I'm upgrading CPU on a dimension 4700. The Artic Silver website indicates for Pentium 4's to just apply the paste on the center of the CPU and then reset the heatsink after twisting it a bit. The design does not allow much movement I took the sink off to check how it spread and wasn't very satisfied. Artic silver says not to spread it with something like a credit card as some do. How have others spread the paste?
thanks