Did you apply it right? The correct use of heat dissipation silicone grease

Players in the saving machine are concerned about the hardware compatibility and higher performance. Players sometimes ignore some details, such as the medium between the heat sink and the CPU-silicone grease. Some players will make a disdainful sound "cut" when they see it. Every player will use silicone grease. Did the players pay attention to your usage when using it?

Thermal management is very important to consider when building or maintaining your computer. Too much heat can spell death to your sensitive parts, and if you overclock it's even more of a problem. Understand one of the foundations of proper application of thermal grease for computer heat dissipation.

1. Choose the right thermal grease

Most basic thermal grease compounds contain silicones and zinc oxide, while more expensive compounds contain excellent heat-resistant conductors, such as silver or ceramics. The advantage of thermal grease to silver or ceramic is that you will have a more efficient heat transfer. However, the basic thermal grease will be sufficient for most people. If you're planning on overclocking your computer, try to get thermal paste made primarily of silver, copper, and gold. These are thermally conductive silicone greases that can be made most beneficial to metals.

2. Clean the surface of CPU and heat sink

Wipe the surface gently with a cotton ball or swab dipped in isopropyl alcohol. The higher proportion of alcohol is preferred. 70% is good, but 90% is better if it can be found.

3. Sand radiator and processor surface if necessary

Ideally, the two contact surfaces would be completely flat, which would completely eliminate the need for thermal paste. If your radiator base is rough, you can wet sand it down and polish it to make it smoother. This is not always necessary unless you are aiming for ultimate cooling performance.

Thermal conductive silicone grease is added to fill gaps and defects in the surface. Because modern production techniques cannot make defect-free surfaces, thermally conductive silicone will always be necessary.

4. Put the thermal grease in the center of the radiator base

The beads of paste should be smaller than BB or rice grains. If you know it should be "pea size", that is, too much paste, you will end up with the motherboard to paste. There is no need to spread silicone grease around the cooler, due to the pressure being applied it will spread it evenly over its surface

5. Attach the external heat sink to the processor and install the heat sink with pressure from all sides, and the beads you place on the surface will be spread across the entire contact surface. This will create a thin, even layer, which will fill vacancies and also avoid excessive build-up.
As heat is applied, the slurry will become thinner and spread more towards the edge. This is why it is very important to use a small amount of stickers, because a little bit goes a long way

6. Do not remove the radiator after installation

It can be difficult to check if your radiator has been applied correctly. If you break the seal created when installing the radiator, you will need to restart the process, first clean the old sticker and then reapply it

7. Reconnect the fan to the motherboard

The wires of the CPU fan should be plugged in the CPU fan socket, because it mainly has a PWM function, which allows the computer to automatically adjust the fan speed without changing the voltage.

8. Guide the fan cooling system

Check Fan Rotation Press F1 or Del key during POST to enter BIOS. Check that the body temperature is normal, the CPU temperature should be lower than 40 degrees Celsius when idle