FOP38 - Thermal Pad vs Generic Thermal Paste?

[SoSD]

What do you think?

 

[Klosters]

Remove the pad that comes on the business end of the FOP-38. Plastic picnic knives don't mar the aluminum. When there's only a little of the thermal pad left, the clear thermal "paste" that comes in a "pen" from Radio Shack removes the last of the pad's crud amazingly well.
Then apply a thin even layer of thermal paste. A coating 1/1000th of an inch thick, on the top of the CPU is ideal. Haven't pulled that one off, yet! Just put it on in the thinnest layer possible, without leaving bare spots.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

jeez, ur gonna use a 7k fan with crap goo? I'd rather pay less for a quiet fan, and pay more for AS2 or something. Get almost the same performace for less noise.

 

[SoSD]

It's just what I've got on hand,

A temporary setup, if you will.

 

[SuperKen!]

Only replace the Thermal Pad with Arctic Silver.

If you apply generic thermal Paste over the stock Pink Phase change Material, you will be in a shock when you find out that the Generic Thermal Material performs WORSE than the stock pad.