Z96js: Where should I apply arctic silver 5?

I just got my Z96Js yesterday and I'm quite excited to get it all put together, unfortunately I have to wait till Monday to get my **** processor, anyways I haven't used Arctic Silver 5 before and I was wonder where all everyone has had success putting it.

Obviously I will put it (with a thin coat per AS website directions) on the processor BUT should I put it on the x1600 GPU too? Also if I were to put it onto the GPU should I remove the tinfoil that seems to be covering its spot on the heatsink?

Also there are the x1600's ram chips, should I think about putting AS5 on those?

Thanks for the help!

 

Check the link in my sig for AS5 guide. I put AS5 on CPU, GPU, and GPU RAM. I think it was well worth it, I got great temperature drops on both. I also put some on the memory controller hub, although I don't know if that did anything. This tinfoil you talk about I think is the thermal pad for the GPU. I did remove the thermal pad on my Dell, but you need to make sure that if you remove it, that the GPU/AS5/heatsink interface will be in contact, otherwise you won't get proper heat flow. Hope that helps a bit. By the way, where did you order your laptop from, that is cool that you can put it all together! Enjoy your lappy, that should be a beast!

 

I got it from page computer, it was the cheapest at the time of ordering, there shipping is SLOW though! Yeah I have built plenty of desktops but this is my first laptop, I'm really liking the fact that I can customize more than I imagined for a laptop (down to a custom Atheros wireless card even).

Thanks for the advice though! Anyone else experimented with it on the Z96Js? Especially with the RAM or GPU?

 

I guess my real big question is should I put it on the x1600s ram chips and if I put it on the GPU should I remove the tinfoil already on the heatsink? Thanks!

 

I would put it on the RAM chips, just make sure it is a very thin layer. Could you please take a picture of your tin foil, I want to make sure it is a thermal pad before I tell you you could remove it. The other thing to do would be to contact page computer and see what they say. In fact, i would recommend that, but please post a pic too!

 

I think you can but you still have to leave the thermal pads on it so it makes contact with teh heatsink!!!

 

Here is a picture of the heat sink, there appears to be copper underneath the sticky "tin-foil" that i peeled up a little bit on the GPU part. The RAM modules contact the sticky white thick squares. I'm pretty sure that maybe I shouldn't mess with the RAM pads as the heatsink might not contact the RAM if they are removed? Hmm.... has anyone done this on the Z96Js?

 

I've looked all over but i still haven't found anything about AS5 on the GPU

 

Don't remove the RAM pads unless you've got better pads available with the right thickness. I don't see why you can't get rid of the tin foil. Make sure you clean both surfaces thoroughly before applying AS5.

 

Yea I would leave the RAM pads on, my lappy didn't have pads like that. They contacted the heat sink directly. Like I said, best bet would be to call page computer and ask.