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04-29-2007, 11:00 PM
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| Space Ninja Pirate  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Winona, MN
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|  Re: Thermal Paste? A new CPU usually comes with a stock cooler with thermal paste pre-applied. However, typically that thermal paste is not very high quality. Spend the 6 bucks on some AS5.
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04-29-2007, 11:06 PM
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| Ultra Techie  Join Date: May 2006 Location: AB, Canada
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 | Re: Thermal Paste? When you buy a CPU it typically comes on the bottom of the stock cpu cooler. This however is not the best stuff, it will most likely come in the form of a grey patch on the bottom of the heat sync. Like This..  Some after market coolers also come with thermal paste. You might want to buy some ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover... sometimes that greyish patch can be hard to get cleaned off.. but if you take it off before you use it, it shouldn't be to difficult, because it hasn't melted yet.
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04-29-2007, 11:09 PM
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| Renowned Budgeting Master  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA
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 | Re: Thermal Paste? It is a MUST...even crappy Thermal paste is needed. However get some Arctic Silver 5 for like 5 bucks if you can as it's known as the best.
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04-29-2007, 11:14 PM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: Thermal Paste? It is used to bond tiny heatsinks that do not have a clamp like ramsinks. It is just like AS paste but with an adhesive. Also, @Phantom, doesn't alcohol or acetone melt the bejebus out of thermal patches and paste? I use it to clean processors and HS and it seems to do the job.
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04-29-2007, 11:36 PM
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| Ultra Techie Join Date: Jul 2006
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| Re: Thermal Paste? Quote:
Don't know why you wouldn't get the regular stuff anyway. =/
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