Liquid Metal Application

#shortsmaschallenge #pcbuild #watercooling

[thorium]

I wouldn’t do this while in the motherboard. If that drop fell as you carried it. It’s incredibly hard to clean. And depending on the type of solder you have, the Liquid Metal can actually dissolve away the solder and make components fall off. And not to mention it will short circuit when the motherboard turns on.

[AKTechIT]

Oh man, reminds me of the first time I delidded my 3770k 😄

[filiplaskovski]

Y’all warm up the processor die with a heat gun or hairdryer it flows the LM so nicely!!!

[ashryver]

Big fan of the picking up liquid metal method instead, i very gently uses it the fitst time on my 4790k the syringe way, but with my gpu i just tried picking it up.

Do recommend holding your hand underneath it just in case though.. LM likes to move.. in doing this i axtually accidentally dropped the LM straight on a smd next to the die, but id luckily covered it all in nail polish just prior.

[am.ankitmon]

It works fine with the processor but when i apply it to d-gpu in my laptop, overtime it just moves down and then it only covers half of the d-gpu. And yes i apply to the heatsink too.

[anandraj-ri]

I tried lm and it's working fine, damn I was scared but if you do it through the process which is the conformal coating of nail polish and then adding electric tape for extra protection. To be honest I used a single dot in order not to soil if it pressed from the top so that's it, but one thing I noticed is temp are really impressive but when I benchmark my cpu ryzen 5 5600h it stuck at base speed 3.30ghz in 100% load but it's boost upto 4.10ghz, note I live in India and currently temp are very high room temps around 35-39* celcius. But during the game play session it goes up to 3.90 ghz . No thermal throttle temps are pretty impressive during valorant.

[kenobi]

Wow have never seen the method of putting it on the paper towel first and then applying it. I've always worried about squirting too much out onto the CPU. Great idea

[FoxoticTV]

Ive seen warnings about this that this is advanced and u can break ur components doing this bc of its conductivity but ive not seen any guides on things to look out for specifically when doing this the first time to make sure its done properly, in detail.

[Bikeadelic]

You can just put it straight on the die and heatsink. It's easier to gauge the ammount you need that way and also you don't waste time with pointless steps 🙂

[ciscocomputertech]

Dude put the LM on a paper towel only to use it all 😂 the sheet of paper does two things btw man, it A stops you from making a potentially catastrophic mess AND lets you put on the minimal amount. Recently used LM on my GPU and saw 20c drop due to the amount of liquid metal used. If you have a spare part to try this on I highly recommend it. You may see a huge benefit in heat transfer. The thinner the better

[Macazian]

Why not squirt that dot on the the die itself to prevent it dripping on the motherboard?

[onelove]

Is it safe to use Liquid Metal on a desktop pc?

[sakmaestro]

Advantages of liquid metal over tbermal paste?

[FaceGameFps]

Nah you need to put it straight on the IHS. Transferring from that rag is much riskier

[TheVirtuaStig]

I have a question. Does the liquid metal drip when the PC stands normally. Just asking because of the whole PS5 thing. Wanna try this but if it drips and shorts the mobo or gpu then its gonna be the end of me.

[anandraj-ri]

Does any nail polish work? Just curious 😅

[djmystery]

What if I want to apply it on top of my IHS is it worth it? My cpu has a retaining block I screwed on top of it I was thinking I could use some sort of sealant around the edge but idk what kind of sealant would work best

[musclecargarage]

Can I do it with my 7800X3D turbo without direct die application ?

[Sakthi]

How much does this improve the heat transfer?

[brianhollon]

How do you make the lm actually spread? It just stayed in a bead for me on my copper block (aio)