Opps, Picked up Arctic Silver adhesive, needed compound.

[p8ntslinger676]

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.

 

[bront]

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.