Need some help with Volcano 5

[ViperXX]

I got a volcano 5 heatsink and fan. It has whats called a Thermal Pad on the bottom of the heatsink. My question is do I need to put any thermal compound between the heatsink and dye or is the thermal pad enough to transfer the heat from the cpu to the heatsink?

 

[ssanches]

The bergquist TIM should be fine. However it's only a one-time use material. If you need to pull off the CPU later, you'll have to remove the TIM and apply some thermal grease.

 

[Acanthus]

yup