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| Thread ID: 40504 | 2003-12-09 21:25:00 | Thermal Paste | Mark Veldhuizen (2570) | Press F1 |
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| 198918 | 2003-12-09 23:11:00 | the thermal pad gummy stuff? is ok but proper thermal paste is better it costs about $6 or so; if you can borrow some that is ideal it helps cooling cpu a lot better after you scrape off the thermal pad usually stuck on the bottom of the fan use a plastic card and some iso propol alcohol |
kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 198919 | 2003-12-09 23:22:00 | Does it really make a great deal of difference? I haven't tried thermal paste before, but my current CPU (P4 2.4ghz) is running at about 30 degrees, and that's just using the thermal tape which came with the heatsink. | somebody (208) | ||
| 198920 | 2003-12-09 23:36:00 | > All modern heatsinks i've seen all come with a strip > of thermal tape on the bottom of them. I've installed two Zalman cnps copper coolers in the past couple of weeks, neither came with pre-smeared goo but a little tub of past. Much easier to deal with than the week old chewing gum that is usually stuck on the HS. BTW, Mark, if you want a good cooler the Zalman ones with a separate fan on a bracket are little beauties. I have one on an overclocked Duron 950 which apart from the PSU fan and an 80mm case fan is the only fan for the CPU and a Ge Force 2 pro 64MB card. The latter had a dysfunctional fan so I just pulled the plug and monitered it. The card runs around 45-55 C depending on what games sonny boy is playing and the cpu rarely gets up to 45. Previously it ran well in to the 50's un-clocked. I also have one on a bog standard xp 1800+ machine that sits around 31-34C for the cpu and 33-36C for the system (motherboard chipset). And why bother to clock a Duron you might ask. No 1 son wanted to know how and how it would react. It wouldn't boot above 1200 but is ery happy just over 1100. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 198921 | 2003-12-09 23:42:00 | so if u overclock ur duron you have to have alot of fans then?' yesurday i installed a duron 850mhz on a new mb, i used thermal paste, works fine, got it all over my hands though :D |
Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 198922 | 2003-12-10 00:17:00 | > so if u overclock ur duron you have to have alot of > fans then?' Not necessarily. If you use good HSF you can get away with minimal extra bits and bobs, as per my previous post. But serious overclocking requires serious consideration to the cooloing rather than the fiddling I've done. > yesurday i installed a duron 850mhz on a new mb, i > used thermal paste, works fine, got it all over my > hands though :D You only need a little smear over the core of the CPU (the little rectangular bit of metal in the middle), enough to fill in any minute irregularities in the face of the HS and CPU. I put on less than a millimetre thick and only on the core or dye (whatever), probably about 40 wet mml which will dry somewhat to be slightly thinner once its powered up. Saves the stuff speading all over the place once the HS is clamped on. Use a bit of old credit card, cut to shape, to apply it. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 198923 | 2003-12-10 00:32:00 | AMD's need something between the processor and the heatsink. They come with the pad already attached to the heatsink, and say that it is better than the paste .... I can't comment on whether it is (I used the pad) but here (www.amd.com) is a link to videos from AMD about what to do: J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 198924 | 2003-12-10 01:20:00 | The general rule is: "the cooler gear runs, the longer it lasts . " The better the heat transfer from the CPU to the heat "sink", the cooler the CPU will run . Thermal paste helps heat transfer . Draw your own conclusion . :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 198925 | 2003-12-10 01:38:00 | yeah i only used a tiny but, perhaps a 1mm thick if that, its just it exploded out of the tube ( is how a got it on my hands :) ) | Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 198926 | 2003-12-10 01:38:00 | bit* | Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 198927 | 2003-12-10 01:52:00 | > Does it really make a great deal of difference? I > haven't tried thermal paste before, Nah doesn't make any diffs in real terms unless you're overclocking to the max maybe > but my current > CPU (P4 2.4ghz) is running at about 30 degrees, and > that's just using the thermal tape which came with > the heatsink. Same here |
Greg S (201) | ||
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