VERY IMPORTANT! Thermal Paste?!
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:28:04 PM
Hey, I need an answer quickly. I've got an i3 2120 running without any thermal paste as I don't know what to get, the PC is off at the moment but I had it on earlier and the temp never passed 38 degrees. That was just when I was on the desktop and nothing was open. Is my CPU safe if I have the PC on? Also, can you recommend me some very cheap thermal paste in New Zealand?
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No, your CPU is not safe.
I'll let someone else recommend NZ-specific paste, but find this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...) if you can since it's cheap and works well.
I'll let someone else recommend NZ-specific paste, but find this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...) if you can since it's cheap and works well.
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:35:18 PM
ThatVietGuy said:
No, your CPU is not safe.I'll let someone else recommend NZ-specific paste.
Doesn't thermal paste just keep the temps low? I read that the i3 2120 idles at about 35-39 degrees normally with thermal paste. I didn't completely remove the thermal paste so there is a tiny layer of the cpu and cooler. Also, would it be safer if I used my other CPU cooler which has a bit of thermal paste left on it? (Quite a thick later) if I just spread it evenly over the CPU cooler?
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:40:25 PM
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Thermal paste creates a more suitable surface for the CPU to interact with the heatsink.
Using a heatsink without a thin layer of thermal paste is inadvisable and foolish. It might be fine at idle, but once you put more load onto the CPU your temperatures will skyrocket.
If you have to, take the other paste you have and use it for now, but I advise using fresh thermal paste.
Using a heatsink without a thin layer of thermal paste is inadvisable and foolish. It might be fine at idle, but once you put more load onto the CPU your temperatures will skyrocket.
If you have to, take the other paste you have and use it for now, but I advise using fresh thermal paste.
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:42:35 PM
ThatVietGuy said:
Thermal paste creates a more suitable surface for the CPU to interact with the heatsink.Using a heatsink without a thin layer of thermal paste is inadvisable and foolish. It might be fine at idle, but once you put more load onto the CPU your temperatures will skyrocket.
So I shouldn't use my other CPU cooler with a thin layer of thermal paste on it?
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:49:00 PM
ThatVietGuy said:
As a temporary fix, but buy new paste.I went and got the CPU Cooler... This is how much it has on it: http://imgur.com/FG7wnYL
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:52:07 PM
Best solution
Ya don't reuse thermal paste
Shin Etsu is cheap and sits atop the charts
dunno where you shop in new zealand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-thermal-paste-nt...
Shin Etsu is cheap and sits atop the charts
dunno where you shop in new zealand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-thermal-paste-nt...
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The stock cooler comes with thermal paste .... did you scrape it off ?lazou said:
viewtyjoe said:
Don't Intel's stock coolers come with thermal paste pre-applied? AMD's certainly do.I got a computer off a family friend and pretty much rebuilt it but I used the same processor. I had to take the cpu cooler off to check what CPU the computer had as my PSU hadn't arrived yet.
C'mon.
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:55:02 PM
Try and find this paste - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Don't know exactly what to search to find things in NZ, sorry.
Don't know exactly what to search to find things in NZ, sorry.
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lazou said:
JackNaylorPE said:
The stock cooler comes with thermal paste .... did you scrape it off ?I didn't buy this CPU. I got this prebuilt PC off a friend and swapped out parts. I took the CPU Cooler off and scraped the thermal paste off.
yea I noticed as I read after I typed that ... apparently you posted while I was afk ... see my finished post above
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lazou
October 13, 2014 9:59:19 PM
they all are
here's ya choices ... and Id avoid As5 ... see their own web site for capacitance and curing issues
http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/parts/thermal-paste/
here's ya choices ... and Id avoid As5 ... see their own web site for capacitance and curing issues
http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/parts/thermal-paste/
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lazou
October 13, 2014 10:04:10 PM
JackNaylorPE said:
Ya don't reuse thermal pasteShin Etsu is cheap and sits atop the charts
dunno where you shop in new zealand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://nz.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-thermal-paste-nt...
I may just go for that Noctua Thermal Paste. It's only $9 in New Zealand. Is it good?
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lazou
October 13, 2014 10:06:18 PM
lazou
October 15, 2014 11:38:34 AM
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I'll have to find some cheaper thermal paste because that thermal paste is like $18 here