Super n00b Question...

[JDawggS316]

This is such a n00b question but...

With any kind of waterblock (GPU and CPU and NB) do you apply thermal paste?

I have a D-tek Fuzion CPU block, ET full cover GPU block, and a Danger Den NB block.

If I do need thermal paste, which is most recommended?

THX!

:shrug:

[4od]

They all need thermal paste.

Use Arctic Silver 5 or Arctic Silver Ceramique

[Mycobacteria]

are you serious?

[4od]

are you serious?

Dont be harsh :(

[OCnewbee]

Dont be harsh :(

He did say it was a total noob question.

Yeah treat it like a heatsink & fan Setup. A rice grain size in the middle of the cpu is the way i do it. But the block on turn a tad left then a tad right then tighten down. You might need to re-seat the block if your temps are not where they should be.

[JDawggS316]

Well, lol, yes I was serious, but thanks to MOST of all of your responses I now the answer...the last piece of the puzzle.

I spent months researching all there is to know about water cooling, yet I never really thought more about thermal paste lol

Thanks all

[Senater_Cache]

ok...so you spend hundreds on Water Gear and thousand on computers, but grasp not the simplest of thermal management concepts.

How do you think a Waterblock Copper-base is different from say a Thermalright copper base?

[dudleycpa]

We all live and learn.

[oakstave]

Senator, it is abunduntly clear from your avatar that your face is completely free from Artic silver 5, or ceramique. And I doubt you properly prepared the surface of your face with isopropyl alcohol and clean white coffee filters. In fact, I would venture to say you have a poor face-mount.

Senator, I yield the floor.

[Denbob99]

Its been proven that the best paste is Coollabaratory Liquid pro followed by Shin-Etsu MicroSi MPU-3.7 and then Arctic Cooling MX-1. So either of those 3 is great. Apply it like you would on a heatsink. Small blob spread with a plastic card if your core doesn't have an IHS

WARNING: DO NOT USE COOLLABARATORY PASTE ON ALUMINIUM OR ANY COMPONENTS YOU WISH TO SWAP OUT FREQUENTLY.

[johan851]

Its been proven that the best paste is Coollabaratory Liquid pro followed by Shin-Etsu MicroSi MPU-3.7 and then Arctic Cooling MX-1. So either of those 3 is great. Apply it like you would on a heatsink. Small blob spread with a plastic card if your core doesn't have an IHS

WARNING: DO NOT USE COOLLABARATORY PASTE ON ALUMINIUM OR ANY COMPONENTS YOU WISH TO SWAP OUT FREQUENTLY.
Or you could use AS5 and not worry about a thing. :)

[Denbob99]

Or the 3 I mentioned because they've been proven to be better...

[the_cultie]

I'd say AS5 personaly. And as the Chinese probverb says "He who asks is a fool for five minutes. He who doesn't ask is a fool for life"

[Denbob99]

I'd say AS5 personaly. And as the Chinese probverb says "He who asks is a fool for five minutes. He who doesn't ask is a fool for life"

They've got that proverb posted up everywhere over our school :P Doesn't seem to reduce the number of fools though.

[Neuromancer]

Ceramique is better if your sloppy supposed to be non Capicative where as the AS5 is. On a cpu with IHS I would use as5... on a GPU or chipset where its a naked core.. i would use ceramique.

Actually I will use whatever is handy in both situations, but ideally i mean :)