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Have my 9700k since launch and was just curious if re-applying new thermal paste since day one is a good practice ?
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not really such a thing as too much, it will just squeeze out.(too much...)
not really such a thing as too much, it will just squeeze out.
well yeah but its not going to affect coolingAnd make a mess.
well yeah but its not going to affect cooling
Into the pins, sometimes.not really such a thing as too much, it will just squeeze out.
paste goes on the ihs not the pinsInto the pins, sometimes.
It would potentially obstruct the pins. I'm not debating here - just explaining from experience. If you tell people they can put as much paste as they want, you'll get paste in the pins. I've had to clean up after these people before.paste goes on the ihs not the pins
unless its conductive, that too is only a bit of a mess and wont technically hurt anything
Man 9 year old AS5 your gonna need a pry bar to remove that heatsink.Used AS5 on my X99 machine that I built 9 years ago. It's still on the same application of thermal paste from that initial build, and the CPU temps are the same to this day. Until I notice a change, I'm not gonna bother to re-paste. The only changes I usually see are with my AIO's radiator getting clogged with dust, which can raise CPU temps by a good 10-15 degrees. So every couple years or so I gotta clean all the dust out from the radiator and fans. Then the temps return to normal.
Everyone else in this thread already listed logical reasons for why you would actually want to re-paste, so go with that.