Arctic silver 5

[ftung]

Just bought a tube of AS5 and applied it to my P4 2.4 CPU. The temp doesn't seem to have dropped, in fact it's a degree or 2 higher than before when I was using the cheap stuff. Does AS5 need to settle for a while before it takes effect?

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Yes, it can take time. That usually means you used more than necessary. The excess will eventually be displaced by pressure from the heatsink and warming/cooling cycles from turning the computer on and off.

Arctic Silver has different instructions for applying AS5 to the heat spreader of a P4 vs a FCPGA processor.

What did the AS5 replace? Was it a thermal pad installed on the heatsink from the factory? If so, did you clean it off thoroughly?

Fingerprints on the critical surfaces will have a negative impact on the performance the thermal compound.

Is this comparison using the same heatsink?

 

[Jdinh04]

yeah after rubbing the gell to the core of the cpu, wait for a little aprox 2-5 minutes then i guess you can put it back in your mobo

my cousin "kaz8teen" did this before and his is cooler, if you want you can PM him with some advice

 

[hellfire88]

quick question, do I need to let the Arctic Silver 5 set in for a certain amount of time before I turn on a newly built computer? I just got the parts in today, and after applying the arctic silver, can I immediately turn on the machine to play with it? Or should I wait a certain amount of time to allow it to "set"? Please let me know. Thanks!

Regards,
Brian

 

[Jdinh04]

Originally posted by: hellfire88
quick question, do I need to let the Arctic Silver 5 set in for a certain amount of time before I turn on a newly built computer? I just got the parts in today, and after applying the arctic silver, can I immediately turn on the machine to play with it? Or should I wait a certain amount of time to allow it to "set"? Please let me know. Thanks!

Regards,
Brian

i would let it set for a minute so that the gell thingy can maybe be asborb on the core of the cpu and then u can just attach it to ur heatsink and mobo and just be done i guess

 

[ToxicWaste]

I know this must seem obvious, but check out Artic's instructions at http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm.

Basically, it's gonna take some time to "break in".

You can pretty much start up your PC as soon as you have the CPU installed...