Periodic heatsink paste replacing??

[DioCassius]

I've got a tbird 800 which is right now just running on a generic hsf with the paste that came with it. I ordered some higher quality stuff which is in transit, but it the mean-time something strange happened. My cpu temp normally hovered around 32 degrees, and would go up to 50 after playing a 3D game for a while, but suddenly today the temp soared to 57 while just in windows d/ling some stuff. I was wondering if it's possible that an occational oil change is neccessary. I am also unsure of exately how to apply the heatsink paste. Do i just put it on the core, or on the whole top of the cpu?? thanks in advance for the insight.

 

[Zoltarc]

You just need to smear the heat paste over the die/core. A 1mm thick layer is recommended.

AMD says not to use heat paste becuase of pump out concerns. I have a Thunderbird 750 and a Duron 650. The Duron uses a thermal pad and the T/bird uses paste - Tunderbird runs cooler.