August 29, 20232 yr When spreading a line or a dot with your coke thermal paste, which works better? 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
September 5, 20232 yr I have used the dot for all my computer builds since the 90's and never had any problem. System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
September 6, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Ixoye said: I have used the dot for all my computer builds since the 90's and never had any problem. Ditto | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
September 6, 20232 yr With AMD using multiple pieces of silicon in different spots under the heat spreader, I've switched to using 5 smaller dots... to make sure it gets more evenly spread, but as the video says... just use some... application technique doesn't really matter.
September 8, 20232 yr Gamers Nexus did a huge review on this, with all manner of spread methods and quantiles. Basically it makes hardly any difference These days I just spread it thinly and evenly. All this stuff about certain methods trapping voids is mostly nonsense. Multiple dies, just make sure they are covered. Edited September 8, 20232 yr by martin-w
September 8, 20232 yr Author I decided and then used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. It seems to be one of the most popular. And it normally comes in a 1g tube, exactly enough for one application. No more, no less, the right amount every time! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
September 9, 20232 yr 20 hours ago, Fielder said: I decided and then used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. It seems to be one of the most popular. And it normally comes in a 1g tube, exactly enough for one application. No more, no less, the right amount every time! I use Conductonaut if delidding and otherwise Kryonaut, same as you. Although I will say that Noctua NT-H1 and NT-H2 are very good. I'm using it on my current build.
September 9, 20232 yr Dang, this topic has been around forever. Wonder if they're reached the point of being spread around too thinly 😄. CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
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