Recent content by NewbieBob

Thanks for the feedback. I spent 2 days building the PC. The first day I read all the manuals of all the components I bought, so I would be familiar with them. Of course, this did not include the 2 weeks of browsing through this forum to get ideas and instructions. I also found good info at...

I removed the black thermal pad that came on the Volcano 5. I used a high temperature silicon heat sink compound made by GC Electronics.

I built the PC for my kids. I couldn't have done it without all the great information on this web site. Thanks AnandTech. I put together an Athon 1.2G, ECS K7S5A MB, Volcano 5 HSF, 256GB DDR, 40 GB drive, DVD, CD-RW, Antec 400W PS, generic 56K modem, GeoForce MX video, running Windows 98 SE...

For a 1.2G AMD TBird, is there any value installing a copper shim on it? Does it get put on with thermal grease, or does it just lie on the chip? Could it interfere with the installation of the heatsink? Thanks