[Build Log] The Green machine (lots of pics, have fun 56K)

[TheCarLessDriven]

ATi doesn't make Mobo chipsets :|

Really? On some areas you can slightly see through to the die... so I should apply even less?

I'm still dumbfounded on why the temps have worsened, but I was told that the neoprene has no influence on this. And the system has been running all day stress testing, so it can't really be the TIM curing anymore either.

So it's down to either not enough pressure, too much/little TIM, or both.




Thanks for the comments guys! Keep em coming!

Thermal paste should be spread out very thinly and evenly starting with a uncooked rice grain size. Its to fill extremely small gaps between the CPU top and the base of the cooler for better contact, not large physical gaps like you showed in the picture with the CPU laying on the cooler.