intro

@revelationsix

5 жыл бұрын

Did they not think to provide a mental health warning?! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?

@Cheepchipsable

5 жыл бұрын

You could hear the heads exploding.

@Daffmeister187

5 жыл бұрын

I just went into cardiac arrest, nearing rigor mortis.

@rodzila8314

5 жыл бұрын

Totally man! that cpu is totally going to melt with so little thermal paste!!

@Nicktheflick

5 жыл бұрын

I was about to puke

0:02 - Me: Okay, seems like a lot there, but I'm a newb. Maybe they know something I don't. 0:06 - Uhhhhh.... 0:15 - Ohhhh, ISWYDT 0:25 - Make. it. stopppp. 0:28 - Spit take, dead

It's always surprising how little is actually needed. Every single time I need to apply thermal paste I get the strong instinct to put a bit more, because that tiny half-pea just doesn't seem even close to enough, and I get the feeling that it won't spread to the whole heatspreader. But I quiet that instinct and put just that very small amount, and what do you know, the next time I remove the heatsink, the entire heatspreader has indeed been covered by the paste. You really don't need much.

@riks081

2 жыл бұрын

Hey i feel you. I usually put one more micron on, not for any other reason but to make myself feel comfortable 😂

@maboleth

2 жыл бұрын

I never applied the paste externally. I always use stock coolers that ship with the CPU. Those have like a tiny strip of paste on it and I never experienced any problems. If AMD thinks that's enough, it's enough.

@KingOfJonnyBoy

2 жыл бұрын

@@maboleth In my experience those can actually tend to have excess.

@no_misaki

2 жыл бұрын

@@maboleth I'd agree with you if red or blue's stock coolers were any good. You're better off with a janky paste application on any aftermarket cooler than a perfect spread on a wraith prism.

@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen

2 жыл бұрын

This is why you use the power of the mini spatula to alleviate your fears.

The Verge took the intro seriously 😂

@Kenmanhl

5 жыл бұрын

The intro made me think of the Verge immediately :) The conclusion of this video is that it's really not worth worrying about when you have too much. Oh, well. It was still good laughing at the Verge

@HEricW.77

5 жыл бұрын

The point is they take anything seriously no matter how obviously ridiculous it is lol

@azuldream

5 жыл бұрын

you missed the point the issue was he added 3rd party paste when the AIO block already had pre-applied TIM. so yeah you look just as stupid for not getting it

@shadowxxe

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher their thermal paste application was idiotic not only can it spill over the socket the way the applied it ment that they were a lot of air bubbles causing higher temps

@TheRealFobican

5 жыл бұрын

The Verge is at The Verge at becoming at The Verge of being The Verge on The Verge.

Putting thermal paste on the socket gets the best thermals because it probably won’t even boot

@deluxesofa

3 жыл бұрын

Its so cold that it even won't boot

@AFlyingSwive

3 жыл бұрын

well you're not wrong

@Olfan

3 жыл бұрын

It stays at exactly ambient no matter what you do.

@packlord2192

3 жыл бұрын

Most thermal paste is non-conductive, so it should still boot, just like the mineral oil pc builds.

@deluxesofa

3 жыл бұрын

@@packlord2192 r/woooosh

I really appreciate how high quality and professional the videos are on this channel.

If you're curious how different application patterns look, you can test the thermal paste spread using glass or a plexiglass sheet that will allow you to see without removing the cooler plate.

@THE-X-Force

9 ай бұрын

Just make sure to torque it down to the same pressure as whatever cooler would.

@Chris-ly8wt

9 ай бұрын

@@THE-X-Force well yeah

You were being to stingy with the paste in the intro. 1 tube = 1 CPU. Simple.

@whiteoscreen2383

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong you need a bucket for one CPU ...... XD

@samohraje2433

5 жыл бұрын

Nope you'll need 2 tubes 1 for cpu and the other one for LGA or PGA socket

@MrDuck-oi3qc

4 жыл бұрын

First time I build a pc a spend a whole tube.

@legoivan44321

4 жыл бұрын

No, its 1 CPU = 3000 tubes

@BM1620

4 жыл бұрын

No ya got it all wrong, it's one tube per core, I used 12 tubes on my 3900x and it was the perfect amount 😆

I don't use thermal paste. I underclock my i9 to 66 mhz and it runs just fine.

@mrnobody4147

4 жыл бұрын

of course it will do the job,if you dont gaming at the edges the cpu is just fine even without thermal paste.but if you overclocking and play hungry games yes its needed but again doesnt mean the pc will burn if you dont apply thermal paste.but it is good to apply.also is good for the companies to worry too much and go buying expensive thermal pastes...

@promethean44

4 жыл бұрын

My government teacher has the same last name :D

@atodaso1668

4 жыл бұрын

I take it you follow the verge? make sure you cap your frame rate as well, don't want them getting too high.

@rpgamezzz270

4 жыл бұрын

@@atodaso1668 ikr? Why have unlock fps in competitive games? It's useless for quick reaction

@Rj-to8qm

4 жыл бұрын

@SilentGhilly you can get thermal paste for like 5 bucks

pretty epic and still on point for 2021, repasting old thermal does seem to help more than the method of application.

This continues to pop up in my suggestions and I keep watching it! I can't get enough of the first minute, cracks me up every time!

You're on the verge of putting to much on it.

@brienbirdwell

4 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment on this video

@Chaosdude341

4 жыл бұрын

v e r g e

@m.steele5539

4 жыл бұрын

Fuc*ing brilliant. Thx 4 the laugh

@Webberjo

4 жыл бұрын

too*

@MrHasie

4 жыл бұрын

What you did there, I see it.

Beautiful application of thermal paste there. Almost no need for a cooler with the sheer amount of thermal mass.

@TheSergio1021

5 жыл бұрын

Thermal Mass is the name of my next album

@bazzti6645

5 жыл бұрын

Actually that amount of paste *insulates* the heatspreader therefore making it even hotter. That's not how thermal paste works

@smallmoneysalvia

5 жыл бұрын

No of course more is better why else would they call it THERMAL paste?

@RandomHandGum

5 жыл бұрын

Bazz Ti wooosh

@sauercrowder

Жыл бұрын

This is a great idea. Why not just build our own heat sink

The Verge saw this and went "Yes"

At the risk of bricking a cpu, it would have been nice to add a ‘no paste’ metal-metal control.

@Tuchik123

2 жыл бұрын

comp wouldnt stay on, it would overheat too quickly

@angrydragonslayer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tuchik123 properly lap both ihs and cooler and it'll be comparable to a mid-tier paste

@tylermitchell185

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrydragonslayer Depends on the quality of the heatsink manufacturer.

@jonasdatlas4668

2 жыл бұрын

Unlike in the past you can’t actually burn out a modern CPU like this, they usually know how to protect themselves, they’ll just throttle or turn off. You could totally do it like two decades ago though.

@angrydragonslayer

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonasdatlas4668 you still can, you just gotta try really hard

Just take a large tub of thermal paste and dip the whole motherboard in it just to be sure

@tibinicle

5 жыл бұрын

jklw10 Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg… and my arm… even my fingers. The body I’ve lost… the comrades I’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?

@minecraftermad

5 жыл бұрын

Oh boy do i

@rubberguard83

5 жыл бұрын

Lol.

@imacrazyguy5831

5 жыл бұрын

My eye just twitched a bit.

@minecraftermad

5 жыл бұрын

you should get some thermal paste for that

If the thermal paste manufacturer contacts you to thank you for your support, then it's too much thermal paste.

@copycatshinobi6920

5 жыл бұрын

Lukiel666 total savage hahahahah

@JohnDoe-wf6vn

5 жыл бұрын

Lukiel666 lol

@jamesp5644

5 жыл бұрын

Thermal Grizzly just sends you a letter asking if "you alright fam?"

@TheRealFobican

5 жыл бұрын

It sure got a lot of thermal paste over the boards here. *Insert Loud Nigra*

@TonytheGr8

5 жыл бұрын

Lukiel666 lol 😂😂

I love your channel! So much detail and helpful info. Thank you for your diligent testing methodology and informative content.

@michaelcorcoran8768

2 жыл бұрын

I wish there were people who cared this much about evidence in the world of social sciences on KZread. If you can even call it that.

The delta in results could be due to shifting magnetic resonance in the earth's crust due to changing magma densities. The resulting gravimetric changes also dilate time and shorten rulers. So that's gonna play a SMALL PART too.

@nikpap95

2 жыл бұрын

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

@exMuteKid

2 жыл бұрын

This is just flat out wrong, that's not how time dilation works, and also I'm almost certain the mass of an object in space is what's directly correlated with the force of gravity, NOT magnetic fields! Density IS NOT THE SAME AS MASS!! The magma's density may change but the total mass of earth does not therefore gravity remains the same

@JorgieTV01

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@stewiepid4385

2 жыл бұрын

Addendum: The coriolis effect.

@eachone9220

2 жыл бұрын

@@exMuteKid whoosh? Or did I whoosh myself.

The human eye cannot see above pea size thermal paste.

@gordongoodman8342

5 жыл бұрын

Lies.

@Nadae27

5 жыл бұрын

@@gordongoodman8342 Mate, it's a proven fact

@packlord2192

5 жыл бұрын

... Therefore we will make a F***ing sunami outta this paste Bi**ch!!! Why are we doing this!? FOR SCIENCE!!!

@EvoVFX

4 жыл бұрын

@@packlord2192 you are definitely like 9 1. You cant spell 2. You censor your own comments 😂

@jerry6187

4 жыл бұрын

@@EvoVFX wut thu hel mann he cn spel just as gud a me

wholy crap the trolling in this intro... its relentless! "Stop, hes already dead!"

I absolutely love the sass here…it was deserved and GN definitely delivered

Just thought I'd share this guys, but I applied the amount shown in the video's intro and now my Ryzen 1700x is a 2700x. Thank you.

@chebs9642

5 жыл бұрын

I downloaded 400gb ram so suck it

@WolfieHDDd

5 жыл бұрын

I built a $1000 setup to play battle toads. Shut mouth

@dreadfulbadger

5 жыл бұрын

I put a bunch of thermal paste on my 1050 ti and now its a 1080 ti.

@andrew2180

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@RankOneCasual

5 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked by these results. I've only been able to upgrade my soundcard into a surround sound system with paste.

I use toothpaste. Consequently my cpu has never had a cavity.

@mschmolzer99

4 жыл бұрын

Just be aware that it dries out much faster than thermal paste

@iClone101

4 жыл бұрын

@@mschmolzer99 /r/woooosh

@user-sg1lq8qx7g

4 жыл бұрын

@@iClone101 its not entirely a r/woooosh moment, it is possible to use toothpaste as thermal paste, however its only a "last resort" method

@twinrixone5295

4 жыл бұрын

toothpaste was used in a few tests before

@therealcat5794

4 жыл бұрын

@@iClone101 the wooooosh thing is annoying and it doesn't even apply here

The information density in these videos is off the charts. I have to keep pausing to take it all in!

I think the "too much" crowd is from the old Arctic Silver 5 days. That paste was very thick and hard for the cooler to squeeze all excess out the sides.

One problem i've had finding out how much thermal paste to apply is getting a visual example. People always try to describe how much to apply but no one i ask is able to show me, so i'm really happy that right at the top of the video you provide an example rather than make me watch the whole 20 minute video.

@d-o-n-u-t

4 жыл бұрын

Wait *_w h a t_* no stop

@CelestialShock

4 жыл бұрын

ChaeDoc i heard it was the size of a grain of rice

@auturgicflosculator2183

4 жыл бұрын

I love the guy writing a book in the replies to this comment on wanting a visual example.

@epiccollision

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Marus you know we are watching an actual test...

@TheGauges420

4 жыл бұрын

@@auturgicflosculator2183 he gave him a visual example, a US dime. Cant picture anything in my head *besides* a dime when I read 'US dime'...

Brilliant. Also, that was way too much in the AMD socket. You need an even amount on both top AND bottom for even heat dissipation.

@homemedia4325

5 жыл бұрын

What IPA would you use on the IHS? ;)

@pawala7

5 жыл бұрын

Also needs more liquid metal on the Intel socket. Cause it won't be compatible with any future chips anyway.

@hi-friaudioman

5 жыл бұрын

Craft Computing great channel BTW! I've seen a few of your vids. I'll throw a sub your way.

@tmi1234567

5 жыл бұрын

Craft Computing I'm crying im laughing so hard.

@ohiohouston3560

5 жыл бұрын

And filling the spaces between the backplate and mobo drops at least 30c alone

Thank you for this video. It's my first time building a PC, and people make out "not enough thermal paste" and "too much thermal paste" as something that'll just ruin the whole thing. I was super nervous! But I feel more confident now, I'll just do what I feel is right and it'll probably be okay.

Steve is the most nonchalant, decisive, cool, calm, and collected pseudocomedian I have ever seen on KZread. This guy literally has me dying laughing at least once in each of his videos whether it's him being absolutely blown away by someones stupidity, or his mind numbing solutions to poor product design, "And this is how you remove the tempered glass side panel insert." *tips pc until panel falls out face first onto table* *camera facing smile*

RIP that socket

@GamersNexus

5 жыл бұрын

That entire board was already dead!

@Judge_OnYouTube

5 жыл бұрын

Thermally, it now performs really well.

@ScanXn

5 жыл бұрын

Gamers Nexus I was like nooooo the socket is ruined... oh he probably used a bad board

@spinkick9270

5 жыл бұрын

Gamers Nexus thought as much. Nobody wants to kill hardware even if it was free.

@JarrodsTech

5 жыл бұрын

I figured, still a bit painful to watch 😛

Gamers Nexus intro: *exists* The Verge: Write that down. Write that down.

This video is the gift that keeps on giving.

I would have loved to see a "too dry" one, like when you let it try while working on the PC and so it can not spread that well

@IkethRacing

Жыл бұрын

thermal paste dries in hours? more like years

@charles-antoinemartel-roy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah from experience, the worst part about leaving thermal paste out in the open while you work on a PC is the risk of dust getting stuck in the paste, which could *in theory* make the thermal paste less effective. But then again, unless you're working on a PC in a sawmill, I can hardly imagine *that* much dust getting stuck there.

Steve, we need to have a talk...

@dark_taco

5 жыл бұрын

C_minus Straight up 😂😂😂

Love the intro, because I always use a LOT of thermal compound right inside the CPU socket before I put the actual CPU in there. The CPUs never get above 0 degrees. Of course, they never actually start up or work for some reason, so there's that... Maybe I didn't use enough thermal compound?

@peppers7774

5 жыл бұрын

If it's stayed at 0°c in a abient temp room then you need to turn the heating on

@Mineav

5 жыл бұрын

@@peppers7774 I like to keep it chilly inside the room. I have pet penguins.

@loweffortgaming2593

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't use enough. If you had, it would have worked fine and used the mainboard as the heat sink.

@randytrashcan

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, you need more paste if the CPU isn't working properly. I typically apply a bit of water as well to ensure there's great connectivity. No more than a cup of water, though. Usually half a cup works best for me.

@armanke13

5 жыл бұрын

Try tooth paste

thank you very much for doing this test! you are awesome guys!

I'll be honest, those first thirty seconds got my eye twitching.

@SunCityGamer

5 жыл бұрын

mahatmagandhiful me too!

@permagrin8742

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never built a pc before. Studied it since I want to someday. I was like WTF! Yes I knew it was a spoof just before he transitioned to the other board. But only just before.

So I think this is Gamers Nexus way of politely saying STFU about thermal paste

@diamondsondemand3467

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@robertharris6092

5 жыл бұрын

its the mature way of saying to STFU. By proving them wrong.

@marshingo5262

5 жыл бұрын

No shit

@akaMyThought

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, yup

@ethelryan257

5 жыл бұрын

Ya think? Yeah, enough with the basement dwelling couch potato know-it-betters.

The bigger issue here is the way you have your paper towel roll. It's on the wrong way. Should go on water fall style

@wyterabitt2149

3 жыл бұрын

It does.

@killerbung

3 жыл бұрын

He has it the correct way; cats are less likely to un roll it that way.

@ronniekregar3482

2 жыл бұрын

NOOOOOO......UNDER!!! I hate people that roll their paper towels and toilet paper over the roll, you have no place on this earth.

Amazing data collection! Thank you

I guarantee some noob is going to watch just the intro, pause the video and say okay I know how much

@Bprince546

4 жыл бұрын

ROFL 😂😂😂😂

@Muslimman570

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rohanjose4967

4 жыл бұрын

So You've created lava

@ashupashu5559

4 жыл бұрын

@@rohanjose4967 It is a nice light colored lava that will be good objectively. It is a nice light colored lava that will be objectively and factually 2 good.

@ashupashu5559

4 жыл бұрын

@@roycastanon5754 LPL/LOL.

Those first 40 seconds. OMG. I felt very anxious.

4 years later and I'm battling the entirety of TikTok on one of my videos where I spread a thin layer from a Kryonaut Extreme jug before installing a heatsink.

This classic video still being recommended after 4 years :)

When he put that much of a thermal paste on the intro i was like "haha thats really bad couldn't get any worse" and then he put it on the socket

that's why i use CPUs made of thermal paste

@gfjfjufidi2880

5 жыл бұрын

bjd4 so like every CPU? They all have thermal paste inside them.

@sik3xploit

5 жыл бұрын

@@gfjfjufidi2880 Nonononono. Thermal paste is being used as materials to make all of the CPU.

@cloudftw113

5 жыл бұрын

There are a weird a lot of people who cannot detect sarcasm or humor in general in this comment section as a whole.

@reppy0757

5 жыл бұрын

@@cloudftw113 You gotta be fucking me. I think you're just being a total butthurt douchebag. #YouAreFakeNews

@miikey_lol

5 жыл бұрын

@@reppy0757 he really isnt, he's just saying the truth

This is truly the greatest intro ever shot. It'll never be topped.

Thank you for the reassurance! Even I've attracted the "too much thermal paste" comment on my much smaller scale (in fact, they said "way too much thermal paste", which, erm, I think you've redefined!) I started with a pea-sized dot, on my new aftermarket cooler, and when I started it up, under medium load the thermals just didn't feel right: they were higher than with the stock cooler, and fluctuating more. I wanted to be more scientific in my testing, but didn't want to push things with the best PC I had at the time, so I just powered down and re-did the paste straight away. I'd never owned a cooler with copper heatpipes before, and when I pulled it off, it was the opposite problem to gaps in IHS coverage: the IHS wasn't too badly covered, actually, but the paste had gone in the gaps between the pipes on the cooler, and left a lot of the heat pipe area untouched (there were four heat pipes, and I'd have said only two had anywhere near a significant amount of paste on them.) I found advice that, in this instance, you should apply a small amount of paste linearly on each pipe, which seemed to make intuitive and logical sense. So I did that, and got the "way too much" comment. But the thermals are much better and much more well-behaved, so...yeah...I'm happy...even happier after watching this video! (Besides, even if there was too much, it was a mere fraction of a tube...and I'd gained experience of what would happen to the excess paste, anyway...it'd probably end up 'safely' in between the pipes!)

Thousands of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

@mrmeval1

5 жыл бұрын

Thousands of threads cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. There fixed it for you.

@obvious_humor

5 жыл бұрын

Steven Ross-watt issa star wars reference

I'm missing "not applying any paste" in the charts.

@heutemalnicht

5 жыл бұрын

Basically worse than any application method. Jay did a video on this.

@EVPointMaster

4 жыл бұрын

Might only work with a lapped CPU and cooler

@Ammothief41

4 жыл бұрын

Heat sinks probably don't sit flush against the heat spreader so it's cheap and easy to use goop to bridge the gap.

There is another technique for apply thermal paste: rice on chess board. In that case you put several very small droplets across the CPU, barelly the size of rice corns. I use a 3x3 pattern for small CPUs like Socket 11xx and up to 7x5 for Socket 3647. I usually make the middle drop quite a bit larger than the rest but way below pea size. This techique usually coveres the whole die pretty good and is quick to apply. From educated guesswork I would say you can use less thermal paste than with most other techniques.

@argh1989

Жыл бұрын

There are probably a bunch of other techniques out there. Personally I went with the X-method, so basically drawing a diagonal cross. I think for a given amount of paste, that is the best shape to ensure it spreads out into all the corners, while having the lowest risk of getting air trapped.

@sauercrowder

Жыл бұрын

That seems very likely to trap air when it spreads. Much more so than a single application in the middle.

That intro was amazing lol. It didn't get me until you stream paste all over the pc to slop some on the socket lol.

I remove the silver thing on the cpu and apply it right to the cores!

@Kuri0

5 жыл бұрын

@Martin M laptop's lol

@adamthomas6643

5 жыл бұрын

There are people that do it

@adamthomas6643

5 жыл бұрын

Windforce Yeah of course, plus you gotta take off the retention mechanism so it’s a little sketchy when taking it off lol. And I remember the days! I used to chuck my CPUs in the vice to keep it steady and cut the ihs off with a razor blade, oh how times have changed.

@adamthomas6643

5 жыл бұрын

Josh12342 Do you mean the IHS?

@adamthomas6643

5 жыл бұрын

Josh12342 I’m aware but if you’re gonna act like a smartass might as well use the actual name for it...

That intro is hilarious, I love your hater trolling.

@solocamo3654

5 жыл бұрын

When I'm having a bad day I just watch one of these and all is well. Intro already turned my day around.

@EnvAdam

5 жыл бұрын

GN trolling is the best way to bring your mood up. pff whos need therapy when you have GN videos.

@sumwunudontknow

5 жыл бұрын

Just recently subscribed to this channel, could not agree more.

@StaticVapour590

5 жыл бұрын

It was damn cool in my opinion

@Zarcondeegrissom

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, on par with Jayz2cent's thermal paste vid as well, that was great. Just keep piling it on, it's non-conductive, lol. And for the non-conductive paste in the socket, well, what's the difference between non-conductive silicon based thermal paste, and silicon dielectric contact grease, nothing, lol. The worst it will do is keep the contacts from oxidizing as fast in the socket.

Best intro ever. Love dragging the line across the case :)

I had an ex gf break up with me because I apply too much toothpaste onto my toothbrush. True story.

Once when i was a kid i decided to clean my PC. So i did! I pretty much disassembled the whole thing into pieces,without really knowing what each part meant. I was just confident in my visual memory to mount every part where it belongs. So at one point i removed the CPU cooler,and i was like; damn,that is a lot of "dirt" between that cooler and CPU. So i "cleaned" it! Only after a couple of years i accidentally found out that,THAT "dirt" was actually meant to be there and that it was thermal paste. Looking back now,i still have no idea how that CPU survived all those years,but it did! And i used to play A LOT,every single day.

@XxSoulStealer1997xX

3 жыл бұрын

Let's be real though, that thermal paste was probably already due a change. I haven't seen thermal paste that looks like dirt. Now I'm imagining that the paste was there for so long that is started to be cooked by the actual heat giving that weird dirt color 😂. Glad everything turned out alright for ya.

@angstyxxo1232

3 жыл бұрын

How does this not have more like xD that’s beautiful!

@p0xygen

3 жыл бұрын

@@XxSoulStealer1997xX as a kid a weird white paste seems like dirt probably

@mordofable

3 жыл бұрын

really depends on what CPU it was. when I was young my cpu fan broke. I didn't have any money, so I just took it off... along with the heatsink... because I didn't know any better lol. I just thought to myself "Maybe it'll be fine without it" so I tried it, and it worked. Only on a couple games I played did the computer lag. so I took the side of the case off, kept the computer on its side, and pointed a window fan at it xD that surprisingly helped cool it enough that the games stopped lagging, so that's how I ran my computer for more than a year. It was a celeron 850 - very weak.

@tiyawn29

3 жыл бұрын

@@mordofable if you beat the crap out of me😅 i still couldn't tell you exactly which one was. Only thing i know is that it was some dual core pentium

Every basic nerd building their first gaming PC: "I'mma spend $20 on thermal paste, it's got actual SILVER in it" "I'mma spend $20 on a no-brand PSU, it says it's 900 Watts!" Priorities, lads.

@Adinda.1407

4 жыл бұрын

@RectalDiscourse sorry i don't get it

@budiisnadi

4 жыл бұрын

@RectalDiscourse so it exploded once, and you still use it?

@CrashForce

4 жыл бұрын

RectalDiscourse so you kept using the PSU despite it doing the very thing it’s not supposed to do which is shoot sparks out of the rear?

@jayyhick65

4 жыл бұрын

RectalDiscourse you didnt have to say that last part. Christ is good

@emjay9280

4 жыл бұрын

Q-Tech!

Just upgraded my I5-9600k to an I9-9900k and I thought I put on too much paste (went for a larger pea slightly spread). After I tightened aio then pulled it off to see 2 small streaks pushed out I looked up this video. Cleaned off the 2 small streaks and tightened it back down. It’s running great. You rule Nexus. Thanks for putting up with the internet and doing what you do.

@jatyin117

Жыл бұрын

What are your temps? I idle in the mid 40's. My i5-8600k used to idle in the 30's.

@judestubbs

Жыл бұрын

@@jatyin117 even under heavy load never over 70C, my idle is in the high 40s

@jatyin117

Жыл бұрын

@@judestubbs Damn, mine at 100% load puts me at 85c. I do have XMP enabled though, if that matters at all. I heard that can raise temps a bit.

@judestubbs

Жыл бұрын

@@jatyin117 idk, but I have it enabled as well. I believe XMP only affects your RAM speeds but I’m not sure.

There is another question. I'm not too deep into the PC stuff, so I may have simple missed it. But what about lapping? One could lapp the surfaces to the point they ring together. Would you still need thermal paste?

@louiesatterwhite3885

2 жыл бұрын

Theoretically its possible, I think, but that would require time and machining, whereas thermal paste is inexpensive

I can feel everyone’s cringe when he moved to the other board. Lol

@Pazo139

3 жыл бұрын

It was hilarious

@ralzr.4450

3 жыл бұрын

i think my vision turned into white noise for a second

@TezzyRs

3 жыл бұрын

I literally gasped

@EperkeGMD

2 жыл бұрын

It was probably a dead board

@du39104

2 жыл бұрын

I literally had a stroke by witnessing that movement.......

0:28 That’s when my soul left my body

@durasvve

3 жыл бұрын

lulz, thanks eye can relate to the feels - also, should be further up iMO

@iamvigant

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud at that point

@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected

2 жыл бұрын

I had a NDE

@fizzarolli5416

2 жыл бұрын

I literally had a jaw dropping reaction when he did this. The poor board. Probably it was broken anyways but still, you don't need to disrespect the dead like that. This physically hurt.

@aidenbuchler1379

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, it kind of looked like an older board, anyways.

I only came across this now, still very very helpful. The more you know!

Old video, but I did stop worrying about it DECADES ago. Still using Artic Silver 5 and thin, even cover with a credit card. Always worked. Never saw a dead cpu.

I tried the pee amount but it splashed everywhere in the case

@ethancj5072

3 жыл бұрын

Smol pee not big pee

@nuanil

3 жыл бұрын

pea, not pee

@deadfool5345

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is where I went wrong 😬

@sakethkanumuri1280

3 жыл бұрын

nuanil r/woooosh

@Ouroboross-

3 жыл бұрын

Saketh Kanumuri This is KZread you idiot why the fuck are you using Reddit tags??

_Still too little thermal paste_

@benmckenna968

5 жыл бұрын

Way too little thermal paste. It is only enough when it covers the power button on the case

@lalilulelothepatriots7228

5 жыл бұрын

Triggered Omastar LOL

@icanrememberthis

5 жыл бұрын

Anything less than a thermal paste bukkake is too little.

@DylanTK

5 жыл бұрын

^ hahaha

@SuperBrainAK

5 жыл бұрын

yep till it gets to the top of the ram cuz that needs cooling also.

I love this video. After being DIY roughly 20y, still alot to learn. Anyway I used sometimes preapplied paste on cpu cooler heatsink, another time when none there 20y old Arctic Silver 2MX paste and it hell works, lol. (probably against all odds, although I checked temp inside BIOS and in Windows too, systems were always stable.)

How about putting a glass that fits on the processor when the paste is applied? This will show how the paste is spread:)

@MrRomio1406

Жыл бұрын

true! :)

@swapnilmankame

11 ай бұрын

its already done, You can look it up on youtube

This debate never seems to go away and has been around for years.

@Britec09

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, these type of myths will run and run.

@madmax2069

5 жыл бұрын

Britec09 yup, and it's annoying as hell they continue on even with proof against their claim.

@timothyandrewnielsen

5 жыл бұрын

I am that person. Now let's debate what the best method is.

@madmax2069

5 жыл бұрын

himynameistim it's a moot point debating now due to the videos he has done providing the different methods.

@timothyandrewnielsen

5 жыл бұрын

Best method is thing layer.

10:19 Ahhhh, I see you guys even tested "The Verge" method even before it was named that. Great job! :)

@fizz9698

5 жыл бұрын

I'm dying lmao

@CaveyMoth

5 жыл бұрын

You not icing a cake! It look like a stop sign!

@DDRWakaLaka

5 жыл бұрын

people seem to forget that the verge one didn't just use too much paste, they left the pre-applied stuff on the AIO cooler and just slapped it on top!

@powalovesmusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@DDRWakaLaka this, lmao "since usually the pre-applied paste is not enough...."

@geonerd

5 жыл бұрын

I saw the thumbnail and came here just to read (or make) comments like this! :)

kind of a necropost but the biggest varible here looks to be how the cooler is clamped and the pressure distribution used to do so. Could rig up some see through "cooler plates" out of plexi glass or borosilicate to see how the applications spread out under clamped pressure etc.

Nice video Steve! Thanks

That intro was genuinely difficult to watch. Send help.

@VietnameseDubbedClips

5 жыл бұрын

Watching it make my soul hurt a little. Probably gave my unconciousness an idea for a new nightmare too...

@deStRuktOnXBL

5 жыл бұрын

Ibuypower team took notes from the intro and went to work lol, I've heard most of thier stuff prior may 2019 sometimes suffered performance from over amounts of thermal paste.

@FSM_Reviews

4 жыл бұрын

"Help" [SEND] FORWARD DRAFT DELETE

@Kerouha

4 жыл бұрын

Watch it the second time, it should help.

This was both, entertaining, and really useful.

@aarongarza4769

5 жыл бұрын

PhilsComputerLab Phil watches GamersNexus as well!? I knew there was a reason I subbed to both channels.

@blakedmc1989RaveHD

5 жыл бұрын

nice to see ya here as well Phil :P

@skyelark155

5 жыл бұрын

And stupid

I just repasted my laptop which I was pretty scared to do at first, but I'm so glad I did. Dropped my CPU temp during gaming 10 to 15 degrees since there was basically no paste on there from the factory.

My blood pressure spiked watching that first segment

I would like to see a 'no thermal paste' for reference

@NaptownClassic

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same.

@hughmungus2946

3 жыл бұрын

*cpu explodes*

@LuisGalindo0

3 жыл бұрын

Jay had no thermal paste on this challenge: kzread.info/dash/bejne/foOJm6eaZpPAqsY.html

@dcngn_

3 жыл бұрын

im currently running a 2500k with the original intel cooler and without thermal paste lol. I also use the integrated GPU, as my actual GPU broke. Playing league of legends my temps are around 90-99 degrees.the heat spreader has been ground flat when I bought it, not sure if it makes any difference.

@tomghzel

3 жыл бұрын

@@dcngn_ stock has thermal paste on the back of the cooler already right? Some sort of.

I submerge my mobo in liquid cooled liquid nitrogen. Cpu won't boot but at least the Temps are low

@geoffhart

5 жыл бұрын

www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

@TheAdatto

5 жыл бұрын

How do you liquid cool liquid nitrogen?

@NJ-wb1cz

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAdatto Cool liquid nitrogen is already liquid, you don't need to liquid it further.

@TheAdatto

5 жыл бұрын

@@NJ-wb1cz duh. That's why i commented

@NJ-wb1cz

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheAdatto i bet your liquid nitrogen is uncool and solid though

What I ended up doing was spreading a super thin layer across the whole die and then a pea sized blob in the middle. I was paranoid about it not covering the whole die and about there being too much. Seems to be working so far, but then your results seem to show that you can't really screw it up no matter what you do heh.

Dude I literally got goosebumps watching the first 40 seconds of the video.

Very informative. I personnaly never used any cooling system of any kind on my CPU. But now that I'm considereing turning my PC on, I might look into it. Keep up the good work boys

@progrockrules9463

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😃😂🤣😃

@macblink

2 жыл бұрын

WHAT?!.. Oh right, stock thermal paste and fans..

@princetexasloaf2632

Жыл бұрын

@@macblink melting a solid block of aluminum onto your cpu goes a long way

This is by far your most painful video, even to this day. It's an absolute masterpiece.

Have to do this tomorrow since my Intel CPU heats up to 95C now while gaming. Thanks for the video! I will try and do the pea sized method without spreading it manually. Hopefully it will work and spread evenly just by applying the heat sink onto it.

man why are your videos to this day still twice as long as they need to be

It's interesting to see that the big blob scored the best on this video and the previous one you showcased here.

I'd just like to say that, even a year later, this remains my absolute favorite intro of all your videos. Thank you for this absolute fucking gem of an intro.

Thermal paste directly into the socket? Dennis from LMG would be so proud

Does paste on components surrounding a chip (SMD resistors mostly?) impair their heat transfer? Every time I clean a factory paste of notebook chips or GPUs I do remove all of the "spillage" thoroughly.

I saw a comparo years ago where they did that and also weird substances like jam, butter, vegemite. End result was there was little difference although of course the longevity wasn't there for dodgy stuff because they dry up. The paste is meant to fill in the micro irregularities in the 2 metal plates so that there is always some sort of contact. Metal to metal is best.

Oh the intros you can make when you have plenty of dead motherboards

@Krigalishnikov

3 жыл бұрын

One more now

@daffabarin8664

3 жыл бұрын

@@Krigalishnikov including the verge's

@paulluce2557

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Dennis from Linus Tech Tips...

Always paste your AMD socket!

@kubeface115

5 жыл бұрын

You can paste my AMD socket anytime bigboy, etc.

@nororlol4life819

5 жыл бұрын

always paste ur shintel socket

@Trainwheel_Time

5 жыл бұрын

Sure as fuck can't hurt it.

@CaveyMoth

5 жыл бұрын

Socket to me

Should use a clear plastic version of a heat sink to “show” application under tension.

I'm installing an ek monoblock and the manual said apply "as thin as possible" so I spread it just so you couldn't see the bare metal/writing on the chip and was terrified it was to thin but now that I saw this vid I'm glad to see the thin spread was fine.