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From: sdot on 27 Mar 2006 12:04 someone told me, that when building a pc...a thermal compound usually comes with the heat sink..either a compound or a pad....he said that i should buy my own compound...remove the one that was supplied and put the new one in....i am not sure how necessary this is...as from intel...i would excpect a compound or pad that is efficient enough....does anyone have any experience with this....or opinions or suggestions....i am leaning towards leaving the supplied one there..but just changing it after a year or so....wat is your take on this guys..an gals...
From: JAD on 27 Mar 2006 12:11 no need to 'touch' the pad or to touch it in a year or 4 years or 6 years........... never have done this (unless I was upgrading the CPU). for instance this P4B266 system has never been fooled with after its debut in 2001, other than a cleaning. Temps are not even worth mentioning, as they are as average as it can get. "sdot" <flemo.city(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1143479092.973418.212260(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > someone told me, that when building a pc...a thermal compound usually > comes with the heat sink..either a compound or a pad....he said that i > should buy my own compound...remove the one that was supplied and put > the new one in....i am not sure how necessary this is...as from > intel...i would excpect a compound or pad that is efficient > enough....does anyone have any experience with this....or opinions or > suggestions....i am leaning towards leaving the supplied one there..but > just changing it after a year or so....wat is your take on this > guys..an gals... >
From: Bob Davis on 27 Mar 2006 15:35 "sdot" <flemo.city(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1143479092.973418.212260(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > someone told me, that when building a pc...a thermal compound usually > comes with the heat sink..either a compound or a pad....he said that i > should buy my own compound...remove the one that was supplied and put > the new one in....i am not sure how necessary this is...as from > intel...i would excpect a compound or pad that is efficient > enough....does anyone have any experience with this....or opinions or > suggestions....i am leaning towards leaving the supplied one there..but > just changing it after a year or so....wat is your take on this > guys..an gals... Go with the compound. Even the best costs very little, around $12 for enough to do many CPU's. Most newer P4 Prescotts run hot, and a good compound will cool the CPU several deg. C lower than the strip that comes on a stock HSF. Every little bit helps. If you do a lot of gaming or heavy graphics work, you might consider an aftermarket HSF. That costs a bit more, usually around $35 for a good one. To my knowledge, Arctic Silver 5 is the best available now. Follow the installation instructions on their site, and remember that a little goes a long way. Their instructions for the Socket 478 P4 is to start with a dab "the size of half a BB." It's been a while since I've seen a BB, guys, but that's pretty small. IOW, don't glob it on.
From: Charlie Wilkes on 27 Mar 2006 19:22 On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:35:49 -0600, "Bob Davis" <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote: > >"sdot" <flemo.city(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:1143479092.973418.212260(a)i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >> someone told me, that when building a pc...a thermal compound usually >> comes with the heat sink..either a compound or a pad....he said that i >> should buy my own compound...remove the one that was supplied and put >> the new one in....i am not sure how necessary this is...as from >> intel...i would excpect a compound or pad that is efficient >> enough....does anyone have any experience with this....or opinions or >> suggestions....i am leaning towards leaving the supplied one there..but >> just changing it after a year or so....wat is your take on this >> guys..an gals... > >Go with the compound. Even the best costs very little, around $12 for >enough to do many CPU's. Most newer P4 Prescotts run hot, and a good >compound will cool the CPU several deg. C lower than the strip that comes on >a stock HSF. Every little bit helps. If you do a lot of gaming or heavy >graphics work, you might consider an aftermarket HSF. That costs a bit >more, usually around $35 for a good one. > >To my knowledge, Arctic Silver 5 is the best available now. Follow the >installation instructions on their site, and remember that a little goes a >long way. Their instructions for the Socket 478 P4 is to start with a dab >"the size of half a BB." It's been a while since I've seen a BB, guys, but >that's pretty small. IOW, don't glob it on. > I replaced the thermal pad on my AMD with Arctic Silver and the difference is about 5 degrees C. Charlie
From: Bob Davis on 27 Mar 2006 21:04
"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes(a)users.easynews.com> wrote in message news:3e0h2254hnf3ggqf58no4pf8htv45m4rlv(a)4ax.com... > I replaced the thermal pad on my AMD with Arctic Silver and the > difference is about 5 degrees C. That's a great improvement for that money, IMO. |