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Jaffna
Adept I

How should I apply thermal paste on my ryzen 5600x?

This is a brand new build and I changed the orientation of my radiator. I noticed the preapplied thermal paste was on the cpu already so I cleaned it all off. I just wanted to know before I continue is there any way I should specifically apply thermal paste on amd cpus? I know the general advice is to do the rice grain method, but should I manually spread it or allow the pump to spread it byitself?

 

Thank you!

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Personally out of all the methods I've tried in the past, I have obtained the best results by spreading a thin layer across the entire part of the cold plate which touches the CPU with a credit card.
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Thank you. For ryzen is it crucial to have an evenly spread across the cpu? 

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The IHS is soldered so it is best to have the entire IHS covered to maximize heat transfer to the cold plate.
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