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Blackie_Sheen
  • 10 years 6 months ago

I spread it evenly but most people recommend only putting a pea size dot so you should go for this way and not mine

fuzzygoat
  • 10 years 6 months ago

Your way is the way the manual says to do it so I am stuck in between. I mean if your way worked for you I dont see why it wouldnt work for me. I also dont see why the manual would say to do that if it wasnt best. Thanks for your input :)

jamiepwns
  • 10 years 6 months ago

Spreading it is a bad idea, I'd go with the pea method just to be safe

Blackie_Sheen
  • 10 years 6 months ago

Its just longer and its hard to put it if the motherboard's heatsink are big. I had to took one off to put it properly than put it back on

fuzzygoat
  • 10 years 5 months ago

Just got some MX-2 paste and applied by the non-spreading method. Thanks for your help guys.

fuzzygoat
  • 10 years 5 months ago

Did it again even after reapplication/: http://imgur.com/B95h2Bm

I even put on the right amount.. Really weird.

Blackie_Sheen
  • 10 years 5 months ago

extremely strange. Dont know what to tell you at that point

Sed8Op8
  • 10 years 5 months ago

So I just installed the same enermax cooler on my friends 4770k last night as luck would have it he was also using mx 2 paste. Anyways he asked me to take a look because he was getting unusually high temps stress testing around low 90s . Anyways I fiddled with it and decided to try the stock cooler. Temps dropped down to low to mid 70s in prime. I put on his enermax again and temps maxed in the high 50s low 60s... He did not have the cooler seated correctly and it is easy to not get it 100% correct when first dealing with these. So unless your cooler is broken or defective somehow....there is HOPE... Intel rarely puts out bad CPUs but its not unheard of .... Good luck and hope you figure it out!

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