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What exactly is the problem if too much cpu compound is put on the
core and it gets squashed out onto the surrounding area?

Apart from looking messy, is there any real problem with this?

Yes as it acts as an insulator. The idea of thermal compound is to
fill
the very small scratches on the faces.

Actually the thermal paste is non-conductive.

Eh?


You thought he meant thermally, we realised he meant electrically.

I realised he could have meant either, so asked for elaboration.
Actually some thermal compund is electrically conductive too, so I think
it was a dangerous statement to make.