DavidWright05

SOMEONE HERE TOLD ME WHEN INSTALLING A CORE 2 DUO 6600 ITS NOT NEEDED BUT I FOUND THIS ON THIS SITE:


"I need to make something very clear here, thermal paste is not optional. You absolutely must use thermal paste to attach the heat sink to the CPU. If you run your computer without thermal paste, you can ruin your CPU in just a few seconds."

http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2006/techtips-17aug06.htm

Iluvpenguins

No because all stock heatsinks come with preapplied thermal paste on the bottom,you remove the paper thing that keeps it moist and ready and then apply the heatsink onto the cpu with the thermal paste area pretty much right ontop.If you bought another cooler,you need to get thermal paste unless it already comes with it.

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diduknowthat

The stock will either have thermal paste or thermal pads (not sure bout c2d's), thought it's always nice to whipe those off and apply some fresh AC5.

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PC eye

Your cpu won't be ruined in only a few seconds. My last case saw the fan go on the aftermarket cooler there bringing the cpu to the max temp. That was after the system had been on for several hours. Upon installing the cpu on the present build the system was started right after apply Artic Silver 5 and the 3rd party cooler to reach the board's own max temp.

It takes more then a few seconds for any cpu to reach normal operating temps alone. But if you run one for too long without a cooling method inplace that will damage or totally ruin a cpu after it overheats.

DavidWright05

well the intel e6600 comes with a "thermal pad". it's like 3 strips of thermal gunk attached to the heatsink. That's all i used. is that good enough?

ceewi1

Yes, that's fine. Thermal paste will keep your temperatures a bit lower, but unless you're looking for significant overclocks it's not really necessary. The Core 2 Duos run cool anyway.

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PC eye

OCing isn't the only thing but one big thing that will see temps rise fast. On any cpu you want adequate according to your use. If you game and OC with a stock hsf chances are that the temps will start climbing as the pad wears and hardens. If you load large programs that demand cpu time or leave your system running day and night then you have to look into better then stock.

Maddhatter

i always wipe that crud they put on there off and reapply it...

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SirKenin

Geeks.com is right about the CPU burning out in seconds. You wouldn't believe the crap people tried to pull on me and the stories I heard when people brought in dead CPUs and expected me to replace them under warranty. Yeah. Right. I told them to send them back to the manufacturer.

Anyways. If you're a purist, you can scrape off the thermal paste that's on it and put on some Arctic Silver. It isn't necessary, but some people just feel better when they do and it does drop your temps a degree or two.

Stringer

whats the best aftermarket heatsink for the core 2 duo?