How to apply Thermal Paste and Liquid Metal
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- Learn how thermal paste spreads on the CPU using different techniques and why we recommend a particular method. You'll also see how to properly apply liquid metal. Our DC2 thermal paste and DC2 Pro liquid metal come with accessories to achieve the best result.
Caution: Liquid metal is electrically conductive and you must be careful not to spill it on components on your motherboard. If it does, remove any residue with a cleaning agent such as isopropyl alcohol and dry it off before reconnecting power to your system, or you will risk a short circuit.
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I paid for the entire tube, Im gonna use the entire tube
Ik its a joke but for those people that dont know with 1 tube like the one in the video you can use it for like 20 pc builds
Yep I just put it on my cpu first and with my extra I put some one the gpu and ram and with the little I still had I put around my case
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Yeeeeeeeessss dun dun dun dun dun
the extra is good if you mess up your first time like me
Honestly, too much thermal paste is better than not enough. If it leaks on to your motherboard it won't hurt anything, it just looks bad. Liquid metal, on the other hand, can destroy your motherboard if not done correctly.
Some thermal pastes are still conductive tho
Better to buy a known brand that is not conductive
Not just look bad but wasting good thermal paste
You have no clue why thermal paste is used in the first place lol
@@Windforce6thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity are very different. You can have thermal paste on your cpu pins and it work perfectly
@@Kyielith i wasn’t refering to electrical conductivity. I was refering to his statement about using too much thermal paste is better than less. Less is more with thermal paste and too much will decrease the thermal conductivity.
Every 4 of these methods can workout, just don't be the guy in the first clip
Why?
I find it interesting with the glass test the one he says is correct you can see that it does not have full contact.
That's why you don't believe everything you see on the Internet 👍
And other had, what a mad video.
To be fair, they're definitely not putting as much pressure on the glass as the cooler would, so in reality all of these would work, but the X and manual spread would work the best
Тоже это заметил, чувак, он поставил галочку, но при приближении видно, что пятно контакта меньше, чем на остальных вариантах😂
I think that that's because, unlike the base of a cooler, the glass is resting on top of the "clasp" surrounding the CPU and not on the CPU itself. That's why it can touch and spread (to a point) the paste that was put on the CPU in a blob or an X, but doesn't get low enough to make contact with the paste that has already been spread thin. Again, an actual cooler would not have that issue. It goes both ways, though, as a cooler would help the paste spread a little further in the other cases, but it probably wouldn't be perfect - we already have some overspill, especially in the top right, as well as large uncovered areas, so unless there is a significant excess of paste, it's likely that we wouldn't have full coverage.
I like that the liquid metal was only shown the correct way. Probably because it's expensive and will fuck up your motherboard if it drips off the chip.
Is liquid metal significantly better at transferring heat than the thermal paste?
@@Ahmed-mo2nr I believe so. Since metal is at transferring heat. Liquid metal helps the cpu transfer heat to the cooling fan much more quickly.
I'm not an expert on it, but that is what I understand from it.
@@Ahmed-mo2nryes it is much better than silicon thermal paste, but can easily damage the motherboard if it gets on it, and you can’t mix certain metals or alloys with it, so you have to do a lot more research. If your cpu cooler is made of aluminum it will completely destroy it, and the aluminum will crumble, and you can just crush it with your hands.
The x seems to have the best even coverage. It would spread even further out with more pressure which the cooler would provide.
Yeah, he didn’t put down enough paste for the other types of applications. A thicker but smaller X would make the best coverage for the least amount of air pockets.
X is the only thing I trust
@@0Metatron I got a notification for your comment, and without context of what comment you replied to I thought you meant Twitter (x) was the only thing you trust, and I got scared what kind of lunatic had replied to one of my comments lol.
But yeah, the x pattern is the way to go. Also with an additional very small dot at the bottom on new Ryzen CPUs, as the hot spot is very far down.
@@ei.. haha, lol, sorry that I freaked you out
He didn't even manage to do a "good" X 😂
Note of warning to anyone who saw the liquid metal part. While the ihs will be fine, you dont want that metal to be on anything made of aluminium. It will eat right through it and amalgamate with the aliminum causing it to become extremely brittle and weak. Only use if your cooler has a copper or nickel contact point and if using normally/vertically, make sure that liquid metal doesnt go anywhere else and in all honesty, imo, liquid metal thermal compounds just arent worth the risk for the 10 ish degrees it can knock off
Thanks for the great advice! It seems like it probably contains gallium. I think I'll stick to the regular stuff.
Also it’s not always a 10 degree improvement, if ur not direct die cooling. 1 more reason not to go liquid metal
@@jublywubly no shit its called liquid metal my guy, what else do ppl call liquid metal (gallium my guy) lmao
@@jublywublygalinstan is most likely. The only other liquid at room temperature metals I know of are NaK(horribly toxic, flammable, explosive on contact with water) and Mercury (horribly toxic, emits fumes)
For am5 cpus try to get the most thermal paste on the bottom-center of the ihs because that’s where the hotspot is
cheers !
Не нужно наносить больше термопасты, это ухудшит теплообмен между крышкой процессора и медной поверхности охлаждения, термопаста нужна исключительно для исправления неровностей этих самых крышки и медной поверхности, то есть если вы нанесёте много либо очень мало то потеряете от 2% до 10% теплопроводности, по этому будет достаточно 2 тонких линий размазанных палочкой)
@@Buglin4ikон говорит чтобы размазали по поверхности нижней крышки там где хотспот а не добавили больше термопасты
Thanks for the tip m8
@@tarakan-kriperон как раз говорит нахерачить туда побольше😂
作為一個熱流工程師，散熱膏要的是完全貼合IC與散熱器的空隙，讓熱量順利的傳遞過去，不是看上去平整就好，我會選X型或直接加到爆，抹平這個動作不但多餘，如果你導熱膏量不足還有機會造成部份區域無法貼合
所以你貼面膜都只貼一半不貼完整喔
@@SIRPp11zr 你沒裝過主機對吧 那個cpu扣具壓力大到靠北，絕對不是影片裡面拿個板子放上去那樣而已
實際用個透明的假主板扣一次你就知道隨便塗都沒差。量不能少就對了
沒裝過機靠幻想的當然會以為要抹平
其實根本不用 因為頂蓋和你的散熱器本來就應該是平的，散熱膏只是填補縫隙
抹平了等下另外一邊量不夠根本填不了
只要不要蓋下去溢出太多黏到主板上都ok
實際上原廠他們用的散熱膏都是這樣的
@@erisiss0可是我手機散熱都是這樣搞啊，都是用外掛軟件超頻之後再拆開，然後裝新的散熱模組在途散熱膏
@@erisiss0反正手機端就是不能塗太多一定要刮平要不然會滲透出來導致短路
@@erisiss0啊，你們電腦空間大當然就不用擔心高圖太多會短路的問題呀，我之前也沒有做功課啊，但現在知道了，但是你不要嘲諷我啊
If you use Liquid Metal make sure you go back after a few weeks and check your lid/die for migration and apply more if needed. You can use nail polish to protect components from shorts, which is really useful for direct die cooling.
how do you check it without pulling off the cooler which in turn would require a re application. do you re check in a week after that re application? at what point can you stop checking on it. like even me using regular paste. I want to see if I have good coverage but it doesn't matter if I have to re apply anyway
@@zanechristiansen assume that it will migrate and plan to add more. I don’t think it’s necessary to revisit it again unless you notice your thermals increasing. The first application is the one that interacts with the metal the most, so subsequent applications tend to be more stable in my experience.
Edit: yes, remove the cooler.
@RyanHarris77 yea I typically remove to cooler to check my paste.. lol. yea ive no experience with liquid metal and have debating using it but I'll stick with the trusty regular paste for now
@@zanechristiansen In retrospect, I think it’s most beneficial when you really need a few extra degrees of efficiency in the system. Probably not worth the cost and risk for most people.
@@zanechristiansen Don't remove the cooler to check TIM coverage. Use HWiNFO64 and check the core Deltas at idle and a low load. At a higher load you may see a 10-12C Deltas but at lower loads they will run within 2C, if there is even coverage of your TIM. If one side or end is running hot on a low load, reapply your TIM.
Edit: I doubt you can use this method on an AMD CPU with chiplets.
Pre-spread always! It is the only way to know that it always works perfectly
Wow, the bottom right had horrible contact. There are artificial low spots. Tom left was actually the best. I guess be quiet is behind noctua for a reason. Thermal past application doesn't matter too much, but you don't want to little application or it being too thick.
I was horrified that they ticked that airgapped application, they should leave how to videos to those who know how to.
There are SO many air bubbles. It's been shown that spreading the application is not as effective as just pressing down on the blob due to the air bubbles that appear on spread applications
you have to think though, the forces on the ihs are going to be significantly higher when one actually mounts a cooler, vs just pushing on a piece of clear plastic. There is a reason every gpu overclocker does a manual spread on the die when they do a repaste, and that is that full contact is a necessity on direct die coolers.
because there are air bubbles stuck inside there
Great airpocket you got there!
It's impossible for there to be an air pocket once the heatsink is on.
Way too much mounting pressure for air pockets
Prove it
Air pockets are not a thing. Almost all the air gets displaced as soon as you put the heatsink on, regardless of which method you use.
@@neatt3815you can literally see it under the glass that simulates the heatsink pressure
For laptop uses you do need to use a fair bit more thermal paste compared to the desktop counterpart. Laptops just don't have state of the art cooling systems so a tad more paste is better. Not loads but a bit more than the pea size amount
More paste means higher temps. You Wann use the absoulte least amount u can to Cover the whole IHS
@Philipp Wilmer In my experience with gaming laptops so far, having a bit more has had better thermal control as opposed to the pea size method. My tactic is put a pea size amount on, place the heating back on and lift, apply half another pea size amount and good to go.
@@betablockrr This isnt rocket science, no matter how much thermal paste you may have on the CPU, the cooler will just squeeze on it due to the mounting pressure and will get the thermal paste to pretty much the same thickness everytime, unless the paste is tough enough to defy the mounting pressure. Just give the cooling plate a good pressing after you mount it, that should solve that issue.
@Andy96 Well as I said in my experience my method has always worked for me
I switched to PTM7950 material for laptops, regular paste no matter the brand degrades quickly on current gen high turboboost CPU's. Especially the popular Kryonaut paste.
The pressure from the cooler is much greater, making the paste spread more, and the processor will also heat up, making the paste more malleable to spread, just one point in the middle is enough.
Doesn’t matter much on the methods, we are talking fractions of a difference in temps with all different patterns
imo the less messy, the better
You need to consider hot spots and spots where cpu dies are that don't necessarily report temperature. Full coverage is the best for longevity of the cpu
bro, think in a long term
X method works best for spread and to avoid air bubbles forming, the spread method obviously covers the whole thing but it tends to form air bubbles after placing the cooler
Go for the X method, make sure you put enough to cover but not too much so it leaks
I used an old credit/debit or club membership card to spread thermal paste since sandybridge. Never had a problem with that method.
I paided for the entire tube, i expect a that i use everything
Are we not gonna talk about him spreading thermal paste with a visa credit card😂😂😂🤔🤔🤔🤔
Only the best for the best! 😉
Spread it with this spoon thingy
FINALLY SOMEONE That shows how its done!
Always just did the dot method and nothing else, works great every time
Always spread mine, never had any trouble
Just do a thin x with tiny dots top bottom left right in the empty spots
Best Comment and best method! 🙏🏼 THANKS!
Won't this introduce air bubbles???
Just do dot method. Simple, easy and it works every time. Make sure it's around the hotspot though
Just spread it with your finger
I just followed Noctua’s instructions and it works great.
aah yes airbubbles. Personally i do one pea sized bit and let it spread with the pressure from mounting the cooler. been perfrect spread everytime when taking the cooler off
Wtf are air bubbles, u stuck in 2010 air bubbles myth, pal.
Air bubbles may cause the thermal paste to not fullytransfer heat to the heatsink. That's why i don't use spatulas
Air bubbles are a myth. The pressure will just push air out
@@lookatmyright I think he meant aoc
@@Duongpppp that ain't a worry with how much pressure is being applied...
remember that when cpu heat will melt thermal paste and it will spread itself to cover all of IHS under the pressure
It's actually shocking that bequiet official is suggesting to just rub liquid metal on the IHS like that, not taking into out whether the user is using an aluminium base cooler or not, or whether they took the necessary precautions to shield off the metal contacts around the IHS.
Enfin, enfin !!! Une marque officiel qui montre à toutes ces personnes qui disent “faut faire une croix” “mais non faut faire un point” que la meilleure technique c’est de l’étaler uniformément sur le processeur avec la spatule ou une carte ! Merci 🙏🏼 j’étais sûr d’avoir raison, quand je disais t’étaler la patte et de pas faire un simple point ou une croix pourrie
4 Droplets in every corner 🗿
こういうの初めてやる時はわからないから本当に助かる
there is literal air trapped in the buttered toast first one lol
Recently my machines' annual clean and dust came up. Gave everything a good clean plus dusting, and applied fresh thermal paste onto my CPU (i5-11600K). I used an X patten with a small border around it, and it's working great 😁
That X was criminal
Another great method I saw being used by a CPU fan manufacturer is to put nine equally spaced dots of thermal paste on the CPU. It seems to give great coverage. Of course the key is knowing how much to apply in each dot. I think that's the most difficult part. It must also depend on how viscous the thermal paste is.
I have a couple of spare tubes of thermal paste, so I'm planning on doing a few tests under some glass, to see which technique works best for me.
Love how the tick the only that shows the worst one that has the least amount of contact with the glass you can still see the spread lines . From a high end company I expect better
The spread of thermal paste is better when you don’t spread it manually because when you clamp the heatsink it will apply pressure to evenly spread the paste to where it needs to go. Furthermore when the CPU heats up the thermal paste will spread even more.
I just did mine the way the cpu installation guide said to. Larger size in the middle and a smaller dab on each of the corners.
Up top left was solid
Smear method, then a pea in the middle. It helps to eliminate any air trapped like what was shown here.
Top left and bottom right were just fine
That actually looks smart. I might try this and maybe it’ll save me stress and get just the right amount of thermal paste on my cpu
There are so many ignorant people here. Thermal paste is needed not for heat removal, but for better pressure and elimination of air pockets between the heat distribution cover and the cooler. Therefore, the distribution of thermal paste should be uniform, and not more on one side and less on the other.
I used to spread it a bunch. Then I got better paste and did the LTT method of just putting a drop on and that worked just fine.
The coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper at 20-100 °C is 394 W/(m*K).
Thus, any gaskets reduce the desired result. Thermal paste fills air voids, the main conductivity on the metal directly.
the Butter knife is the GOTO tool my guy
All 4 at the end were fine. Only one that I wouldn’t do is top right
I wrap some plastic wrap arround my finger and use that to spread the thermal paste, never had any issues doing so
Do the P dot in the center with slight X when you applied it with the spatula, you could see all the air pockets under there.
Crossing and smearing are the best ways.
HOLY ssss!!! YOU PUT LIQUID METAL ON CPU WITH A LOT OF SMDs outside without a protection
Make a line at the top, take dentel floss and work your way down the cpu, making a even layer all the way thru, works everytime
i use the Noctua X with dots works perfect.
Top left is gonna work way better then bottom right. You can literally see it getting layered, that’s gonna fuck with contact for sure. I also love how using the spreader is good, but doing the same thing with another plastic item is bad just because the guy doing it ducked it up on purpose
X is best. Spreading the thermal paste beforehand can leave air bubbles between the processor and the heatsink, which would cause some extra heat
it would be correct to determine which is the larger area of the processor or the area of the cooling leg (that is, where the cooling touches the processor), and then apply a thin layer to a surface with a smaller area thermal paste (you can use your finger)
Wow good!!! Cpu!! Need!
I wanna hear it from THE GREATEST TECHNICIAN THATS EVER LIVED first
If you don't have the skills or experience in applying thermal paste with a spatula, the x-shaped shape is the best option.
Probably better to apply LM to the chip outside the case maybe, or have some protector cover around the socket area
why was the bottom right using a credit card like hes chopping lines for the boys
Literally only ever used a small pea sized dot in the middle never had over heating issues unless a pump went bad.
I've done more than 10 liquid metal applications/reapplications. Not only do you need to spread liquid metal on the cpu/gpu. You will also need to have the same spread on the heatsink cold plate side. This is to ensure that the liquid metal on both sides bonding together when the heatsink cold plate touches the cpu/gpu, so as to eliminate odd hotspots forming.
There is also a certain level of experience needed to know how much liquid metal to spread around. Too much, and you risk it dripping off and damaging hardware. Too little, and you get hotspots where the liquid metal isn't enough, the user will only find out through trial and error.
I see you’re a gambler for putting Liquid Metal there
Top left would also work just fine. And for those who are observant like me disregard the fact that you can seeareas of no contact in the bottome right the flimsy plastic the person used bent a regular cooler would not bend and you would get the desired contact.
Все варианты не правильные, не мучайтесь, размазывать надо просто пальцем.
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Да?
It's recommended you use a butter knive to spread out thermal paste or liquid metal
Если кулер будет прилегать алюминиевой частью к галлию, то галлий его просто съест, в конце концов. Поэтому учитывайте этот момент
Спасибо
Little reminder, that amount of pressure under cooler is much bigger than under your hands with glass. So you don’t need more than medium point on the centre.
I do the first one and I'll NEVER ****ing STOP lol
Вот первый вариант это чисто совет того самого техно блогера
Настоящие профессионалы размазывают чем угодно, но не лопаткой
Если у этих прочпесианалов будет такой же результать, как и у этих с галочкой, то они замучаются одежду сушить, ибо вся спина в плевках будет
Смысл наносить жидкий металл на крышку проца, самый лучший вариант это наносить жидкий метал при скальпирование, ну можно еще на видеокарте, но он может повредить радиатор.
Nice that it was covered up on my with the subscribe button
Surface should be totally covered to transfer heat to the cooler, thin layer of thermal compound enhance heat transference.
Basically looks all pasting methods in this video wrong! Ask from tile installers 😂
Too bad CPU-s dont need strength, but they need that spicy coverage 😂
Uff to that air pocket on the first "correct one"
Every method shown in this video were correct. Of course there are going to be naked spots when putting the heat sink back on lol.
In the end what matters is if the amount of paste applied actually spreads across the cpu/gpu with heat and under load. Consistency changes and spreads out.
Just put enough in the middle and boom you’re good to go lol no need to get fancy with it.
Good application of the liquid metal... However, care to show the protective measures to avoid shorting out if it creeps out and makes contact with circuits.
A dime size of thermal paste and u put the heatsink on. Every other way creates air bubbles or spots without adequate coverage.
I prefer 9 dots around the cpu and is does the job
Der Klassiker viel hilft viel 😂😂
I find that peanut butter seems to do the trick just fine
Plexiglass pushed down by fingers is not going to spread the paste as a mounted heat sink would. In an of the cases shown, all will result in the IHS being covered. Excess will be pushed aside.
I looked but couldn't find this second object used to spread the liquid, what's its name?
On my friends pc i used 3 lines pattern with the dark rock pro 4 on a ryzen 7 7700 :D
Yeah some of the ones marked as wrong are actually Fine the x esp looked great
No need to spread manually, the heatsink will compress evenly whereas your knife is likely to cause air pockets.
^ this
Air pockets are a real thing. For desktop cpus I just use a X and for laptops I just go to town to make sure there are no dry spots which is very important for direct dies.
Just have a look at the video please.
To go a bit further, with older gen cpu a pea in the middle was accurate and sufficient.
But then X became better as it spread a bit better but still not covering the whole IHS.
Current CPU architecture are more complexe and have spread a bit more on the die. Spreading a thin layer of thermal paste benefit the maximum surface of the IHS to transfer heat to cooling solution.
TL;DR Spreading is actually the best for modern CPU. You were right but like at least 7 to 10 years before.
PS : Not saying though it is bad and don’t work. That’s just not the best. 😊
spreading with a knife was not recommended. The provided spreader is fine and spreading ensures the edges are covered good. Which are usually hot spot areas of no paste gets on them.
Air pockets/bubbles is a myth bud, the cooler has way too much mounting pressure
Spreading the paste can leave pockets of air. The x is my go to, or a good dot.
for thermal paste it doesn't matter...
But for liquid metal it is very important
Ah yes, the peanut butter sandwich technique.
Мне понравилось и стало интересно как у него обратно термуху всосало в тюбик))
first one was literally the verge pc guide
Make a drop like in the bottom right, but dont spread it and just press the cooler on. Finish.
I remember when we use to make fun of people for using the spreader
*Начало* Мой внутренний перфекционист : Аааа СЕРДЦЕ, СЕРДЕ...
Please use protection and cover the connectors with some TG shield.
The heat will also help spread the thermal paste, just don't overdo it.
I was on the way to get a heart attack when I saw the Liquid Metal.