Thermal Compound

Hi guys

I kno this isn't a technical support question but its a technical thing so i thought i would put it in here anyway.

Im getting a new processor soon and need to get some thermal compound, any recomendations from the vast wealth of knowledge floating about these boards.

If anyone here has done the same and found a really good product (ease of application is a must here) then pop ur thoughts up!

Thanks

Steve

AMD or Intel CPU?

AMD has their cooling paste on the heatsink if its not green and intact on yours contact your reseller or AMD.

For Intel you can just buy a cheap minibag of paste and apply a super thin layer to the CPU (remember to clean the heatsink before attaching it to the CPU).

as a side note, AMD can cancel your warranty if youre not using the AMD approved paste.. and you might want to keep your warranty good if its not already expired. (you said new cpu)

Thats because AMD's work a lot hotter than an Intel processor. Very important to keep it cool.

my Intel came with a compound did not think for one minute that it might be better or worse than another compound !!!

If its supplied with the processer surley its the best on to use?

Can't say it will be the best. It will deffinately do the job up to Intel's expectations but i'm sure there would be a more expensive product that would work better.

If you want to keep your PC cooler i'd worry more about fans than compound. You could even get refridgeration nowadays but those are very high end computers that require that type of cooling. (Or if you live in the desert) =)

The paste is not for cooling... its to even out the surface of the chip and heatzink.

the layer should be super-ultra-mega-thin.

cheers guys. ive ordered some anyway and thanks for the thin tip jesper - u can bet i would have just gone for the more-is-better approach!

I have to disagree with you Jesper. My degree is in electronic engineering, and I can tell you for sure that the heat-sink compound between a processor and heat-sink is used for cooling and nothing more. This I know for a fact. G'day.

Im sorry but you have to get your school money back then.

The pasta is used to level the cpu and heatsink so for even contact over the entire surface , cause then the heatsink works optimal in leading the heat away from the cpu, if you put too much paste on it will have the reversed function, and will prevent the heat from leaving the cpu. You can read that in any manual, and you dont need a doctor degree for that

http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/5,61.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+apply+cpu+paste