Application of Artic Silver?

[greyhavns]

where, how, and how much to apply on an AMD XP and P4? Also, is a copper shim needed or waste of money?

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

Try posting in CPUs/Processors & Overclocking

You won't get traffic in this forum as it is for highly technical questions only.

No doubt the mods will lock this thread as well.

Good luck,

Andy

BTW I believe only the thinnest amounts of heatsink compound are required. Thick layers are counter productive. A copper shim won't improve your cooling as it doesn't interact with the core. It *may* make it less likely that you'll damage the core when fitting the heatsink though.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: greyhavns
where, how, and how much to apply on an AMD XP and P4? Also, is a copper shim needed or waste of money?

Apply a very thin layer (ie paper thin, or less even) on the CPU core itself. Also, apply a very thin layer on the bottom of the heatsink where the fan will make contact with the CPU die. For an XP, you will obviously be using much less arctic silver 3 on the core/heatsink since the core is so much smaller than the metal heat slug on the P4.

Copper shims aren't that useful. Supposedly, they improve the heat transfer abilities of the CPU/HSF (which is BS, by the way), but the one thing they are functional for is providing more support for the Heatsink/Fan. However, All Socket 462 Athlons have 4 rubber feet to help support the HSF anyways, so the use of a shim is somewhat redundant, and very unnecessary.

For some very good directions on how to use Arctic Silver, go to their website, with directions here .