Saw some comments concerning the different thermal pastes. Just wanted to share what worked for me:
- K5-Pro thermal paste for the shielding/heat sink (step 13)
- Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste for the CPU (step 17)
The link provided in this article for K5-Pro looks dated/expensive/both, so here’s what I purchased. It should come with a tiny instruction sheet telling you how to apply it, make sure you follow those instructions and try to put at least 1mm even coating of the paste on! Over all, everything went very well, this tutorial rocks. Just take your time, keep the screws organized, and it’s easy breezy.