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AMD 64 heatsink

  • 02-02-2005 6:12pm
    #1
    Lydesia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭


    I have an AMD 64 3500+ and Stock heatsink.
    This is the first PC im building and im pretty anal about every step im doing because i simply dont have money to replace the parts i bought.

    There is a patch of 'Thermal interface material' on the heatsink. Is this all i need for the heat transfer to take place or do i also need to apply thermal soultion stuff from a syringe and spread it on the Processor?

    cheers,

    P


Comments

  • #2
    Lydesia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Lydesia


    Comon Nukem! You usually help me! lol


  • #3
    madden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭madden


    Hi, you can use either the thermal interface material thats already on the heatsink (if its fully in tact and no dust has got near it) or clean it off and get some "artic silver 5" available from peats :confused: .ie

    I got myself a 3200+ and the stock heatsink wasn't enough (auto-shutdown after hitting 75*C), i'd get a decent heatsink from www.thermalright.com and turn thermal throttling on in the mean time. I got the xp-120 http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_product_xp120.htm from komplett the as5 from peats and a antec fan from itdirect.ie :cool:

    yeah the xp-120 was really hard to fit, and it means i cant use teh inside ram slot, but tis great now its in :) i no longer need to have a huge fan with ducting hangin out the side of the pc

    ohh yeah i forgot that happened to me with my stock heatsink, i had it twisting really easy but it just wouldn't budge then i pulled a little too hard and the chip came out of the socket


  • #4
    neokenzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭neokenzo


    I agree with madden but I think you should get XP-90 instead. It doesnt have any motherboard compatabilities problem and is only 2-3C difference between the two. Get AS5 as well but make sure you applied as its stated on their website. Just about 1 1/2 rice grain size in the middle of the cpu and you should be laughing :)
    Also you want to get a 92mm fan that has at least 50CFM to fully utilised XP-90.


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,760 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    The stuff on the stock heatsink is a Shin Etsu thermal pad. It works okay as long as you don't need to remove or change the heat sink anytime soon, as the stuff tends to act like superglue and pull processors out of sockets when the heatsink is removed. Getting some proper Arctic Silver 5 is a better idea in the long run.


  • #6
    Lydesia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Lydesia


    cheers guys for the help!


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  • #7
    aaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭aaf


    Just use the thermal paste that's on the heatsink. It'll do the job fine. I've had no problems ever with mine and temps have always been good despite the amount of dvd's I back up using DVD-RB which results in something like 20 hrs of reencoding, which in turn is processor and memory hungry. So, use what you got :D


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