LCBXX
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I agree with the 1-2mm thick part, but geez, an earbud??
Hope its a clean one!Try an old credit card/business card. Works best.
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Hope its a clean one!Try an old credit card/business card. Works best.
Toxin
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This is why I like the Zalman Thermal Grease. It comes with a little brush like you get with nail polish. You can apply a really thin layer with ease. 
Arthur
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Applying TIM
Not all TIMs are born equal. The least efficient ones use silicon or graphite or some other paste for the thermal transfer. Others, such as Arctic Silver, use micronised metal particles, which is very much more effficient, but this requires care in application, as well as a bedding-in process.
Even lapped and polished metal surfaces make only 1-2% contact at a molecular level, so a TIM is essential between CPU and HSF/cooling block. Arctic Silver 5 must be applied vary sparingly -- too much will reduce heat transfer, so the tips by dartbra and lcbxx are important. The paste in AS5 does not do the thermal transfer - it's the micronised silver particles, which need to work into the tiny spaces between the surfaces. AS5 also requires several heat-cool cycles and about 100 hours to bed in properly. Too much paste will prevent the silver from getting into the spaces and can dramatically retard heat transfer. More on their website here.
Not all TIMs are born equal. The least efficient ones use silicon or graphite or some other paste for the thermal transfer. Others, such as Arctic Silver, use micronised metal particles, which is very much more effficient, but this requires care in application, as well as a bedding-in process.
Even lapped and polished metal surfaces make only 1-2% contact at a molecular level, so a TIM is essential between CPU and HSF/cooling block. Arctic Silver 5 must be applied vary sparingly -- too much will reduce heat transfer, so the tips by dartbra and lcbxx are important. The paste in AS5 does not do the thermal transfer - it's the micronised silver particles, which need to work into the tiny spaces between the surfaces. AS5 also requires several heat-cool cycles and about 100 hours to bed in properly. Too much paste will prevent the silver from getting into the spaces and can dramatically retard heat transfer. More on their website here.
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Willy Strong
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Step 1: Go to local PC shop
Step 2: Buy thermal paste
Step 3: Go home and apply said thermal paste.
Step 4: Something here???
Step 5: Profit.
Dude. Just go to any local online or physical PC store and get some.
Rebel Tech or Wootware can hook you up. Or your local PC store.
Billy
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Not Syberatic, they have gone bankrupt since the original post.