> So, use as little of it as possible, to avoid adding thickness. Don't do this. Far far worse than having too much thermal paste is having too little. Assumin

> So, use as little of it as possible, to avoid adding thickness. Don't do this. Far far worse than having too much thermal paste is having too little. Assuming you are using non-conductive paste(which most these days are), be liberal with the thermal paste. As long as you stay within reason it pretty much doesn't matter thermally how excessive you apply, especially when applying on a heat spreader.