About the Athlon X2 4200's heatsink

Vestitor · 01-23-2008, 03:14 AM

Ok so tomorrow I should be receiving my Amd Athlon X2 4200 Brisbane, so I was wondering if any of you would know if the heat sink for the processor will already have a thermal pad on it or will it come with a thermal compound tube?

Also if the the heatsink already has the thermal pad attached to it, what would be the best way to remove it? Because I want to use the Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease in which I had bought

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ThatGuy16 · 01-23-2008, 03:20 AM

Alcohol pads, or some rubbing alcohol removes the pre-applied paste the best. But yeah, the retail heatsink comes with it already applied

Vestitor · 01-23-2008, 03:59 AM

Yeah I read I can use rubbing alcohol, but the best I have is 70% isopropyl. They suggest 90-99%, but will I see damage or to much of a decrease in performance if I use 70% isopropyl to clean the heat sink?

Sinse I know the lower % the more residue it leaves behind.

hypojam · 01-23-2008, 02:31 PM

The standard heatsinks work well once you replace the thermal pad with some decent silver grease, just use that 70% isopropyl, its not the best but its good enough

01-23-2008, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Vestitor Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 104	About the Athlon X2 4200's heatsink Ok so tomorrow I should be receiving my Amd Athlon X2 4200 Brisbane, so I was wondering if any of you would know if the heat sink for the processor will already have a thermal pad on it or will it come with a thermal compound tube? Also if the the heatsink already has the thermal pad attached to it, what would be the best way to remove it? Because I want to use the Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease in which I had bought . __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane 2.2GHz @ 2.84Ghz Stable (35C-58C) CPU Temp G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800(Running as DDR2 677 at 810Mhz(405Mhz) Stable GIGABYTE GA-MA69VM-S2 AM2 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 hec Orion XPOWER585 ATX12V 2.01 585W Power Supply ViewSonic A90f+ 19" CRT Windows XP Professional 32bit Crysis SP Beta : 20-30fps, Everything High, 1280x1024 -----------------3DMark06 - 9306-----------------

01-23-2008, 03:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,152	Alcohol pads, or some rubbing alcohol removes the pre-applied paste the best. But yeah, the retail heatsink comes with it already applied __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

01-23-2008, 03:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vestitor Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 104	Yeah I read I can use rubbing alcohol, but the best I have is 70% isopropyl. They suggest 90-99%, but will I see damage or to much of a decrease in performance if I use 70% isopropyl to clean the heat sink? Sinse I know the lower % the more residue it leaves behind. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane 2.2GHz @ 2.84Ghz Stable (35C-58C) CPU Temp G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800(Running as DDR2 677 at 810Mhz(405Mhz) Stable GIGABYTE GA-MA69VM-S2 AM2 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 hec Orion XPOWER585 ATX12V 2.01 585W Power Supply ViewSonic A90f+ 19" CRT Windows XP Professional 32bit Crysis SP Beta : 20-30fps, Everything High, 1280x1024 -----------------3DMark06 - 9306-----------------

01-23-2008, 02:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
hypojam Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: England Age: 20 Posts: 111	The standard heatsinks work well once you replace the thermal pad with some decent silver grease, just use that 70% isopropyl, its not the best but its good enough __________________ Athlon 4000+ X2 MSI K9N6SGM-V AM2 2GB 667mhz 256mb 8600GT Vista Ultimate 3dMark06 - 4600

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