1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:11,920 is that a camera get out of here when choosing a thermal compound you want to 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,879 find something with low thermal resistance that is heat easily passes 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:19,199 through it something non-conductive and non-capacitive so you don't short out 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:23,320 anything on your motherboard and last but not least something that doesn't dry 5 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:26,439 out over time so that you don't lose performance a couple of years down the 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:30,199 road when your system's still running and your thermal compound still in there 7 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:34,040 we'll be using IC Diamond this is my personal favorite thermal paste before 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,640 you actually start a thermal compound swap I would definitely recommend 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,920 checking your temperatures because that way you'll be able to more easily 10 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:47,199 diagnose if anything went wrong during the installation procedure first step is 11 00:00:44,559 --> 00:00:53,039 to remove your existing heat sink revealing the old thermal compound 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,199 underneath you'll need isopropyl alcohol 13 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:58,440 so you want to wet that onto a nice soft 14 00:00:56,199 --> 00:01:04,080 piece of I use Charmin because it's awesome and then you want to clean the 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:06,360 surface of the CPU as well as the bottom 16 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:12,680 of the heat sink now you'll notice that I'm not actually able to get it 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:14,560 completely clean on the first go this is 18 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:19,320 because my wipe is now too dirty to clean anything so I'm going to find a 19 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:22,920 clean spot put on some more alcohol and 20 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,720 do another round with the isopropyl 21 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:29,280 trying to remove the residue that was left from the first time of cleaning it 22 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:35,000 so here we see our first pass and our second pass for the third pass I usually 23 00:01:32,399 --> 00:01:39,280 just use the toilet paper without putting any additional 24 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:43,040 alcohol on it because we're trying to remove the little bits that are left 25 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,479 behind not leave any more which is easier when they're wet and then I 26 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:50,479 usually finish off and you're welcome to use something else with just a quick 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:54,840 pass with my sleeve or a microfiber cloth to remove any remaining residue 28 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:58,880 that might be left behind by toilet paper cuz those little bits can cause 29 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:04,640 cooling problems and now you can see the surfaces are clean and ready to apply 30 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,719 our new thermal compound back when CPUs 31 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:11,640 didn't have integrated heat spreaders we used to spread the thermal compound out 32 00:02:09,119 --> 00:02:15,560 across the D or the core in order to make sure that it covered the entire 33 00:02:13,239 --> 00:02:19,959 thing now that we put so much mounting pressure onto our heat spreaders we can 34 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,920 just put either a p-shaped blob in the middle or a rice grain shaped line in 35 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:28,400 the middle and we can rely on the mounting pressure of the heat sink to 36 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:32,080 actually spread the thermal compound so these are known as the p and the line 37 00:02:29,959 --> 00:02:36,680 method I personally find the line method has the best consistency for me but 38 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:39,879 everyone has a different experience and it varies depending on the thermal 39 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,879 compound the one thing to be aware of with the p and the line method is that 40 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:48,080 if you have a bigger CPU you're going to want to apply a bigger line of thermal 41 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:54,280 compound or a bigger p in the middle this is a 2011 CPU whereas the one down 42 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:57,040 here is an 1155 CPU now that we have a 43 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:00,400 fresh application of thermal compound and two nice shiny clean surfaces to put 44 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:08,159 together we should be able to observe temperature improvements of anywhere from 3 to 5° C 45 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:12,840 over the stock thermal compound when using an appropriate high performance 46 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,840 thermal 47 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,840 compound hey guys thanks for watching this episode of as fast as possible on 48 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:25,519 Techquickie if you enjoyed it make sure you subscribe and also don't forget to 49 00:03:23,519 --> 00:03:29,280 hit that like button it helps us out a lot share this video with anyone you 50 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