If you decide to 'upgrade' your thermal 'stuff' make sure to completely remove the pad from the heatsink. When you apply new compound ONLY cover the core of the CPU. Compounds like Arctic Silver contain actual amounts of silver which are conductive. The ceramic stuff they have is good though. Sells for just a few bucks and will last through a few upgrades. AMD really needs to put a heat spreader on the core like they did with the K6-2 and 3, same as Intel still does with the P4. Better heat dissipation and less chance of somebody cooking the CPU. I've seen numerous people put the heatsinks on backwards too. Fortunately many newer boards shut the system down before the CPU cooks itself as only an AMD can :) Airflow is certainly critical. Additional case fans, tidy up your wiring, and think about rounded cables. Also, space your hard drives out if you have more than one. Copper coolers are a nice way to go for better heat removal but forget not that they hold heat longer so a good fan on those is needed.
--- "Grigsby, Garl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
