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Opps, Picked up Arctic Silver adhesive, needed compound.

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p8ntslinger676   03-09-2006 at 03:04:34 AM

Ok i am working on my dads computer and when i went to go buy some thermal paste i assidently picked up the Arctic Silver Adhesive and not the Compound, will it still work, i know its perminant but he doesnt care, but when i went to the Arctic Silver website it said not to use it with a CPU and Heatsink, i hope it will otherwise he might get a little mad cus he also had to buy another stick of ram, which he thought wasnt needed.

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bront   03-09-2006 at 04:12:48 AM
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Don't. If you ever have to remove the heat sink, which can happen, particularly if you don't mount it right, you're screwed, and will have to potentialy replace the CPU, heatsink, and/or motherboard.

For $5-10, it's not worth it.

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