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Where to get Thermal paste

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  • 03-07-2012 8:57am
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    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,156 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    I made an order from Hardwareversand and i forgot to order thermal paste

    I know sometimes coolers come with some, but I also need to do a bit of chopping and changing of another pc.

    Is arctic silver still the one to go for?

    Cheers


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Place in talllaght sell a small selection....maxburns.ie, thats it.


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    Skatedude
    Registered Users Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    Arctic silver is still one of the best and you should be able to get it from peats or possibly maplins. Or overclockers.co.uk if you want to order it.

    But most thermal paste should be fine if you arnt overclocking


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    farna_boy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭farna_boy


    witnessmenow wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    I made an order from Hardwareversand and i forgot to order thermal paste

    I know sometimes coolers come with some, but I also need to do a bit of chopping and changing of another pc.

    Is arctic silver still the one to go for?

    Cheers

    If you bought a CPU that comes with a standard fan, there will be thermal paste on the fan already. Likewise, if you bought an aftermarket fan, there is a chance that there will be some thermal paste among the contents as well.

    If you get really stuck and won't be overclocking, Sudocreme can actually be used as a thermal paste. This could keep you going for a while but I would still get thermal paste when you can and definitely wouldn't overclock while using Sudocreme.


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    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,156 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    farna_boy wrote: »
    If you bought a CPU that comes with a standard fan, there will be thermal paste on the fan already. Likewise, if you bought an aftermarket fan, there is a chance that there will be some thermal paste among the contents as well.

    If you get really stuck and won't be overclocking, Sudocreme can actually be used as a thermal paste. This could keep you going for a while but I would still get thermal paste when you can and definitely wouldn't overclock while using Sudocreme.

    They should market this "you can trust it to comfort your baby, and keep your real baby cool"

    I'm not that desperate anyways as i have a few tubes of ceramicy stuff I got from DX a while back

    It is an after market cooler and i will be overclocking


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    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    http://www.memoryc.ie/products/description/Xigmatek_PTI_G3606_Thermal_Paste_3g/index.html


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    witnessmenow
    Registered Users Posts: 7,156 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Thanks! Ordered from there. Nice that you dont even need to register an account if you have paypal!


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Isn't arctic silver conductive? doesn't matter anyway you went with something else!


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