Arctic MX-6 Thermal Paste Application on AMD AM5 7950X 

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I much prefer the pressure of the heatsink to spread it paired with the cross method, some people say manual spreading will have some air pockets.

@@Vint_2003 yeah those people are wrong who talk about air pockets. The metal on metal pressure is tremendous.

​@@Vint_2003 This is a myth from 2010!! In other countries there are many tests on this (from very well known specialist retailers) and no one could observe any air bubbles, everyone recommends painting flat as it brings the best temperatures, provided you do it so thinly layer as possible.

For my first build this is the most appealing to me i wanna cover it all but what about the amount of paste do i just need to make sure that i cant see the cpu metal anymore and thats good enough?

What the fuck are you talking about

Damn this made me laugh so hard hahaha

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Make sure to get all those little doers over there

no mistakes just happy little accidents

Air bubbles

@@mercyvalorant Myth, the cooler is being held with so much pressure the presence of air bubbles is literally impossible

@@mercyvalorantSTOPPP

​@@bluemangroup_1828mdr 😂

Nah. Tests have been conducted. As long as you apply enough paste, temperatures are all within less than a degree, so it literally doesnt matter.

instructions unclear is urethera ment to burn ?

instructions unclear now i'm silver

Trapping air is internet forum myth. You just cant trap any air with that force you apple by tightening down your cooler.

Which ones? I just got some Krysheet, but have not tested it yet

@@George-um2vcI used the Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet (Graphene) Thermal Pad on my latest build recently, & which is better than the Carbonaut pads. For AMD 7000 (AM5) series CPUs it is the 33x33 size but for AM4 series CPUs it is the 38x38 size. Not sure about sizes for Intel CPUs since I haven't used their CPUs since my 2015 build - but you can look that up on their website. My idle temps are in the 35-39 C range & my high-load temps are in the 70-74 C range tops (Ryzen 9 7900 12C/24T CPU using the DeepCooler AK 620 Digital CPU twin-heatsink/twin-fan CPU cooler)

MX-6 paste will achieve better results than ANY thermal pad in existence. May not last for years and years but it will most definitely give better temps, hands down.

The only other things can be similar to thermal paste but you don’t have to replace it is the graphite thermal pad.

@@angeluorteganieves2539 The AM5 plates looks cool but in reality doesn't do anything. It's very beneficial for Intel LGA1700 though.

This very much doesn't matter, several dozen tests with this exact paste have been done with arctic's "recommended" method and spreading it like this guy is in the video, and there is a whopping 0.5° difference under heavy load.

Yes we technically just need a tenth-of-a-millimeter thick paste spread

Its waay to much and with all that that smearing air comes inside. Just put a point or X not to much paste

​@@mememachine4766 This is a myth from 2010!! In other countries there are many tests on this (from very well known specialist retailers) and no one could observe any air bubbles, everyone recommends painting flat as it brings the best temperatures, provided you do it so thinly layer as possible.

@@mememachine4766lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo get real

@@wackid2370 The ideal actually is needing no thermal paste. Can you tell me why thermal paste is necessary?

yep that's the basic instruction

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I have one I ordered ready for when I transfer to my new case 👌

Was thinking tiny pancakes

tested with Aeronaut. It does a great job the first weeks, but after 2-3 months, the temps increases. Thats not the case with Noctua or MX-4.

Kryonaut is great for overclocking but horrible for long term use since they degrade fast compared to other pastes

MX-6 is among the best performing thermal pastes on the market, period.

The pea method leaves room for error. No way to 100% guarantee that the entire IHS is covered.

​@@DaPoets but the spread method may add air pockets in the middle.. I don't know what to believe anymore 😂

@ The metal on metal pressure eliminates any air pockets. That's just not a thing

​@that makes no sense. There's going to be air in the thermal paste unless you're in a vacuum. The pressure of the plate will push the excess air out either way.

​​@@DaPoets This is a myth from 2010!! In other countries there are many tests on this (from very well known specialist retailers) and no one could observe any air bubbles, everyone recommends painting flat as it brings the best temperatures, provided you do it so thinly layer as possible.

Doesn't make a difference for AMD AM5. Makes a difference for LGA1500

@@DaPoetshmm idk theres people out there that would argue on that

@@OfficerJgaming AM5 does not warp like Intel LGA 1700.

@@pineapplepizza4016 lol

I used a giftcard to spread once, it doesnt really matter as long as youre using enough and the coverage is good. Dont listen to people talking air bubbles btw those myths have been debunked since pentium 4 was still a thing. If youre ever uncertain watch gamers nexus videos on thermal paste, its hard to mess up really

It was fine actually

It's mainly beneficial for intel 12th, 13th, & 14th, gen. Makes an insignificant difference on AM5.

The entire IHS gets hot so it's best to use all the surface area, not just the hottest locations.

@@DaPoets thanks!

@@ML7_5077 it's not needed for AM5.

Of course you don't have to do anything, but this is the correct way. Any other way won't get you full coverage.

@@DaPoetsTrue but the difference is negligible

@@Coffee_Ducky done inproperly the difference could be easily 10° c or more

@@DaPoets it depends how much paste and the CPU but for me i just use more paste and it doesn’t matter X Pattern and Line pattern works best if you don’t spread Classic Dot works fine just make it bigger than a tiny dot The tiny dot isn’t enough for modern CPUs anymore

I also only do the dot & had to remove my Noctua cooler recently, only to find out, that all of the cpu was nicely covered with paste. So it seems to do the job. Still I admire the craftmanship way shown in the video. Keep up the work & ignore all the teeny haters 😉

air bubbles are not a thing anymore. The pressure from the IHS & heatsink eliminates that. Air bubbles was a thing over 10 years ago when coolers were not as precise as they are today.

@@DaPoets Hard disagree, you can literally test this with a piece e of plexi and some screws but if it helps you sleep then that's all good :)

Covering it all is best

the dots causes bubbles and leaves empty spots, there are multiple tests with glass so you can see. by far the best is the X with a dot in the middle. Spreading was one of the worst.

More surface area the better

No. But it does add a nice placebo effect, so there’s that.

No too much paste is not really a thing due to the metal on metal pressure

@@DaPoets I should clarify that the amount you used is fine but when people use Globs of it, thermal paste can sometimes act as an insulator and make the cooling ineffective

@@DaPoets too much paste is absolutely a thing. It doesn’t act as an insulator like the other comment says, but thermal paste is not as thermally conductive as the metal pads on the cpu and cooler respectively. The reason you don’t just place the cooler without paste is because both surfaces are not perfectly smooth. The paste is meant to replace air, which is an excellent insulator. Too much thermal paste won’t hurt your computer but it will run hotter than it would with a proper amount applied

@@westonallen116 it's not a thing at all because of the pressure of the heat sink and IHS against each other will squeeze any excess out.

@@DaPoets so just a little test could determine if the pressure is enough. If there is too much paste and enough pressure you should see excess thermal paste pressed out each side of the cpu. And when removing the cooler you should see a similar amount of paste left on the surfaces as if you applied just a minimal amount and didn’t spread it. I am actually curious to see if that is the case, so if you made a video over it I would watch it

Zero problem

yes get a bracket

I've been building PCs for almost 30 years. He's doing it wrong

@@joetate87hes been building pcs for 30 years also, ive built pcs, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this

@@joetate87 Then you should know that he's actually doing it right. If you don't believe us, go watch gamer nexus about thermal paste.

@@DaddyHensei he used a new cooler. That already has thermal paste. Why would he use more?

@@joetate87if you don’t know the answer than l don’t believe you build pcs for 30 years. Probably built your last one 30 years ago. Many people don’t use the paste that is pre applied to coolers.

Too much paste is not a thing. The amount of pressure squeezes out any excess.

​@@DaPoets and where does it squeezes out to? to the motherboard?

@@Mewzyc The sides of the CPU but the amount that I used it was only a very small amount.

@@DaPoets LMAO, coolers are concave. Where does that "excess" go, my friendo? It actually gets squeezed out right in the middle...

@@Pupixario You got it backwards, buddy. It also depends on the CPU. "As the Integrated Heat Spreaders (IHS) of today's CPUs are slightly concave, the cooler's contact surface has been deliberately designed to be slightly convex in order to ensure optimal contact."

That's not a thing. There's too much pressure between the metal plates.

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Do you?

That's not a thing. There are no air bubbles from spreading. Plus, the pressure from the IHS and cooler eliminates that possibility.

When thermal paste is applied in a pea-sized dot, it allows for consistent pressure to be exerted when the heatsink is mounted. This promotes even spreading of the paste as the heatsink is pressed down, helping to minimize air gaps and ensuring proper contact across the entire surface area. In contrast, pre-spreading the thermal paste runs the risk of uneven application, leading to uneven pressure distribution and potential air pockets that impede heat transfer. Air bubbles in thermal paste can be extremely small, often on the scale of micrometers (μm) or even nanometers (nm). Microscopic imperfections, gaps, and inconsistencies in the surfaces of both the CPU/GPU and the heatsink can lead to the entrapment of these tiny air pockets when thermal paste is not applied correctly. PS: Microscopic and nanoscopic air bubbles can result in a temperature difference of up to 1 degree Celsius. Why not opt for the easier method instead? Why take the risk when there's no gain to be had? There is literally zero advantage and only disadvantages associated with your approach.

@@rePath there are no air bubbles when spreading is used. I'm not sure where you got that from. Spreading is the current norm due to the shapes of modern CPUs. You want the entire IHS covered leaving nothing to chance. Don't be concerned about air bubbles as that's not a thing.

Utter rubbish, You cannot get air bubbles doing it this way, I have done enough over the years

Happens everyday

It's always best to reapply thermal compound if a cooler is removed. However if you don't notice any heat spikes and throttling you may be ok.

​@@DaPoets I can attest to the latter. I was troubleshooting some motherboard issues and had to re-seat the CPU multiple times. It was a Threadripper, so the surface to be covered is HUGE and I couldn't justify wasting 1/3 tube of expensive Noctua NT-H2 thermal paste every time I re-seated the CPU just to see if things are working right. So I just scooped up the residual paste from the cooler's heatsink with a spatula and reapplied again on the CPU trying to cover all the bare spots. Interestingly, the temps under load were almost the same after 2-3 re-seats. So yes, if temps are ok, I would say no reason to waste thermal paste. Only do so if you see a notable increase, like over 3-4*C

it was the right amount. You can't have too much Thermal Paste to begin with.

@@DaPoets O: okey

How so? Even AMD agreed and greatly shared my video on this.

It's not and only takes seconds.

@@DaPoets spreading it forms air pockets when you seat the cooler back on. Google this, you gain nothing by spreading and there’s benchmarks to prove you wrong

@@Smoshylife no it doesn't The pressure of the heat sink and IHS removes any air in there. That's nothing to worry about.

​@@DaPoetseven.thout theres proof that says otherwoqe lmfao

@@marushall263 watch this from the heroes of pc universe starting from common misconceptions time stamp and get rekt. Air bubbles MYTH. Too much paste MYTH.