Too much paste can spill over the chip and penetrate the CPU socket, possibly causing thermal problems and potential damage. Scholars argue about the ideal amount of thermal paste (here from Noctua).

Yesterday on X, Cooler Master opted to show off its latest CryoFuze 5 thermal paste series by using all six available colors to plant a landscape on an existing 13th Gen Intel CPU and Gigabyte ...

How to apply thermal paste. We take you through the workings of ceramic, metal, and liquid metal TIM, and show you how to apply it to your Intel or AMD CPU.

Arguments about how you should apply thermal paste to your CPU have rolled on for decades, with variations on cross shapes, sausage shapes, grains of rice, small dots, and straight lines being ...

Liquid metal consists of metal alloys such as gallium, indium, and tin and has a higher thermal conductivity than thermal paste. This leads to better heat transfer and more effective cooling of ...

Before you apply thermal paste, gather these items, get the surface ready and then apply the coolant. Here's the right way to apply thermal paste to the CPU or GPU.

It is interesting to see the trusty single-dot application method championed by Noctua for the new AM5 platform CPUs. Conversely, in its official HT-H2 thermal paste application guide (PDF), as ...

Well, say goodbye to those worries with the genius X-Apply thermal paste applicator. This "idiot-proof" tool is basically a big stencil that fits right over your CPU socket.