Anyone with a Crystal Orb, please read....

[bullion416]

I just recieved my Thermal Take Crystal Orb today, but I have a question before I put it on. First of all, it says that it has a "copper base." Well, I don't see anything that looks copper on it, in fact the bottom of it is silver andmade of the same material as the rest of the heat sink. Second, what is the clear looking, sticky pad for? Do you use this with the thermal compound too?

 

[xarar]

That clear stuff is thermal adhesive I believe because it came on my thermaltek heatsink/ramsink's.

 

[xarar]

As for the copper base, it is copper it just has nickle plating to make it look nice ;P

 

[Fireman]

You should not use the thermal pad with any other material. Either use the sticky pad to adhere it to something if the clips won't work. Or use the clips and a good thermal compound.

 

[jiffylube1024]

The pad is thermal adhesive used to attach it to a GPU/northbridge chip/etc. that does not have mounting holes like the GeForce cards do. Its thermal conductivity is very poor, and should only be used if it's the only option. A good thermal paste (Arctic Silver or Arctic Alumina) spread on the bottom while using the mouting pins is a much better solution, offering better performance, overclockability, etc. Do not use the pad on a GeForce card! Use thermal compound only instead.

 

[Howard]

You have three ways to mount it on the GPU:

1. Use the mounting pins with thermal paste only.
2. Use the thermal adhesive pad, with or without the mounting pins.
3. Use a thermal epoxy (like Arctic Silver II Thermal Adhesive, or Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive), with or without the mounting pins.