best buys thermal compound?

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nmwords

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well My e6600 will be here tomorrow from newegg and I didn't order arctic silver with it because I THOUGHT it came with thermal compound. So I went to best buy and bought the only thermal compound they have for !!10.99!! this stuff called dynex silver thermal anybody know of this stuff I can't really find any info on it? I replaced the thermalpaste on my pentium D 915 for practice with this stuff and it raised the temp 5 degrees celcius to about 62c while playing supreme commander w/everything maxed out. but maybe it needs to set.
 
The first thing to expect with any paste or compound is the initial higher temps until the compound firms up or the particles in a silver type thermal grease are settled. This usually sees temps lower in a few days and the gradual over a two week or 200hr. time period. Antec's thermal paste is essentially AS5 under Antec's name.

Dynex is a totally separate brand on the other hand that produces a large number of computer accessories and hardwares sold mainly in retail stores. The reputation for AS5 usually tells everyone which is the best. For the Dynex product line you can try browsing through the pages at their own site to see if you can find it listed at http://www.dynexproducts.com/c-7-computer-components-accessories.aspx

The Best Buy page for it is seen at http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...&id=1075583463530&DCMP=KNC-TLC&ref=25&loc=SMX

Having never used that here leaves the quality factor unanswered. But you don't generally find the best stuff in retail stores from experience. A good review on different compounds and pastes by different manufacturers would be the way to rate it when compared to AS5 and others. http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm has a few there. AS5 is always the OCer's favoriite to give you one idea.
 
well, from what i know, the c2d's are no p4's, so you should be ok with a knock-off thermal paste, because a company would not manufacture the stuff if id wasnt at least a LITTLE better then no thermal paste at all... having said so, i GUARENTEE that it will not allow your computer to overheat, and that the thermal paste will be effective enough to let you do whatever you want, save extreme overclocking
 
That's one way to look at that. Another way is looking at a competitor who sells through retail outlets mainly while still having some online sales in order to compete with Artic Silver. The quantity of silver particles may be less but even that is better then the white ceramic crap seen often included with the stock or low end parts. The P4s were the ones where AS5 was mandatory! :P Want to cook something?
 
Did you order the processor retail or OEM... because if it is retail, with the HSF, it should have the thermal compound already applied.
 
The paste that is usually inclided with the stock hsf mainly is for application on the pre-existing thermal pad as the adhesive to hold it on. A thermal grease is used to fill in the gap between cpu and hsf with a paper thin layer to allow heat transfer. The silver content allows for the best transfer.
 
PC eye said:
The paste that is usually inclided with the stock hsf mainly is for application on the pre-existing thermal pad as the adhesive to hold it on. A thermal grease is used to fill in the gap between cpu and hsf with a paper thin layer to allow heat transfer. The silver content allows for the best transfer.
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I don't know what you are talking about, but what I am talking about is that the HSF that Intel includes with their LGA775 processors, to my experience and knowledge, already have a square of thermal past applied, and people have been able to overclock them considerable with only the stock cooling, so I imagine it isn't too bad, and should definitely be able to hold him until he gets a tube of the good stuff... whatever he got at Best Buy probably isn't any better than what it comes with.
 
When you look at the stock hsf what do you see often? A preformed thermal pad. The paste included is adequate mainly for strictly stock use while many still oc. But take a look at the temps they there. The aftermarket depending on the quality of the brand usually see improvement over anything included with the stock setup. If they weren't they wouldn't sell much.
 
PohTayToez said:
Did you order the processor retail or OEM... because if it is retail, with the HSF, it should have the thermal compound already applied.
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I ordered it from newegg. Its in my room right now... I think it likes me ;) The box is pretty. yeah i'm just gonna put a lil of the silver compound I have on it seeing that the heat is much lower in the c2d's and i cant overclock att all with my d945gcl mobo. THX 4 the help guys.
 
About the thermal pad-stock paste...
My retail C2D E6600 came with NO thermal paste and no thermal pad on it... is that something weird?
Either way it made it easier for me, I bought AS5 with my order. SOrry to go off topic. Good luck with your Dynex!
 
well it's In and running smoothly could not figure out the c2d heatsink and fan so i just put the cooler master one from my pentium d on it, with the silver thermal average temps are around 33-38 i've gotit up to 44c with medieval total war 2 with like 10,000 units on screen. so i've got nothing to worry about cuz i hear they can operate at 60c.
 
The max temps on the newer AMD as well as Intel models range between 60-70C! You will want to keep this in mind. The older models could handle temps higher then those with some able to handle 74C+. But the lower you keep the temps the better off you are going to be. For OCing you want to look into adding more or larger case fans to keep the overall temps down too.
 
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