09-30-2015, 12:11 AM
(09-30-2015, 12:06 AM)Surge Wrote:Well the point of thermal paste is to transfer heat between the CPU and the CPU cooler. As long as there are no air bubbles in it or areas with no thermal paste at all, you'll be fine. Just as long as there's paste between the cooler and the CPU.(09-30-2015, 12:03 AM)Davepeta Wrote: gib overclockI will forever be terrified of increasing the heat or power output/draw of my FX series because of how I smeared the thermal paste (I swear I've heard that name somewhere before) on it's heatsink when installing it today. They had a neat little stamp of it where the CPU would sit, then I accidentally stuck my finger on it, and then it took me a little while to properly secure the sink so all that sliding around no doubt smudged it even more.
-PC
Edit: Er...You took off any stamps and/or stickers, right?