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Pro tip: stop relying on thermal paste spread patterns to diagnose CPU mounting pressure
Used to think uneven paste meant uneven pressure until I pulled a cooler off a Ryzen 5 last Tuesday that showed perfect coverage but still hit 95C due to a bent pin on the socket I missed for 20 minutes, has anyone else been burned by assuming the paste tells the whole story?
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elliot_lane961mo ago
Saw a guy on YouTube swear paste patterns are a myth after finding a cracked IHS.
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thompson.christopher1mo agoMost Upvoted
43g of paste on my 9900k fixed my temps immediately @elliot_lane96
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