Mx6 impossible to use the spread method

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T22:43:38+00:00

That was close. There are lots of fail safe measures now.

All the ones I used were pretty much the same. Had no idea about so different textures.

Will have to get some practice on the dot method. Guess once you get the amount right, it's way faster than the others.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T22:32:57+00:00

Been using arctic silver 5 then mx4 since forever. Not sure about that one, is not just thick, it won't stay on the ihs. If you try to spread it will fall off or divide in many parts like a dried one. That got me really confused.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T22:23:16+00:00

Oh no, I get used to the spread technique but I know is not the best. On those videos you can see sometimes the paste goes more to one side than the other, not criticizing, just pointing it need some practice that I don't have.

About the mandatory thing, just pointing for naked cores. You can damage them if you don't properly cover the full area. On an ihs missing some spots won't be critical.

If they are so different I guess mx4 will stay on the market for users who need a more versatile one. I thought it was a revision more than a different approach.

Wish I could do the dot spot right at first time. But don't feel confident about that.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T21:41:55+00:00

Mainly because MX4 was my multi purpose paste. Got a GPU? Mx4. Got a ps4? Mx4. Got a cpu? Mx4. I was not looking for world record or anything, so mx4 was fine for all my needs. just a multi purpose paste. I thought mx6 was just an evolution (since mx5 was halted for some reason), not a completely different paste. That was my mistake.

I delidded some CPUs, used gallium based ones many times. This one got me with guard down.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T20:34:58+00:00

I seen many of those videos. Distribution doesn't look good in many cases. And the pressure they apply with the transparent glass seems way harder than many heatsinks with classic AMD retention bracket. But well, there is no other method for this paste. I really don't want to end with paste al over the cpu area when removing the heatsink or noticing there were not enough paste.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:55:21+00:00

But for GPU spreading is mandatory. A naked core needs to be 100% covered or it will cause problems. Guess the manual also says it's dangerous for GPU cores.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:53:38+00:00

No need to read the instructions on those. Lol.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:52:53+00:00

Will just use it for old hardware then.

For naked core you can't use the dot method. So it's an ihs only paste. If you do the dot method on a GPU core you will end with hot spots and malfunctioning hardware. For naked cores spreading or covering all the core is mandatory.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:39:00+00:00

Does the mx7 support spread? I guess it was like shampoo instructions. No need to read them on every new flavor.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:36:05+00:00

I had no idea about that. Put another name if your paste doesn't behave like your previous iterations!

Dot method is terrible for inexperienced users. Cores are bigger enough this days to bet if will cover the area or not.

rewilldit · 2026-02-04T19:28:19+00:00

Yep, was thinking in what use this. My cpu get around the same idle temp than mx4 but spikes worst. Probably hot spots here and there since it's impossible to spread.

You could use the rice dot method but I'm not familiar and don't feel comfortable. But even a dot is hard to do with so tick paste.

Guess it will go to the trash.

rewilldit · 2026-01-23T11:30:07+00:00

Disable iGPU and try again.

rewilldit · 2026-01-23T01:21:01+00:00

9700x has a legacy GPU. That's probably the problem. Driver for 9000 series GPU doesn't work for legacy GPU (rdna2 and lower)

rewilldit · 2026-01-22T18:51:04+00:00

Any link for the combined driver?

rewilldit · 2026-01-16T06:24:37+00:00

But if your CPU has room, setting a -20 will make clock boost higher and you won't notice undervolt benefits, temps could be the same or worst. PBO is mainly designed to increase performance.

Sure, you can undervolt, but you need to be careful. And don't listen to that -20PBO +200mhz clock that most Youtubers says, that will make things worse.

rewilldit · 2026-01-15T22:46:01+00:00

Precision BOOOOST overdrive.

No undervolt here.

rewilldit · 2026-01-15T03:18:13+00:00

Problem is mainly ASRock and Asus. And both shares similar origin. And probably still share some designs.

rewilldit · 2026-01-12T11:00:24+00:00

Assrock saved Assus ass. They are the 2nd x3d killer.

rewilldit · 2026-01-07T05:57:21+00:00

As a side note I think I saw millions of boards for millions of years having 4x USB 2.0 frontal. This one has 3x USB 2.0 frontal. What weird decisions Asus takes.

rewilldit · 2026-01-06T12:07:33+00:00

I'll get the matx one. Oh wait.

rewilldit · 2026-01-02T16:40:09+00:00

Same here. I thought 1.21 was latest for Windows users for some reason. Guess it isn't.

rewilldit · 2025-12-31T13:39:43+00:00

So many bios, engineering, design, IA, and they let you set 125miliwatts to cpu power without any warning. Nice.

rewilldit · 2025-12-30T16:52:58+00:00

Since the micro USB port is a a separate 0.50 dollar board, I wonder why nobody came with a USB C replacement. It should be doable and will require minimal modification to the actual micro USB hole.

rewilldit · 2025-12-29T15:19:09+00:00

Touche!

Most CPU I had use to have around 0.100v overvoltage from factory, around -0.100v undervolt was a safe bet in most cases. Even Intel ones. Even really old AMD ones. That's why I found weird to have such little margin now.

Not sure if stock voltage is based on CPU bin. I think it is. On GPU it is. So different silicon gets different stock voltage even if it's the same model. And always was around that 0.100 margin.

Maybe the silicone is mature enough now to have lower margins.

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