Thermal compound needed?

[computerbuild]

Iam in the middle of building my computer and wanted to know if the stuff(wax) that came on the heatsink for the CPU if enough or do i need to use thermal compound? Iam using a E6400 Core 2 Duo. thanks

 

[ETSA]

Well your safest bet would be an after market compound such as Arctic Silver 5, excellent results have been yielded from it compared to the compound that comes with most processors.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007

 

[polakpl002]

i would go with arctic silver 5 as well since i have used it it drops somewhere from 2-5C

 

[computermaineack]

As the others have said, an aftermarket thermal compound is best, but the thermal pad that came with the stock HSF will do just fine...especially if you're not planning of OC'ing or OC'ing alot. You can also use the thermal pad that came with the HSF until you order AS5.

 

[computerbuild]

As the others have said, an aftermarket thermal compound is best, but the thermal pad that came with the stock HSF will do just fine...especially if you're not planning of OC'ing or OC'ing alot. You can also use the thermal pad that came with the HSF until you order AS5.

Thanks for all your guys help. i was thinking of using the stock thermal pad and them get the aftermarket stuuf if i wanted to OC in the future. but i was told that once the stock pad melted to the heatsink you cant use after market thermal compound.

 

[computermaineack]

That's not true, you can absolutely use apply a thermal compound after you've used the thermal pad for a little bit...you just use some cleaner, such as high-purity isopropyl, to clean the HSF and cpu, then apply the thermal compound.

 

[computerbuild]

That's not true, you can absolutely use apply a thermal compound after you've used the thermal pad for a little bit...you just use some cleaner, such as high-purity isopropyl, to clean the HSF and cpu, then apply the thermal compound.

Thanks I think Ill do that.

 

[-=[DeEP]Inferno=-]

Im not and expert on thermal compound, but i think someone should tell him how much he should apply so he doesnt put on too much and short something out.

 

[ADE]

Yeah, too much can be bad. If it leeks onto the motherboard er something, it could short circuit something cuz it is after all 99.9% silver.

 

[diduknowthat]

put a small, grain sized drop in the middle of the cpu. Then spread it around so that you can barely see the writings on the chip. Oh,

 

[-=[DeEP]Inferno=-]

Haha, oh, what?

 

[diduknowthat]

oops, it was suppose to be "don't rub it with your fingers", but i guess i by accident deleted it.

 

[ezefosure]

On the arctic silver website, they mention both the arctic silver 5 and "ceramique." Which is better?

 

[elitehacker]

Is Artic silver compounds conductive? I thought most aftermarket compounds are non-conductive, at least that's the ones that I use, its one of their advertising points - that its not conductive.

 

[ezefosure]

On the arctic silver website, they mention both the arctic silver 5 and "ceramique." Which is better?

?? i dont understand the diff btwn the different compounds