Customized computer?

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, nothing is oozing out of the sides. I remember BoC saying that with the latest Intel chips that come with a heatspreader, you can even get away with NO thermal paste. At ~22C, it idled at 34C, and peaked at 54C with a 7v fan. According to the review sites I've looked at, it should peak at something like 38C at those temperatures.

And that's for a CPU with 135TDP, while mine's supposed to be a mere 65. Somehow, I think I've been doing it wrong.

How should the cleaning go? I'm pretty sure it's cleaned pretty well. The highest strength rubbing alcohol I can find around here is 64%.

[poopdeville]

Yeah, nothing is oozing out of the sides. I remember BoC saying that with the latest Intel chips that come with a heatspreader, you can even get away with NO thermal paste. At ~22C, it idled at 34C, and peaked at 54C with a 7v fan. According to the review sites I've looked at, it should peak at something like 38C at those temperatures.

To apply thermal paste, put an amount about the size of a small grain of rice on the die. Use a credit card (or even a razor blade) to squish it onto the die, in every direction from the small blob. Basically, you're trying to level the die's surface, while using as little paste as possible. Most of the paste should end up on your scraper. It's hard to explain what it should look like, so I'll post links to a macroscopic analog.

http://individualfurniture.com/maker/2Flatten1.jpg

That's a blue dye meant for finding spots that aren't flat. Hand planes need to be that flat if you want to do this:

http://individualfurniture.com/maker/c5.jpg