Too Much Thermal Paste. Is this too much thermal paste? Replaced thermal paste on my GPU today.
The point of thermal paste is to provide a medium to increase the thermal conductivity between your CPU and the base of the heatsink. This test benchmarks thermal paste application. Question: Q: Thermal Paste - Heating Issues.
In fact poorly applied and excessive thermal paste has become a meme.
AFAIK you only cover the core in a thin amount of paste (basically following H@s instructions) not the entire CPU.
Your thermal paste would likely sit unused otherwise so it's good to get the most out what you own. Applying too little or too much thermal paste may create some issues. Thermal paste is used to fill in these types of gaps.