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What is the Best Way to Apply Thermal Grease? – Part 1

We tested several ways to apply thermal compound on a CPU in order to find out what is the method that brings the best performance.

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Method Four: One Stripe

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Method One: Tiny Dot
  • 3. Method Two: Small Dot
  • 4. Method Three: Bigger Dot
  • 5. Method Four: One Stripe
  • 6. Method Five: Two Stripes
  • 7. Method Six: Spread
  • 8. Method Seven: A Lot
  • 9. How We Tested
  • 10. Our Tests
  • 11. Conclusions

In Figures 10, 11, and 12, you see the test with a single stripe of thermal compound applied on our CPU.

How to apply thermal compoundFigure 10: One stripe

How to apply thermal compoundFigure 11: One stripe

How to apply thermal compoundFigure 12: One stripe

Continue: Method Five: Two Stripes

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