White vs Gray thermal paste.
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which paste is "grey."
when i think of grey thermal paste, i think of the stuff with silver in it. should shave off 5 or more degrees
when i think of grey thermal paste, i think of the stuff with silver in it. should shave off 5 or more degrees
I don't know what type of gray past it was on the single core athlon, as it what was used at the Dell factory. The white thermal paste I used from radio shack looked like elemers glue. Hears the paste I ordered http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MIMB0E/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I don't think the temps should be 66 almost 70 when the single core was only 30. The old processor was an athlon 64 3500+ 62w(according to newegg) and the new one is a athlon x2 5000B 65w(according to newegg.
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Here's some pretty good stuff, for an affordable price: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100017
I can't imagine that, even if you re-used the heatsink, that there would be a drastic difference. But sure to clean off both surfaces (heatsink and CPU) well, and use the lentil-sized dot method.
I can't imagine that, even if you re-used the heatsink, that there would be a drastic difference. But sure to clean off both surfaces (heatsink and CPU) well, and use the lentil-sized dot method.
I used the same white paste on my pentium D system, and the heat sink didn't get very hot, like it did before. I think I'll wait till the paste I have coming before I buy more. I cleaned the paste off and applied less this time and still temps are 66-70. When I took the heatsink off, most of the paste squashed off the cpu.
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