does my heatsink come with a thermal pad

[nooby]

i just bought a AMD athalon X2 and i was wondering if its stock heatsink came with a thermal pad or if i needed to buy sum thermal greese? can anyone help


thanx

 

[RichPLS]

included.

 

[ir_efrem]

thermal paste at radio shack can be had for a few bucks - i would go get some anyway - from all accounts it has better heat transfer than a thermal pad

 

[endyen]

Not so. The thermal pads used by bothe Intel and Amd have better thermal conductivity than the transistor paste sold at radio shack.

 

[ir_efrem]

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7591-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=64247&messageID=762965

read on my well informed friends (good bit of reading here) of course one persons opinion is just as good as anothers i spose. so in the end the point is moot

 

[endyen]

One of the last articles I believed from THG showed that Intel's TIM outperformed everything else. (The AS would have caught up, perhaps if it had been allowed to cure)
The real point is, why spend a dime you dont get anything from.

 

[shata]

Its included but i recommend Artic Silver 5 from newegg.com great stuff.

 

[slvr_phoenix]

If you're not going to futz with the processor much (you know, set it and forget it) then the pad is great. The performance of the pads is awesome. It's just the reusability that isn't.

But if you're going to seat, reseat, change coolers, or do goodness knows what, then AS5 is the way to go, with a good wipedown and fresh application each time.

I'd definately avoid RS. They're the K-Mart of technology. :lol: :lol: :lol: