Heat spreader / heatsink?. Well, again, upon building the new computer, I'm looking for parts with confusion. Memory Heatsinks / Heatspreaders. What ever you wanna call them... are they necessary? Where I'm buying the computer, my choice is landing on...

CPU comes with sticker on heat spreader?. A few months ago I posted about a raised black rectangle, on my P4 2.4C, which I felt was hurting cooling performance, and since my PSU blew a few days ago I had time to take everything apart and check what's the deal...

Thermal grease in heat spreader hole. So, I'm swapping out the HSF on my P4, and when I go to clean off the old thermal compound, I notice that some of it is caked in the heat spreader air-hole. Is it dangerous to leave old thermal compound in this hole before...

Pic of A64 without a heat spreader. Another tid bit from the infamous Mr G !... <A HREF="http://www.amdmb.com/image.php?IMGURL=http://www.amdmb.com/images/quakecon2003/amd-mobile-big.jpg" target="_new">Clicky</A><font color=purple>Ladies and Gentlemen,...

to compensate for the heat spreader. However, I do know that the Athlon 64 will come with one. Er, no. PIII heatsinks fit both FC-PGA and FC-PGA2. I know, I work with a lot of PIII's. The thickness of the heat spreader at the die is very thin, and I think...

Heat spreader for the AMD Athlon!. Seems someone has finally invented one. Most interesting piece of technology. Availability limited at the moment. <A HREF="http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=128048" target="_new"</A><b><i>The Very Hungry...

What is the difference in heat spreader,heat slug ,and heat>> sink in a semiconductor device? >> AFAIK, heat slug is just slang for heat spreader. Flat metal > a few cm square. > Thank you for your answers. But I think the heat spreader is different...