Athlon 64 and thermal paste

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Niminah05

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I am getting an atholon 64 3200+ venice tomorrow and was wondering whether athlon 64s come with a thermal pad or themal paste? I ordered artic silver 5 with the retail processor; will I even need the artic silver? Thanks.
 
OEM/Bult wouldn't come with paste... Retail probably has something seeing as it does come with a cooler. But yes, you do need something, and I'd recomend using the good stuff if you have a choice.
 
Haha

Well I suppose you bought the BOX version meaning it comes with a HSF as well. The RETAIL meaning BOX versions have a warranty, some documentation, a HSF as well as the processor ;). That heatsink has a thermal pad pre-applied. It would be better to remove it and apply Arctic Silver. However, I kept it there on my Venice 3000+ and it's very good. The temps remained at 25-27 Celsius idle.

JAN :D
 
I bought the 3200+ Winchester Retail version. The Heatsink came with a pad attached I left it on and get idle temps between 26 and 30 celcius.
 
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