How much thermal paste do I need for my GPU and CPU?

[Tazor]

I asked someone and he said I should get a 10 gram tube. That seems like a lot. I never changed the paste on the GPU. Does it need that much?

[Viking2121]

Depends on the paste and the size of the die on the GPU and well some CPU's are massive like Threadripper.

But if the past is kinda like the Corsair XTM70 it doesn't spread well if you got a pea size drop in the middle, I like to spread that stuff around and make a layer on both the GPU and CPU so there is no spot that didn't get covered.

I've been using some Thermal Grizzly Extreme paste and stuff spreads really easy, a pea size drop in the middle will spread it around on its own when you mount the cooler, can still spread it, but I find it more of a waste of time and paste.

But you got a threadripper CPU, I probably would always opt to spread it evenly or at most make an x pattern on it.

[JC]

sage2001 a écrit :

CPU's need no more than a pea drop of thermal paste.

that's about right, though i like to spread it a bit verse use the clasisic circle, you get more area contact, but the amount is about right.. Perhaps instead of a green pea, maybe a large chick pea.




OP, Basically you just want a thin layer that covers the whole contact area with out squeezing out the side. If it does wipe it up. Personally i don't use the metalic stuff as i don't want to run the risk of a short. It's also not needed

amount wise, your only using a little bit of the tube, it might be a gram. I never weighed it, but a small tube will do 5-6 comps or replacements easy.

if your not overclocking which i don't do as i don't find the need, it really doesn't mater, just use a decent paste. besides you most likely are going to clean the inside of your comp at some point anyway, just redo the paste then. Which reminds me, I need to do that myself.