Is this enough thermal paste?

[Fibbles]

Thermal Paste Spill (http://www.ttecx.de/hardwarereports/52_water_chipset_heatsinks/img/logo/cpu.jpg)

I was reading (or trying to) a chipset waterblock review when I saw that, and it's a CPU no less. Hrmm. In the review, the Innovatek Graph O Matic won vs the Cuplex 1.2 and two other aluminium blocks. The perported differences between the Cuplex and Graph O were rather small, but the Alu blocks had no chance.

Speaking of chipsets, why is AC finally releasing their all in one GPU/RAM blocks now, nearly a year since the cards' (GeForce 5950) been out. :huh:

[Darv]

Thermal Paste Spill (http://www.ttecx.de/hardwarereports/52_water_chipset_heatsinks/img/logo/cpu.jpg)

lmao :lol: They can't be serious!?!? And that was in a review :wacko:

[Fibbles]

Here's the review: http://www.ttecx.de/hardwarereports/52_water_chipset_heatsinks/main.php

I haven't bothered to translate, but I was looking at the pretty pictures and suddenly there was that jarring image.

[Pug]

:blink:
WTF indeed!

[Starbuck3733T]

I think there is too little paste...









ON THE CORE.

[Nexxo]

Actually, the picture in question is an example of how not to apply thermal paste, as indicated by the text right below the picture:

Wie wir hier sehen, hat ein Genosse sich doch glatt gedacht, dass so eine Tube Arctic Silver nur für eine einzige CPU-Installation zu gebrauchen wäre. Auch sollte man es tunlichst vermeiden, seine fettigen Fingerabdrücke auf der Kontaktfläche zu hinterlassen oder mit einem harten Gegenstand auf dieser herum zu hantieren - zum Verteilen der Wärmeleitpaste daher bitte ein Stück Kunststoff benutzen und nicht wie einige Genossen einen Schlitz-Schraubenzieher, man glaubt es kaum - es soll auch darüber hinaus tatsächlich auch Leute geben, die ein Wärmeleitpad mit diesem herrlichen Werkzeug von der Kontaktfläche kratzen.

Translation from German (by: Nexxo's language centre, temporal cortex, left hemisphere; not Bablefish, which invariably gets it wrong):

"As we see here, some fellow actually thought that one tube of Arctic Silver was to be used for only one CPU installation. Also one should reasonably avoid leaving one's fat finger prints on the contact surface or using a hard object on it - therefore, to spread the heat paste please use a piece of plastic and not, like some people, a screwdriver, would you believe it - moreover there actually appear to be people who will scrape a heat transfer pad from the contact surface with this wonderful implement."

So mystery solved. We all can go back to modding knowing that the balance of the universe is restored. :D

[Fibbles]

I tried a free transltor, but it made no sense what-so-ever, so I gave up. Thanks for the real answer. :) Could it still be breeding Bolshevics? <--- That's on a plaque I hung in my bathroom, it asks "Is your bathroom breeding Bolshevics?", and I have no idea what it might be alluding too, besides the obvious.

[Nexxo]

"Is your bathroom breeding Bolshevics?"

:lol:

Just check under the seat before you sit down. :D

[Breach]

Ive always wondered what an entire tube of AC 5 looked like on a processor:blink:

Honestly come on, putting on thermal grease should be basic knowledge in PC building.

Im going to weep for humanity :lol: :(