First of all, I am new to this forum. However, I've been on all sorts of forums online under the username "moh.vze.com" or "vietpho", so If you google me, you'll see that I'm not a forum noob
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I understand that a guy like me with "0" post counts will probably not get much respect or even a reply on a forum post such as this one. But, being new and everything, I'll take my chances and see if I get much love
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and help from this wonderful community.
Another thing you should know about me is, I am new to the whole "building a computer" thing. I've recently bought 2,400$ worth of computer parts and I've been doing a lot of reading and research before I actually put together everything.
Anyways, that's enough introduction about me, let's get to the topic!
HR-03 Plus + GTS 8800 640MB - The "Cleaning" and "Thermal Compound" process...
I have a question regards the "cleaning" process within this guide:
http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_installation_hr03-plus.htm#type1
Step 4 of this guide states the following:
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Clean off the paste and any residue for best contact and adhesiveness.
Tell me if this is what I'm suppose to do:
1) Wipe off as much of the stock Thermal Compound of the core and RAMsinks as possible (Scraping with a Credit Card).
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/ac/ins_arcticlean.pdf
2) Apply a drop of " ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material Remover" to the 8 RAM chips and the big core thing? Wait 30-60 seconds for it to dissolve into it and then wipe those things clean?
3) Apply "ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier" to the 8 RAM chips and core to dissolve the remainings.
Ok, finally, step 4 is where I am confused also. It states the following for applying "Thermal Compound":
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Insert the push pins though the holes from the HSI heatsink indicated by the red circles and apply thermal compound to the bottom as well as on the HSI chipset and then stick it on top of the HSI chipset.
My first question for this is, what type of "Thermal Compound" am I suppose to apply to the bottom of the RAMsink and the HSI chipset: "Arctic Silver 5 or "Arctic Alumina"?
To tell you the truth, I don't even know what the "Arctic Alumina - Part A + Part B" is for... Why did I buy it?
My final question is, how much "Thermal Compound" am I suppose to apply to the bottom of the RAMSinks and the top of the HSI Chipset?
Thank you for reading! I Hope to get some suggestions!