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Arguments about how you should apply thermal paste to your CPU have rolled on for decades, with variations on cross shapes, sausage shapes, grains of rice, small dots, and straight lines being touted ...

In this guide, we'll guide you through the wonderful world of thermal paste, or thermalinterface material (TIM). We'll show you how to apply thermal paste in its various different forms, using ...

To apply thermal paste to the CPU or GPU of your Windows computer, follow the steps mentioned below. Collect all the prerequisite gadgets Get the surface ready Apply the coolant Start the system Let ...

Learn how to apply thermal paste on your PC for optimal cooling. Here are key PC building tips to master applying thermal paste and avoid overheating. Pixabay, thalienano Applying thermal paste ...

Thermaltake is taking the art of applying thermal paste to a CPU and turning it into a paint-by-numbers game, just with a single number for gray. Oh, and a honeycomb template, so as you're going all ...

CPU thermal paste is to assemblers and computer repairers, what the thread is to the fashion designer. This underlines the importance of this repair tool and why there must be adequate supply to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Thermal paste doesn't get much love in PC builds -- until something overheats, that is. It's the thin, forgettable layer between your ...

Building a PC is a many-step process, but one in particular stands out as being intimidating to first-timers: properly mounting a CPU and cooler. Why? Because, generally speaking, that one little cpu ...

We all know that applying thermal paste to CPUs isn't the easiest thing to do, squirt a little on... move it around, make it kinda even... but now there's an idiot-proof method of applying the perfect ...

Deciding on which thermal paste pattern to use is one of the longest-running debates in the PC-building world. Some prefer a dot, an "x," or even a straight line (aka sausage). It's a bit of a ...