Then I’d forget to check the thread…

Waiting for replies.

Edit: What’s with the downvotes? I just commented to bookmark. Geesh.

Most thermal pastes are about equal in effectiveness so stick with any name brand and you should be good.

For application I typically clean both the CPU’s heatspreader and cooler contact point with alcohol then squeeze out about a small pea sized amount of paste on the center of the heatspreader then let the mount force of the cooler spread it.

Local Send is all you need.

The greatest Linux weakness shows itself again.