3rd Gen Threadripper Thermal Paste Application Test

[@mkbean]

Thanks man. Finally got the budget to get a Threadripper and this helped. Funny thing is I have a Noctua and didn't even think to look at the instructions since i've done it in the past for other CPUs.

[@davidellis4031]

Great video, really gives me the information to choose for myself how to apply the paste. I'm just baffled how it has so few views compared to what it deserves!

[@SergiuZboras]

Thanks! This is a very useful video. Used the noctua 9+4 point solution. So far - so good...

[@ShALLaX]

I feel like something I'm calling the "Union Jack" method would be optimal: an X superimposed on a +, just like the Union Jack flag. It leaves no pockets/ islands of air to get trapped, concentrates material in the centre of the die to flow outwards in all directions (thus pushing air out towards the edges through the channels left in the shape) and then covers the extremities with the arms of the X and the +.

[@stuffymuzzel435]

great video - one thing to note is that you were kind of rocking it back and forth, on a real cooler it would be straight force down only. im going with noctua's recommendation!

[@bgtubber]

I used Noctua's 13 dot method on my 3970x and 1950x as suggested in the manual. 🙂

[@jasonmorales8430]

Thank you for this video I use three lines across the core and dots towards the outside

[@dimmacommunication]

I think the best method is to spread thermal paste on the cooler with a spatula , I had the lowest temps with that application.

Messy application = bubbles = throttling cores and bleed-out. Do the Noctua method or fail.

[@spidersj12]

Good communication of tests. I've got the Thermaltake Floe Riing 360 TR4 edition aio cooler ans wil be using it for my new build. I think the Noctua 13 dots it's good but I'm thinking 5 larger dots instead of 4, a larger one in the middle but the others the same might be optimal but a slightly closer pattern from the edges so you don't waste thermal paste off the edges of the IHS. What do you think?

[@kousakasan7882]

you didn't do the Wendell reccomend method. a large dot centered on each die.

[@rogeriomasaocalmonmiyagi5015]

Hi Stan, thanks for your help! I am curious, what's would it be if you add 2 more lines to the cross technique, one vertically and one horizontally both half the length of the original ones?

[@PhysiologywithChristian]

Helpful video! Thanks!

[@hphp7587]

Dont know about h2, but the dot method(s) doesnt work on nt-h1. H1 is too thick. Arctic mx4 just flows and dot method does well. With h1 i spread a very thin layer and put a small dot where the dyes are. Thats the only way i got the h1 paste to cover the entire ihs.

[@alexkong9049]

ha , I'm using tower cooler Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 , and it come with a tube of NT-H1 thermal paste , my way to apply the paste just like the symbol of Swastika with a dot in in each quadrant. It's Perfect.

[@krazyhartin]

I went with 9 dots (4 small rice grain dots and 5 tiny seed dots) with Noctua NT-H2 thermal paste on AMD Ryzen 3950X. Noctua recommended only 5 dots. But I spent so much money, I want to be sure. Lol.

[@xOperator]

Reminds me of the video GamersNexus did, first time seeing the Noctua method also, neat.

[@giovannigio6217]

I’ve never seen the noctua method, I’ll try out that

[@jamminmandmband]

Just frickin frackin use a card to apply the paste evenly and conservatively.

[@UptownNYC]

Why is the VOLUME is soo low... ?

[@marlmyster]

Next time please take the time to.... 1, get a broken MB & CPU, then have it mounted and build a clap for the acrylic. 2, good job, it was a idea... but the content was rushed... Wish you got the impact you deserve!

[@qazzxcv11]

dude you put the dots WAY TOO CLose to the edge cmon

[@frostybe3r]

I would laugh if you broke the cpu

[@SuprUsrStan]

You and me both. I was pushing really hard on that acrylic 😅

[@frostybe3r]

@@SuprUsrStan I'm still debating if I should keep my TR 3970X overclocked or just run stock...

[@SuprUsrStan]

frostybe3r just run PBO with good cooling. That almost doesn’t even count as overclocking. Manually overclocking you will never reach 4.3+ while PBO can boost up to 4.5 in ideal situations on one or two cores. Better for single threaded applications and general use.

[@frostybe3r]

@@SuprUsrStan But I've got it at 4.5 all cores anyway

[@FTLN]

There is no heat for the paste to spread out, your doing it cold ! ! !

[@SuprUsrStan]

Isn’t that what I said? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@zxs200sx]

@@SuprUsrStan I have found that with thicker thermal compounds such as Noctua or Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut is better to hold it in the palm of your hand or put it on the radiator for a couple of minutes to get a little heat into it to make it more malleable/spreadable. I would also suggest seeing if you can get a faulty motherboard to do these tests with. That way you can cut your plexi to the same size as your waterblock and drill holes in the correct places and then draw your chip layout on that. Then you will get a more accurate representation of how the thermal compound spreads without it moving all over the place. Hope that helps :)