amd 64

[Dragonbate]

Ok so I'm about to build my a64 rig with the stock hsf (retail) and looking at it it doesn't have the thermal compound that athlons and semprons come with! Does this mean I gotta put off my build util I can find some thermal grease? Man this pisses me off. Also when I find some how do I apply the stuff and with what? I guess maybe I was spoiled but it sure was convenient just being able to pop the cpu in without havint to get messy.

 

[mwmorph]

i think it should come with a thermal pad (little white or off color square). not thermal grease now.

 

[Dragonbate]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
i think it should come with a thermal pad (little white or off color square). not thermal grease now.

Yea thats what I'm used to. Now with this socket 939 amd 64 there is no pad :disgust:

 

[Dragonbate]

Maybe I'm wrong... is the pad just bigger now? Like the full square size of the processor ? And it's no longer covered with tape, only the whole bottom of the hsf is packed in plastic. Can anyone confirm this change? I couldn't find anything on it on the amd site- it seems a bit outdated.

 

[pcman83]

get some artic silver 5!

How to apply it is to put about half the size of a Bee Bee and no more than that. Put the heatsink down twist it a couple degrees to make sure you have good contact. That will make the difference.

 

[mwmorph]

pics?

edit: if you must, use ceramique. as5 is capacative so it might fry stuff if you leak some on the pins.

 

[Speedo]

Originally posted by: Dragonbate
Maybe I'm wrong... is the pad just bigger now? Like the full square size of the processor ? And it's no longer covered with tape, only the whole bottom of the hsf is packed in plastic. Can anyone confirm this change? I couldn't find anything on it on the amd site- it seems a bit outdated.

Yes I can confirm. That is how it looks like now. And actually, I'm pretty impressed how well the original heatsink/fan + pad (which actually seem like grey grease which have been evenly put on by a machine) work. In a system I built recently, with Q-fan activated, the fan is really quiet and the CPU ran at around 39c. Only standard stuff...

 

[Dragonbate]

Originally posted by: Speedo

Originally posted by: Dragonbate
Maybe I'm wrong... is the pad just bigger now? Like the full square size of the processor ? And it's no longer covered with tape, only the whole bottom of the hsf is packed in plastic. Can anyone confirm this change? I couldn't find anything on it on the amd site- it seems a bit outdated.

Yes I can confirm. That is how it looks like now. And actually, I'm pretty impressed how well the original heatsink/fan + pad (which actually seem like grey grease which have been evenly put on by a machine) work. In a system I built recently, with Q-fan activated, the fan is really quiet and the CPU ran at around 39c. Only standard stuff...

Thanks much, Its in the new hsf seemed a little harder to install compared to the old ones. I hope I didn't mess anything up. Thanks again.

 

[ts3433]

Don't bother replacing that HSF's pre-applied thermal grease--it's some nice Shin-Etsu that's about as good as AS5.