My goto thermal paste application method failed me after 6 years of builds

I always used the pea method for CPUs but tried spreading it thin last week on an AMD build and my idle temps dropped by 9 degrees. Has anyone else had better luck switching their paste method after years of doing it one way?

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fiona_lewis374d ago

Oh man, same thing happened to me after I ditched the pea method for the X shape on my last build. My 5600X dropped almost 10 degrees at idle and I felt pretty stupid for sticking with the old way for so long. Sometimes you just have to shake up your routine even when it feels like it's been working fine.

kevin_murray884d ago

Spent 5 years as a pea guy then switched to X shape and my Ryzen 7 ran 8 degrees cooler lol.