Lesson learned with Arctic Silver 3!

[FluxCap]

Yeah, "caked" was a bad choice of words. I think I did it about right after reading Arctic Silver's website. Another question, I really like the Volcano series, would I be able to overclock my 1700+ (302) with a volcano 9 (for example) to 2000+ speeds?

 

[zettler]

All this discussion of "thin" and "caked" has me worried now.

We actually did put a lot of AS3 on when we installed the SLK-800 on the 1700+, more than we put on our first one. The "caked" one is running around 40C (high) and is a T-B, while the 1600+ is a Palamino and runs at 50C or so.

I realize they are on different boards (the 1700 on an EPOX-8RDA+ and the 1600 on a ABIT KRD7-A Raid), and that they are different CPU types (Thoroughbred B vs. Palimino), but I realy hate to try and remove the Heat Sink/Fan when the temps are indicating what they are (as long as they are approximately correct).

Why? Its because I had so much trouble connecting the SLK-800 to the CPU and was even concerned that I might crack the CPU with all the pressure it took to snap that puppy into place. This was only our second build, and the first with this heatsink. Several times the darn screwdriver slipped off to hit the motherboard while I was trying to snap it into place. It just seemed soooo tight.

It has been running smoothly since I built it, and even after I transferred all of it to another case last weekend, that I hate to fix something that ain't broke.

I am running the thermometer in the background and constantly check the temps, and it has never gotten higher than 40 degrees C. The new ANTEC SX835 case has a lot of cooling capability too.

Does everyone agree that I should let it rest - unless I see spikes in the temps - or, should I open a can of worms and scrape off the excess icing?

Thanks!

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Considerably too much AS will create thermal build up, a little too much and the process of "pumping" will take care of it and may be partially responsible for the slight temp drops after several days with AS along with the alignment of the silver particles AS says is responsible for the improvement. In the final analysis I prefer the Shin-Estu because it's not messy at all and it's ubereasy to clean off, plus I experienced a 1c drop in temps compared to ASIII *shrugs shoulders* whatever.....

 

[Stasis]

read in - Especially if removing a frag pad from your CPU

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[aircooled]

I waste more AS3 squiting it onto a peice of scrap before I apply it to the core. Transparent layer is enough for me.