PC Master Race

I thought so too honestly but figured Thermaltake knew what they were doing and went with it. The stencil makes it very easy to apply exactly as much as specified. I didn't notice any splooging when I attached the heatsink and temps were in the 30's at idle so called it good for now.

Even if it spills, if it's non-conductive it's just a mess to deal with the next time you pull the heatsink off. Just use gloves to handle it because it's a bitch to get thermal paste off your skin.

I find rubbing alcohol best for removing thermal paste from electronic components and toothpaste best for removing it from skin.

Also, won't this create bubbles when it squishes? The hexagons will squish into circles and fill the gaps between them, but there will be nowhere for some of it to go, particularly the corners of the hexagons. One glob in the center will squish out evenly and there's no air to trap, which is why that's preferred. If OP spread this, it's fine. If they directly attach their heatsink though, it could be not ideal.

Basically, don't get fancy with your thermal paste. Just put a bit in the center and the pressure will spread it evenly.

Just changed my 760 gtx for a 2060 rtx.

It all depends on what you're playing.

I'm not sure the move to 8k will be necessary. I'm not even sure about 4k tbh. No problem with it if you have the hardware, but the returns are diminishing and I don't think anyone who sticks with 1440p will feel like they are held back. At some point, our eyes can't even tell the difference between 4 real pixels and one pixel that is coloured by blending 4 pixels together (which tbf takes the same processing power to render, so this might apply more to the monitors than the GPUs).

CPU with thermal paste applied in hexagon shapes. Looks a bit weird because I removed the normal CPU bracket and installed one that just screws down. On some sockets the cpus were bending because of the way the bracket applied pressure. The one I installed is completely even.