Orientation of TIM line on Q6600

[arfett]

Every post I found through the search function has broken images of the TIM applications. Does anyone have a pic of the TIM line across their quad so I know which way to put the MX-2 line so it's crossing both cores?

[taylormsj]

Ive never favoured the line method, i always cover the whole chip with a smooth, thin layer of TIM using a sandwich bag/plastic cling film on my finger.

But if you want the line method i am guessing you want to have the line going across the center or both the cores, a quick google search will show you the position of cores on an intel quad.

http://www.behardware.com/medias/photos_news/00/18/IMG0018283.jpg

[arfett]

Ive never favoured the line method, i always cover the whole chip with a smooth, thin layer of TIM using a sandwich bag/plastic cling film on my finger.

But if you want the line method i am guessing you want to have the line going across the center or both the cores, a quick google search will show you the position of cores on an intel quad.

http://www.behardware.com/medias/photos_news/00/18/IMG0018283.jpg

I'm at work right now and most techie pages are blocked.

In your sig it shows you have a dual core AMD processor and the line method doesn't work so well with that configuration according to what I've been reading on these forums.

[taylormsj]

Thats why i dont use the line method :)

[Nate P.]

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/cmq/ins_cmq_intel_quad_wcap.pdf

page 5.

[SiGfever]

With MX-2 I just put a fair size daub (size of BB) in the center of each core pair. Since it is non-conductive and non-capacitive a little extra does not hurt.