No Thermal Paste with Retail 2.8C?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Well, when I last built a system, my current one, there was a thermal paste to spread on it. It was a Williamette core 1.7Ghz. I got all my parts today, and while I won't be building till Friday, I wanted to make sure I got everything. Is ther thermal paste already on the heatsink and I pull the black thing off? Or what? Because in the instructions it doesn't mention anything at all about removing something or adding paste and there is no paste in the box. Could someone who has recently built a system with HT and the 800mhz FSB cpu please tell me what the change is?

*sigh* I know its a n00bie question but I don't want to mess up on something as simple as this...

 

[Viper96720]

The black thing is the thermal stuff.

 

[seismik]

I think you have the option of using the thermal pad (which is the black thing), or removing it and using thermal paste (which is not included).

seismik

 

[Viper96720]

That stuff works fine especially if you don't put on thermal paste right. I only had a 1-2degree difference between the pad and using as3.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
The black thing is the thermal stuff.

And I just leave it on, right? I have a slight feeling to take it off maybe if the paste is underneath it and that is just there to cover it. So should I leave it on or not?

 

[WarCon]

The black part is the TIM (thermal interface material). It consists of a layer of black thermal pad followed by a sheet of metal (unknown type. at least to me), then another layer of the black thermal pad. Why intel is using so many thermal layers is unknown to me, but the black square really is the thermal pad.

 

[Viper96720]

Leave it on that is the thermal pad. The silver foil over was to protect it.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Alrighty, then Warcon, Viper, and seismic.

 

[vaporize]

hey desi kid, can you tell us what parts you ordered with your new 2.8c computer & how much each part costs because i have seen you do some research here on what to buy.

 

[mrzed]

Yeah, if you want the warantee, leave it on. Taking off that pad gives up 3 years of protection. Me, I would take it off, but that's just because I trust both myself for knowing how to apply compound properly, and Intel, for giving me a CPU that will work. Those things get a lot of testing before they get sent out.

 

[Slogun]

Vaporize, the following exerpt from the July issue of CPU mag should get you started (it did for me):

The ABIT IC7 and ASUS P4C800 have proven to be solid boards, if you?re looking for suggestions. Adding to the sweetness of the 250MHz spot is the DCDDR ratio. A 5:4 (FSB:RAM) ratio is supported by the 875P chipset. This allows for our 250MHz FSB while running our DCDDR at 400MHz.

At this writing, the Pentium 4 2.4Cs were starting to show up in quantity in etailers, and it looks as though the price is going to settle out around U.S. $180. This means that you can get into a new 3GHz (overclocked) Canterwood system with 1GB of Corsair XMS DDR400 for about U.S. $600.