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Got my parts...er, now what?

corblimey · 2012-10-15 14:24:39

Just took delivery of my first HWVS order, so now how do I put it all together? I've watched and read several different accounts of how to put together a PC, but I'm not sure which to pay most attention to - I'd go for the boards one above all else, but the link in the sticky is returning a 404. The newegg videos on…

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#62 18-10-2012 8:14am
dwighet

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Serephucus wrote: »

Bad technique. You only want a less-than-pea-size drop on the CPU, that's it.

Put it this way: I've never seen someone use too little thermal compound. It's always enough, or (more often) too much.

were does it say pea size????

EDIT... I found it...Im Austrailian..We eat those little tiny peas...not those fat mushy things out of the tin.. my bad

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#63 18-10-2012 9:14pm
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A grain and a half of rice, according to Arctic Silver. Of course, there's lots of sizes of rice too.

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#64 18-10-2012 9:29pm
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Monotype wrote: »

A grain and a half of rice, according to Arctic Silver. Of course, there's lots of sizes of rice too.

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