Thermal Paste! - Page 2

amhso · 18th Aug 2005, 07:37 AM

Venus line is really cheap too. Newegg.com! And if you buy arctic cooling's heatsink/fans they always come with some sort of thermal compound(paste).

Olle P · 27th Aug 2005, 09:16 PM

Arctic Silver Ceramiqe is what i use. It's about as efficient as AS5 (various comparative tests show either one to be better) but cheaper, easier to apply and isn't electrically conductive.

/Olle

jasperchc · 27th Aug 2005, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ngyonghan

What's a good thermal paste for my Athlon XP 2400+ ? It's oh-so-hot ,around 60 - 70 degrees (celcius or farenheit?) and I need to get a hottest one so that it'll cool down.

Will applying a better paste significantly reduces the temperature to around 50? Or should I need to get the whole better heatsink and the paste as well?

a normal load temperature should not be that high for 2400+. Do you overclock your rig? under normal condition, your stock heatsink is enough to do the job. And also dust accumulate on the heatsink will also contribute to the increase in the tempreture.

And hell with the thermal paste, get a better heatsink if you really need to.

tnv · 27th Aug 2005, 09:57 PM

I highly recommend Arctic Ceramique...with good cause. The differance betwixt the Ceramique and Silver temperature is almost nothing. But if you get a little sloppy and put too much Silver on the cpu, it WILL short the cpu out. Ceramique is non-conductive and getting too much on the cpu...so it oozes out onto the side will have no adverse effects. Just my opinion...tnv

b104 · 29th Aug 2005, 08:42 PM

Using too much paste wont help either.Experts recommend a small amount in the centre,then press together while turning the two faces so it spreads evenly.

Adrian Wong · 30th Aug 2005, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by b104

Using too much paste wont help either.Experts recommend a small amount in the centre,then press together while turning the two faces so it spreads evenly.

Yeah, the thinner the better.

Smoif · 8th Sep 2005, 07:44 PM

I've got my 3800+ Venice core running at a reported 30 degrees idle with arctic freezer cooling and arctic silver paste... great combination, never seen the CPU temp higher than 37 on load, quite incredible, especially since its overclocked by 200Mhz... (FSB at 250 with the multiplier dropped)

grungemann · 24th Oct 2005, 10:01 PM

Buy Arctic cooling freezer series heatsink. Not only it'll help cool down u're processor, u'll get arctic silver (3g) with it free..

18th Aug 2005, 07:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
amhso Getting there Join Date: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 176 Reputation: 31 Rep Power: 4	Venus line is really cheap too. Newegg.com! And if you buy arctic cooling's heatsink/fans they always come with some sort of thermal compound(paste). __________________ RIG 1-------------------- AMD Athlon64 NewCastle 3000+ @ 2260mhz (226x10) (stock cooling) ECS SiS 755-A2 mobo 512MB Corsair Value Select DDR400 RAM 512MB PQI DDR400 RAM 120GB maxtor HDD 7200rpm Ultra ATA 70gb Seagate HDD 7200rpm Ultra ATA ATI 9800 PRO Arctic Silencer Rev 3 @ 424/378 (not flashed) Rig 2--------------------- AMD Athlon XP Thunderbird 950+ (forgot the rest)

27th Aug 2005, 09:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
Olle P Active Join Date: 12 Jan 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 815 Reputation: 315 Rep Power: 7	Arctic Silver Ceramiqe is what i use. It's about as efficient as AS5 (various comparative tests show either one to be better) but cheaper, easier to apply and isn't electrically conductive. /Olle __________________ If you're not living on the edge you take up too much space... Asus A8E-N, Athlon64 X2 4600+, 1024MB Kingston value, XFX GF7800GT, Seagate 160GB/8MB

27th Aug 2005, 09:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
tnv Newbie Join Date: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 5 Reputation: 9 Rep Power: 0	paste? I highly recommend Arctic Ceramique...with good cause. The differance betwixt the Ceramique and Silver temperature is almost nothing. But if you get a little sloppy and put too much Silver on the cpu, it WILL short the cpu out. Ceramique is non-conductive and getting too much on the cpu...so it oozes out onto the side will have no adverse effects. Just my opinion...tnv __________________ Get down or lay down, but if you lay down...you stay down!!

24th Oct 2005, 10:01 PM	#18 (permalink)
grungemann Newbie Join Date: 6 Jun 2005 Posts: 23 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Buy Arctic cooling freezer series heatsink. Not only it'll help cool down u're processor, u'll get arctic silver (3g) with it free.. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200+ MSI K8N Neo3 NVIDIA® nForce4-4X Freezer64 Sapphire X700 WD 80GB SATA HDD 512MB DDR400

29th Aug 2005, 08:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
b104 Getting there Join Date: 18 Aug 2004 Location: Ex-Tokyo shoebox renter Posts: 230 Reputation: 28 Rep Power: 5	Using too much paste wont help either.Experts recommend a small amount in the centre,then press together while turning the two faces so it spreads evenly.

8th Sep 2005, 07:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
Smoif Newbie Join Date: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 18 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I've got my 3800+ Venice core running at a reported 30 degrees idle with arctic freezer cooling and arctic silver paste... great combination, never seen the CPU temp higher than 37 on load, quite incredible, especially since its overclocked by 200Mhz... (FSB at 250 with the multiplier dropped)