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| Thread ID: 35515 | 2003-07-15 01:18:00 | Thermal paste for Athlon XP | wintertide (1306) | Press F1 |
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| 159799 | 2003-07-15 09:14:00 | Went down to Dick Smith's tonight on the way home from work (got out early :D) and bought their cheap $5 thermal grease. Layered it on the heatsink where the thermal pad used to be and is about .3mm thick. The CPU used to run at 40 degrees Celsius normal with the thermal pad, however now it runs at 44 degrees Celsius. (This is with a case temperature of 34 degrees). I also noticed that some of the thermal pastes need time to be able to work at its best and bond to the heatsink. Is this true with the cheap stuff from Dick Smith's, or should I go and buy some Arctic Silver grease to use? (I prefer to have cool CPU temperatures, as my TT Smart Case fans don't really pump that much air into the case). |
wintertide (1306) | ||
| 159800 | 2003-07-15 09:27:00 | Did you clean the heatsink & cpu core before you applied the grease? Also, you should have applied the grease to the core itself rather than the heat sink. Because you know its lineed up right, and you don't have spare grease squishing around. The silver stuff is conductive! |
bmason (508) | ||
| 159801 | 2003-07-15 09:33:00 | Cleaned the stuff off the heatsink as best as I could, but still a slight residue on it. There was no thermal material that stuck to the top of the CPU, but there was a tiny bit on the sides that I was a bit cautious about taking off (mainly worried about damaging the CPU). There really didn't seem to be enough thermal paste to go all over the CPU as I didn't apply that much - only enough to cover the core and about 5 mm around it so it would properly conduct all the heat. | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 159802 | 2003-07-15 09:36:00 | I wouldn't worry about 4 degrees. My CPU can vary far more than 4 deg just through regular use. Mike. |
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