* Thermal Compound *

[bigbonthabeat]

I just bought a Prolimatech Megahalems cooler. It comes with a thermal compound. I've been reading what people are saying in forums and I've seen many people say that " You must have a thermal compound for the i7 920. I plan on mildly overclocking (stock = 2.66, my overclock = 3.2- 3.4 ).


Do I need to buy another thermal compound? Or is the one that comes with the Prolimatech Megahalems cooler good enough?
thanks!

 

[ares1214]

the stuff under the cooler is sufficient, but you do get better heat conduction with applying your own paste

 

[ubernoobie]

The one that comes with the megahalems is rated B+ I think in the 80 way thermalpaste test so it's fairly good

 

[JackNaylorPE]

If doing moderate OC, the stuff that comes with the Mega will do better than the stock Intel stuff. I used IC Diamond 7 Karat on my son's box and it's doing 3.7 Ghz on a 920 with core temps in the 50's.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermal-interface-roundup_10.html#sect1

 

[bigbonthabeat]

thanks everyone for the suggestions!

When applying the thermal paste, should I apply it as it says in the instructions, or is there a better technique out there?

thanks again!

 

[ares1214]

i have no idea what the instructions say, but there are many different ways. you can try putting a small dab, spreading it with a bussiness card, and making the coating very thin, almost opaque. or just put a big dab and put the cpu on top of it to spread it out. as long as it is even, everywhere, and good, it will work.

 

[jsc]

Suggestions for applying thermal compound:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=0

 

[bigbonthabeat]

thanks everyone!