There are much methods and much opinions.
Which one is the best and easiest for a first time PC Build?
I have a little bag included in my cooler, the MX-4 0.8g in a bag (picture bellow) not in a pen so its not that easy to apply it..
I've found this is the best way /sarcasm
Seriously though, try to cut a small hole in the pack to make a sort of nozzle to control it when it's coming out. They did a video on applying thermal paste a couple of years ago.
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Should i use all the 0.8 gramm?
And because am first time building a PC.
How to mount an ,, Arctic Freezer i11 " cooler?
People were saying it has an weired mounting.
If you do the pea method, do as the name suggests. The amount you put on should be the size of a pea. You don't want to put to much on, or too little.
Here's a good demonstration of how to install the Freezer 13 on Intel motherboards. It looks like it has a similar mounting mechanism to the i11. It might be a bit different, so check the instructions.
Really it just depends, on the i3/i5/i7 and intel lower end stuff the pea method is favored the small die combined with a relatively small package and heatspreader makes the pea method very effective. Likewise for AMD consumer CPUs, AM, FM, etc. for Workstation CPUs which are larger dies and larger packages the X method or Line method is favored as it gives better coverage on the heatspreader. In addition to this one should keep in mind the method of heat convection from the die to the heatspreader on Haswell they use a TIM or thermal paste which is horrid and should be banned the engineers who came up with it should be castrated to ensure their bad ideas die with them. as such the actual point of heat transfer is very small maybe the size of a pinky nail. this means the pea method covers the critical area entirely and reliably. On better made better engineered samples the die is soldered to the heatspreader meaning the area of heat transfer is large often then entire heatspreader is convecting heat this means that it is optimal to have full contact with the heatspreader thus we use the X method.