smurfette, what exactly do you think your doing when your adding any thermal paste.... Your adding a layer between, no matter how small u think it is, to help give fuller contact between the die and the heatsink. If he wants to put it on both surfaces, which is what I do, then let him do it. Any excess will squish out anyway.Originally posted by Smurfette@6 February 2004 - 23:46
Why do you need to put paste on both the heatsink and the core? All that does is put twice as much on. The idea is to make the contact between heatsink and processor die better, not to add a layer between.
Besdies, I smooth a bit on both ends to help ensure a flat contact surface on both sides to make a perfect heat transfer. Well, as close as perfect as possible.
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