Yes that s a seven and then a three.
Cpu heatsink thermal paste.
Thermal paste is applied to the cpu and heat sinks to improve their ability to cool down and conduct heat efficiently.
Arctic silver 3 5g high density polysynthetic silver thermal cooling compound with lansh bonus tool.
Arctic mx 4 thermal paste 4 grams cpu paste thermal compound paste heatsink for ic processor cpu all coolers carbon based high performance thermal interface material current edition 9 89 9 89 get it as soon as fri aug 28 free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon.
The most common method is the pea method where you put a pea sized amount of thermal paste on the cpu gpu and then install the heatsink over it.
Due to the mounting pressure of the cpu cooler the thermal compound is thinnest where most of the heat needs to be transferred.
Your dot should be about the size of a bb as in what bb.
Why do you need thermal paste.
This is technically several times better than the rest of the competition.
With a thermal conductivity rate of 73 w mk it s easily the best on the market.
The thermal grizzly conductonaut is the paste for serious overclockers.
Thermal paste or some oily thermal interface material is necessary because it fills in the microscopic imperfections that otherwise trap air particles between the cpu and the heatsink preventing the cpu from properly cooling.
It allows for an efficient transfer of heat from the ihs of the processor to the base plate or water block of the cpu cooler that is designed to dissipate that heat.
Arctic mx 4 4 grams thermal compound paste carbon based high performance heatsink paste thermal compound cpu for all coolers thermal interface material.
Thermal paste is a paste that contains either silicone and zinc oxide the cheaper versions or silver ceramic the more expensive ones.
There are various to apply thermal paste on the cpu or heatsink.
After this the thermal paste gets evenly spread on the processor with the pressure and temperature.
Thus intel cpus deserve perhaps a touch more thermal paste and you.
Next squeeze out a dot of thermal paste directly onto the center of your cpu.