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dm0kk   11-16-2008 at 10:50:29 AM

On the Intel C2D stock fans, the there is a thermal pad on the bottom but it does not cover the surface area entirely, is this okay? I thought the thermal pad would cover the entire contact area between the cpu and cpu fan??

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V3NOM   11-16-2008 at 10:54:28 AM
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nope, it melts and spreads. crap though. get some artic silver 5 :D

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gosefroba   11-16-2008 at 01:09:10 PM
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the c2d is fine as long as u do not plan to overclock

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