How often should you repaste your CPU and GPU
twice a day
>>106451042depends whether you use extreme overclocking paste that dries out quickly or quality long life paste
>>106451042when you had already cleaned the fans and shit's still hot for no reason
>>106451059
>>106451059This, once at morning and once at evening before sleep.
>>106451042MX-4 - neverGPU has warranty sticker in your wayworst part of GPU servicing is different sizes of pads.paste push-out fix phase change PTM7950.
>>106451042Never.Not even if you remove the heatsink.
I did it for the first time ever on a 15 year old CPU. It runs cooler now.
>>106451042>using the eternal-thermal-jew paste
I use jizz.
Is the stuff that comes with noctua fans any good?
>>106451786NX? Yeah, it's good.
>>106451042never if you use graphite pads
>>106451105Even Kryonaut these days takes like 2-3 years to dry enough to be noticeable and that's when your chip often runs at over 80C.
>>106451856NT-H1 is what i got with the fan.
>>106451874That was my fault, yeah I meant NT.
>>106451122This, most thermal paste these days lasts a long time under normal use
>>106451059>>106451174Is this the same schedule as i should reformat my harddrive and reinstall windows? or can i skip a day with the paste if i don't use it?
>>106451956You install Windows and then backup it, every morning you load a fresh backup.
>>106451213>MX-4 - never
>>106451042Literally never if it was well applied. Thermal paste is not meant to stay a fresh paste. It dries after some hours of processor use and becomes a powder.
>>106451141why would they do that to him :,(
>>106451213>MX-4 - neverHere's my adventure with RX580X and MX-4:>bought GPU late 2019>loud af>warranty sticker, cannot replace paste>years pass>2024>"welp, time for some general maintenance">reapply GPU paste>GPU half as loudFML.At that point, my MX-4 tube (20gs, bought in 2015, probably) was itself already almost a decade old, and so it only took half a year for the GPU to be loud again.I'll probably never find out how it would be with (factory) fresh paste, because that RX580X is about to be retired.
>>106451042Just don't bother with it. I have yet to open and clean my desktop case even once or touch any of the parts. Werks fine, out of sight, out of mind.
>>106451042never
>>106451224>15 year oldyou sick fuck
>>106451042Practically speaking you never need to do this unless you've got decades-old hardware. Even then it may not be necessary.
>>106451042Every leap year you should remove thermal paste with isopropyl alcohol and put a fres new thermal paste on your component. After this you should clean all contacts iside your computer with DeoxIT.
>>106455543That motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P.
>>106451042when you need to take the heatsink off, which is never for a GPU and when upgrading the CPU or mobo
>>106451042When you start hearing your fans.
>>106451042When it starts having overheating issues despite fans working as intendedIf that never happens, then never. Unless you remove the heatsink to upgrade the CPU
>>106451042I change the toothpaste on my CPU every couple years or so
>>106457486The paste is probably good. It is more likely that your fans have worn out, or the dust has made the heatsink less efficient.I can't completely discard "paste" issues after having seen a retarded PC store mount the CPU with a custom product code sticker on it.
>>106451042literally never... ok the cpu maybe once every 10 years.
>>106458387Sometimes the cause for overheating will be the thermal paste, if it's low quality. Cheap low quality paste usually starts losing efficiency and thermal properties after around 4 to 5 years. I've seen it happen a few times, usually in no-name Walmart-tier prebuilt PCs and also a couple of old Dells. Good paste lasts basically forever though.
>>106451042Just check the temp under full load after a fresh application of thermal paste and occasionally retest under the same conditions to check that the temp isn't rising much above your initial value. No need to repaste if it's doing its job, fren.
>>106451042Never done it once.
Whenever you feel like it (so never)
>>106451042never unless you have a problemmaybe in 10 years if you really are bored but be ready that something wont work afterwardsmost likely something NOT related or anywhere near the CPU
Are those new fancy phase change material thermal pads indestructible or do they need to be changed occasionally as well?
