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Thermal Paste & AMD 64 heatsinks

Lemming · 2005-01-05 19:22:06

Hey guys, I just got myself some new components including an AMD64 3500+ (boxed). The heatsink comes already pre-pasted for use with the chip. My question is this: just how effective is the thermal compound provided for the AMD boxed chips? Also to take into consideration is that I will not be doing anything crazy with the…

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05-01-2005 8:22pm

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Lemming

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Hey guys,

I just got myself some new components including an AMD64 3500+ (boxed). The heatsink comes already pre-pasted for use with the chip. My question is this:

just how effective is the thermal compound provided for the AMD boxed chips? Also to take into consideration is that I will not be doing anything crazy with the hardware (clock-wise) at least for the forseeable future

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#2 05-01-2005 8:34pm
Dempsey

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Its fine but you can get 1-3'C drop with Artic Silver instead

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#3 05-01-2005 9:30pm
galwaydude18

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ya it will be grand! i used the heatsink that came with my amd 64. didnt change the thermal paste! never had any problem with it but Dempes is right if you use Artic Silver you can get 1-3'C drop!

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#4 06-01-2005 10:38am
gline

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If your not going to be overclocking the provided paste is fine

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