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- Thread starter Unreal89
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Basically as thin as you can get a smooth layer with AS5 as it's a little thicker than AS3.
Psyko
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The manual of AS5 says: 'for an AMD XP core: half the size of an uncooked rice grain' For the P4 (with heat spreader) its 1.5 rice grain i think. Also, on the AXP youre ought to spread it yourself with a credit card or so, on the p4, the heatsink should spread it after youve fitted it on.
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Unreal89 said:
If you have AS5 you want to put a really small dab on the middle of the core and let the heatsink smoothen it out. For anything else such as AS3 you want to do as suggested about which is to make a very thin smooth layer of paste over the core.
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What I did on my p4 chip is put a small rice grain size in the center of the chip and place the heatsink on top of the chip, then I take off the heatsink and apply a thin layer on the chip using my drivers license and mount the hsf.
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I just ordered some AS5 myself but have never used it before, and I'm wondering what the best way is to apply it on an Athlon 64.
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The A64 heatspreader is about the same as a P4 one, so use the same tactic. Put a small dab of it in the middle, and use the heatsink to spread it all over.
