The small square of material you see on the heat sink is all you need. This is a type of heat transfer compound know as a "Phase Change Material". This stuff eliminates the need for the grease and tends to work much, much better. You only need a the small square because there is only a small area of the processor that will be touching the heatsink.
As to replacing the heatsink, the stock heatsink will do fine as long as a) you have adequate airflow in your case, b) you aren't going to overclock the processor, and c) you aren't overly touchy about the noise level. Some of the AMD heatsink/fan combos have been a touch noisy. Garl > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Barrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [eug-lug]thermal paste, anyone? AMD XP experience? > > > Does anyone have some extra thermal compound to spare? I > just got a new > AMD processor, retail boxed version. I think I need this > type of paste > or compound, but I also see a bit about the heatsink having a bit of > heat-transfer material, but it is a small square. > > Does anyone here know if I should use it as is, add a thin (but > complete) smear of compound, or suggest that I use a different > heatsink/cpu fan altogether? I'm upgrading an older board, which is > supposed to handle that cpu... my poor workstation ( = > > thanks in advance! > > Ben B > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
