I'll preface this by saying that I did read the stickies for thermal paste related info before posting and didn't find a satisfactory answer.
Obviously there are a million and one guides and youtube videos, therein lies a portion of the problem. While trying to determine which of the various methods I want to use on the phenom II 1090T hex core for the build I'm tinkering with, I decided to ask my friend who recently had a new middle road rig built what pattern was used on his. I figured, "if it's good enough for the mutual friend that pieced his together, it'll be good enough for me." The answer floored me, absolutely no thermal paste was used between his heat sink and intel i5. The tech that put it together said it was unnecessary. And I'm assuming doesn't like being bothered by novice questions, because I asked them to call him for the who/what/when/where/how/why and was told to just google it.
To date (2-3 months) his temperature monitoring program (Speed fan) reports it running at ok temperatures (in the 40 C range). As a mutual friend, this is also not the only rig he's put together in this fashion. I know I'm a little (and by little i mean 4 years+) out of the tech loop, the past couple years I've been studying other things, but it was my understanding that every processor got a layer of paste. which made me wonder if there's some design in the newer processors that allows them to go without thermal paste, or if the guy that put it together made a huge faux pas by not applying the paste.
And if anyone has any input on what thermal paste configuration (if any) I should use on mine it would be greatly appreciated. I'm familiar with the rice grain/pea patterns, the thin line, and of course spreading with a business card among others. Honestly I'd just use rice/pea and run with it, but the six core configuration has me second guessing that and Id rather not burn out an almost $300 processor.
Obviously there are a million and one guides and youtube videos, therein lies a portion of the problem. While trying to determine which of the various methods I want to use on the phenom II 1090T hex core for the build I'm tinkering with, I decided to ask my friend who recently had a new middle road rig built what pattern was used on his. I figured, "if it's good enough for the mutual friend that pieced his together, it'll be good enough for me." The answer floored me, absolutely no thermal paste was used between his heat sink and intel i5. The tech that put it together said it was unnecessary. And I'm assuming doesn't like being bothered by novice questions, because I asked them to call him for the who/what/when/where/how/why and was told to just google it.
To date (2-3 months) his temperature monitoring program (Speed fan) reports it running at ok temperatures (in the 40 C range). As a mutual friend, this is also not the only rig he's put together in this fashion. I know I'm a little (and by little i mean 4 years+) out of the tech loop, the past couple years I've been studying other things, but it was my understanding that every processor got a layer of paste. which made me wonder if there's some design in the newer processors that allows them to go without thermal paste, or if the guy that put it together made a huge faux pas by not applying the paste.
And if anyone has any input on what thermal paste configuration (if any) I should use on mine it would be greatly appreciated. I'm familiar with the rice grain/pea patterns, the thin line, and of course spreading with a business card among others. Honestly I'd just use rice/pea and run with it, but the six core configuration has me second guessing that and Id rather not burn out an almost $300 processor.
