nv silencer and amd HSF. Thermal pads or artic ceramique?

[Erik in sac]

I have some artic ceramique thermal paste, should I scrape off the thermal pads that are pre-installed on the NV silencer and/or the stock amd HSF and use the artic stuff? Or do whatever thermal pads they come with already work pretty good. (x2 4200+ cpu).

Anyone using the NV silencer 5 rev3 that used the pad it came with? Does it work just fine?

Thanks, I am just trying to see if its worth the fuss of removing the pads if they don't cool any worse. I cant wait to get this new rig done! Anticipation is killing me. sorry for so many Q's.

 

[Cerb]

IMO, don't. The center stuff, where the GPU contacts, might be worth doing. The RAM pads definitely won't be worth replacing.

 

[Bobthelost]

I didn't bother, and i have no complaints