Thermal paste

[tinman]

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Greetings all,

First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal paste
goes on top of the cpu correct? Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use? Any suggestions about
putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.


-Tinman

 

[Phisherman]

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:17:55 GMT, "Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote:

>Greetings all,
>
>First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal paste
>goes on top of the cpu correct? Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
>just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use? Any suggestions about
>putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>-Tinman
>

Place a small amount in the center of the chip on the side without the
pins. The paste ensures heat transmission from the chip to the
heatsink. All todays' CPUs need thermal paste or a thermal pad. Be
extra careful on the amount of paste you use. Avoid touching the
paste or getting it on anyplace except where needed. I advise you to
study some photos. An anti-static wrist strap is a wise investment
(I like the ones with a coiled lightweight cord).

 

[Guest]

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The paste does go on top of the CPU, and running without it will guarantee
that you overheat and fry your CPU.

--
DaveW



"Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:TG3Wc.2793$4s.2368@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
> Greetings all,
>
> First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal
paste
> goes on top of the cpu correct? Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
> just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use? Any suggestions
about
> putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> -Tinman
>
>

 

[Guest]

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:24:17 GMT To confuse Arrogance with Confidence
is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then Phisherman
<nobody@noone.com> wrote :

>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:17:55 GMT, "Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>Greetings all,
>>
>>First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal paste
>>goes on top of the cpu correct? Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
>>just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use? Any suggestions about
>>putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>-Tinman
>>
>
>Place a small amount in the center of the chip on the side without the
>pins. The paste ensures heat transmission from the chip to the
>heatsink. All todays' CPUs need thermal paste or a thermal pad. Be
>extra careful on the amount of paste you use. Avoid touching the
>paste or getting it on anyplace except where needed. I advise you to
>study some photos. An anti-static wrist strap is a wise investment
>(I like the ones with a coiled lightweight cord).

What he said and thermal pads are about as much use as a chocolate
condom :O


Small amount over the raised core.Spread with a,"Visa" card<grin>






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[Guest]

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:18:30 GMT To confuse Arrogance with Confidence
is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then "DaveW"
<none@zero.org> wrote :

>The paste does go on top of the CPU, and running without it will guarantee
>that you overheat and fry your CPU.

No it won't.



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Tinman wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal paste
> goes on top of the cpu correct?

On top of the CPU die, yes.

> Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
> just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use?

Paste or the pad that came with the heatsink, either way, you should
have a thermal interface material between the CPU die and the heat sink.

> Any suggestions about
> putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.
>

Doing a google search of this news group will show that this question,
or very similar, has been asked 123897124983144354032 times. You can
pick up some suggestions from all those posts.

>
> -Tinman
>
>


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[tinman]

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Thanks for the response spodosaurus...

Just had a couple things I wanted to clarify. Can I use the thermal paste
along with the heatsink pad or is it just use one or the other? And if I do
use the paste do I cover the entire top of the cpu or just the silver part
in the middle. Not sure if thats the part thats considered the die or if
that means the entire top of the cpu.

Thanks for the help and pardon my ignorance. Just want to make sure I dont
mess anything up!

-Tinman

"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
news:4128e5bb@quokka.wn.com.au...
> Tinman wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal
>> paste goes on top of the cpu correct?
>
> On top of the CPU die, yes.
>
>> Do I even need the thermal paste or is it just something the people who
>> mainly OC their cpu use?
>
> Paste or the pad that came with the heatsink, either way, you should have
> a thermal interface material between the CPU die and the heat sink.
>
>> Any suggestions about putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> Doing a google search of this news group will show that this question, or
> very similar, has been asked 123897124983144354032 times. You can pick up
> some suggestions from all those posts.
>
>>
>> -Tinman
>
>
> --
> spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

 

[jad]

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http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/How-To/Applying-Thermal-Paste/


"Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:dn6Wc.5592$Y94.1681@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> Thanks for the response spodosaurus...
>
> Just had a couple things I wanted to clarify. Can I use the thermal
paste
> along with the heatsink pad or is it just use one or the other? And
if I do
> use the paste do I cover the entire top of the cpu or just the
silver part
> in the middle. Not sure if thats the part thats considered the die
or if
> that means the entire top of the cpu.
>
> Thanks for the help and pardon my ignorance. Just want to make sure
I dont
> mess anything up!
>
> -Tinman
>
> "spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
> news:4128e5bb@quokka.wn.com.au...
> > Tinman wrote:
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> First time building my own system here and had a question. The
thermal
> >> paste goes on top of the cpu correct?
> >
> > On top of the CPU die, yes.
> >
> >> Do I even need the thermal paste or is it just something the
people who
> >> mainly OC their cpu use?
> >
> > Paste or the pad that came with the heatsink, either way, you
should have
> > a thermal interface material between the CPU die and the heat
sink.
> >
> >> Any suggestions about putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would
be
> >> greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >
> > Doing a google search of this news group will show that this
question, or
> > very similar, has been asked 123897124983144354032 times. You can
pick up
> > some suggestions from all those posts.
> >
> >>
> >> -Tinman
> >
> >
> > --
> > spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Tinman wrote:
> Thanks for the response spodosaurus...
>
> Just had a couple things I wanted to clarify. Can I use the thermal paste
> along with the heatsink pad or is it just use one or the other?

One or the other, NOT both!

> And if I do
> use the paste do I cover the entire top of the cpu or just the silver part
> in the middle.

Just the silver part in the middle (what CPU is it?).

> Not sure if thats the part thats considered the die or if
> that means the entire top of the cpu.
>
> Thanks for the help and pardon my ignorance. Just want to make sure I dont
> mess anything up!
>

Like I said, do a google groups search for:

apply thermal paste group:alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

just copy and paste that into the google groups search field. There's
also a good guide to applying thermal paste on the artic silver (a paste
manufacturer) website. You should be able to find the url in the results
from the google search. There really is a LOT of information archived
there. Not surprisingly, the first result returned from that search is a
post I made last year I've since refined my technique, but the link
to the arctic silver website is in that post.

> -Tinman
>
> "spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
> news:4128e5bb@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
>>Tinman wrote:
>>
>>>Greetings all,
>>>
>>>First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal
>>>paste goes on top of the cpu correct?
>>
>>On top of the CPU die, yes.
>>
>>
>>>Do I even need the thermal paste or is it just something the people who
>>>mainly OC their cpu use?
>>
>>Paste or the pad that came with the heatsink, either way, you should have
>>a thermal interface material between the CPU die and the heat sink.
>>
>>
>>>Any suggestions about putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be
>>>greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>Doing a google search of this news group will show that this question, or
>>very similar, has been asked 123897124983144354032 times. You can pick up
>>some suggestions from all those posts.
>>
>>
>>>-Tinman
>>
>>
>>--
>>spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
>
>
>


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[tinman]

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"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
news:4128f855$1@quokka.wn.com.au...

>
>> And if I do use the paste do I cover the entire top of the cpu or just
>> the silver part in the middle.
>
> Just the silver part in the middle (what CPU is it?).
>
It's a Athlon 2600xp Barton processor. Ordered some Artic Silver 5 paste
from Newegg sounds like thats the best. My current system (1.4ghz t-bird),
was put together by a friend and always ran extremely hot, even for a t-bird
150 farenheit idle. I always wondered if it was because of poor paste usage
since it had a Volcano 5 HSF and still ran way to hot. So just being extra
careful with my use of it.

And thanks for all the info again guys, has helped alot!

 

[Clyde]

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Shep© wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:24:17 GMT To confuse Arrogance with Confidence
> is as stupid as to confuse Ambition with Ability and then Phisherman
> <nobody@noone.com> wrote :
>
>
>>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:17:55 GMT, "Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Greetings all,
>>>
>>>First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal paste
>>>goes on top of the cpu correct? Do I even need the thermal paste or is it
>>>just something the people who mainly OC their cpu use? Any suggestions about
>>>putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>-Tinman
>>>
>>
>>Place a small amount in the center of the chip on the side without the
>>pins. The paste ensures heat transmission from the chip to the
>>heatsink. All todays' CPUs need thermal paste or a thermal pad. Be
>>extra careful on the amount of paste you use. Avoid touching the
>>paste or getting it on anyplace except where needed. I advise you to
>>study some photos. An anti-static wrist strap is a wise investment
>>(I like the ones with a coiled lightweight cord).
>
>
> What he said and thermal pads are about as much use as a chocolate
> condom :O
>
>

I can think if one really good use for a chocolate condom.

Clyde

 

[Guest]

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"Tinman" <tinman@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<dn6Wc.5592$Y94.1681@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>...
> Thanks for the response spodosaurus...
>
> Just had a couple things I wanted to clarify. Can I use the thermal paste
> along with the heatsink pad or is it just use one or the other? And if I do
> use the paste do I cover the entire top of the cpu or just the silver part
> in the middle. Not sure if thats the part thats considered the die or if
> that means the entire top of the cpu.
>
> Thanks for the help and pardon my ignorance. Just want to make sure I dont
> mess anything up!
>
> -Tinman
>
> "spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
> news:4128e5bb@quokka.wn.com.au...
> > Tinman wrote:
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> First time building my own system here and had a question. The thermal
> >> paste goes on top of the cpu correct?
> >
> > On top of the CPU die, yes.
> >
> >> Do I even need the thermal paste or is it just something the people who
> >> mainly OC their cpu use?
> >
> > Paste or the pad that came with the heatsink, either way, you should have
> > a thermal interface material between the CPU die and the heat sink.
> >
> >> Any suggestions about putting in the cpu, fan, and heatsink would be
> >> greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >
> > Doing a google search of this news group will show that this question, or
> > very similar, has been asked 123897124983144354032 times. You can pick up
> > some suggestions from all those posts.
> >
> >>
> >> -Tinman
> >
> >
> > --
> > spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo


You can only use one or the other, but NOT both. And if you use
the pad that came with the heatsink make sure you PRESS DOWN
A LITTLE when you set the heatsink. That way it'll make better
contact (something I learned the hard way).

Nick

 

[Guest]

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Thermal paste can also be used on a sandwich....first add peanut
butter and then several drops of thermal paste. When you add the top
piece of bread (or faux CPU piece as I like to call it) make sure
that you have applied enough to cover all of the area between the two
slices. yummmmy

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[Guest]

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Surprisingly delicious, but with an odd aftertaste.

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> Thermal paste can also be used on a sandwich....first add peanut
> butter and then several drops of thermal paste. When you add the top
> piece of bread (or faux CPU piece as I like to call it) make sure
> that you have applied enough to cover all of the area between the two
> slices. yummmmy
>
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