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| 705025 | 2008-09-15 01:58:00 | But not in Intels or AMDs opinion. pctek, am I right to interpret that from your personal experience, it's perfectly OK to use the original thermal thingy came with the heatsink? Just to enlighten me a little further, is there a layer of membrane or sort of that we should remove before putting it onto the CPU? I'm more concerned about Intel CPU as I am going to build a pc sometime next week. Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 705026 | 2008-09-15 02:41:00 | Yes its fine. Membrane - not anymore. There is usually only a plastic cover which is rather obvious. The only time I use 3rd party thermal paste is when I have replaced the HSF or put a 3rd party one onto a CPU. The CPU has a little pamphlet which shows you how to install it, so does the motherboard manual. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 705027 | 2008-09-15 04:39:00 | Thanks, pctek and all those who contributed to this thread.:) | bk T (215) | ||
| 705028 | 2008-09-15 07:08:00 | Tweak'e, from what I have heard, HS are built with a concave surface to accommodate the CPU. Flattening the HS is not always a good idea, though most extreme clocker's do lap the HS. The TIM on HS nowadays is MX2, which is just as good as AS5, I certainly didnt need to change the paste on my ACF7pro... But not in Intels or AMDs opinion. intel/amd advice is more geared to the dumb buggers who would stuff it up and fry their cpu's. ie dumb it down to lessen the risk even tho cpu may run a bit hotter. i can't comment on later cpu's, none that i've used have been cancave to suit cpu shape. however the amount of material taken off is very very small. a lot of the oem heatsinks have a rough finish (even tooling marks), the smoother the finish the less paste require and better 'connection' for heat to tranfer through. for me its a small job thats easy to do that makes an improvement for minimal cost. some pc's its only a few degrees difference, others its 10-20 degree difference. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 705029 | 2008-09-15 12:10:00 | Tweak'e, from what I have heard, HS are built with a concave surface to accommodate the CPU. Flattening the HS is not always a good idea, though most extreme clocker's do lap the HS. The TIM on HS nowadays is MX2, which is just as good as AS5, I certainly didnt need to change the paste on my ACF7pro... The most extreme overclockers remove the heat spreader from the CPU and lap the die as well :D like this guy (www.frogge.de) :stare: Personally, I don't overclock - and I've found the stock heatsinks and thermal glue to be good enough for me. I also use Arctic Silver 5 for when the original stuff has gone and I find that good also. It's widely regarded as one of the best Although this reviewer (benchmarkreviews.com) reckons that "TIM Consultants T-C Grease 0098" is better - if only to cool your CPU by 1 degree :lol: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 705030 | 2008-09-15 19:25:00 | Intel and AMD are primarily interested in something that just works and won't need replacing during the life of the computer. The heatsink is chosen to cope with the rest. Some of the stuff overclockers spend a fortune on has to be replaced every so often to retain efficiency. | PaulD (232) | ||
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