PC Guts Thread

guys, I need help,

I tried to build a computer and decided to use an aftermarket cooler instead of the stock like I normally do, so I also bought some thermal paste (Arctic Silver 5, in case you were wondering) to put between the cpu and the cooler I bought and I can't find the optimal method to put it in the cpu, any ideas? it just seems to kinda run out when I push it down so I have to pick it back up and put more in so it all doesn't squish out.

for reference, the cpu after I tried to apply the thermal paste:
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looool.


Also, if this was a serious post my first reply would've been:

"Mistake #1 Arctic Silver 5 in 2017"
 
Thermal paste is pretty much all the same if you're not an overclocker or using the sun as your processor (hello Gallatin/Prescott P4, and most AMD GPUs). HOWEVER, if you do like toying around with voltages and clocks like me then you're better off going to a better paste. Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut (liquid metal) and Kryonaut are my go to compounds now. I used AS5 for 10 or so years until better stuff came out. Cryorig CP5 (highly underrated paste), Arctic MX 4, Gelid Extreme, and Kryonaut are pastes that have performed better for me on my GPU's and CPUs than AS5, with Kryonaut beating them all.

I'm not your average overclocker though (examples on the first page of the thread) so YMMV

Also delidding the 4790k and replacing the stock TIM with TG Conductonaut Liquid metal:

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And in other news, I removed the stock Panaflo 92mm Fan from my XP90 cooler on my Pentium 4 machine to a Noctua 92mm fan. Went ahead and moved the whole setup to a case with better airflow.

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1080GTX Founders Edition
i7 6700K 4.00 Ghz
8 GB 3000 Mhz DDR4 Ram
Samsung Pro 256GB M.2 SSD
Samsung 1TB SSD

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I'm reviving this thread because it deserves to be.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K7 ATX LGA1151
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
SSD: MyDigitalSSD BPX 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Xtreme Edition 11G Video Card
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Accessories:
NZXT HUE+ & Aer RGB120 Fans Bundle Pack
VViViD Matte Orange Vinyl Wrap for Internal Cable Management Bar
140mm Magnetic Fan Dust Filter for Top Fan Grill
Orange Extension Cable Kit
 
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Orange is the best color. Proven to actually improve everything.
 
Nothing as extravagant as @Kevdo but here's my small Hardware upgrade and horrible cable management, featuring Potato-cam™. :wacko:

Old
MB: Gigabyte 870A-UD3
CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 (OC @ 3.8Ghz)
GPU: AMD HD7850 (Sapphire Dual-X)
Ram: 12GB 1333MHz-DDR3

New
MB: MSI B350 Tomahawk
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (Stock until I can use my old cooler: Zalman CNPS10X Flex)
GPU: AMD RX460 (Sapphire Nitro) <- Got it as a present but still better than my old. :D
Ram: 16GB 3200MHz-DDR4

Picture:
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@Jyuki your pic isn't loading for me. @Poobum yours isnt loading either.
Edit: i can see them now that i'm at my laptop. guess it was just my phone.
 
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Upgraded the retro rig today. Went from a 2010 ATI 4670 AGP 1GB card to a 2007 ATI 3850 AGP 512MB card. The 4670 is a stronger card if AA is on at 1080p due to the 1GB memory size but the wider bus on the 3850 outperforms the 4670 with AA off at 1080p in every game I've tried. Might make a second retrorig with the rare 4670 agp and pair it with an Athlon 64 processor this time around.

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Changed out the 10 year old thermal paste for some TG Kryonaut. P_20170730_173340.jpg

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Bumping this dead thread

I made a few changes to my Pentium 4 machine. Got rid of the Asus P4P800-VM mobo that didn't have voltage control and swapped it out for an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe. This board allows me to run 4 sticks of 1gb OCZ 400mhz RAM (running at 608mhz after overclocking), but most importantly it lets me feed the P4EE more voltage and bump it up to 3.9Ghz!!! Almost 4 Ghz on a 15 year old 130nm CPU!!! 1.62 volts is the highest I'll go for now on the Zalman CNPS 9000 cooler. I've also swapped the HIS 4670 AGP card back in since the Sapphire 3850 AGP was extremely loud while playing Quake 3 or PSO.

Build updates in Spoiler below the specs
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In more modern news, I made some updates to my AMD rig a few months ago. 2700x/Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero/Vega 64. I posted pictures on the other discord but forgot about posting here. Watercooled the ASUS ROG Vega 64 with an EKWB block and hooked it up to an Alphacool Eisbaer 360mm expandable AIO. CPU and GPU stay really cool and the system is dead silent with 6 noctua fans on the radiator. I didn't have to touch CPU overclocking since XFR2 and PBO2 are great features on the Ryzen 2 X cpus, boosts up to 4.35ghz by itself since it's watercooled. Only tinkering I did was tightening the RAM sub-timings a bit for the latency improvement between cores.

Build pics in spoiler below the specs
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my guts are not super pretty but i built this in 2012 (updated the SSD tho):

i7 3770k
radeon 7870
16GB gskill ripjaw ram
EVO 860 500GB
corsair H60 AIO

it runs what i want it to! still haven't overclocked anything but that might change soon. also once graphics card prices drop more i'll likely upgrade the graphics card to like a 1070 or something.
 
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