How picky are CPUs in terms of how evenly the thermal compound is?
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I'm in the midst of building a computer (this is my first time). When I first put the heatsink on the CPU, I was a little off center. Some of the thermal compound came off, so when I re-centered it, it isn't completely evenly distributed. So how picky are CPUs in terms of how evenly the thermal com…
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Ideally you need a good uniform layer of thermal compound between the CPU and heat sink. If not too much came away you might be OK. Get the machine built and then just turn it on to monitor the temperature from the BIOS screen. If it settles down at…
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