simple question, easy answer...paranoid user.

[vtohthree]

well, I got my opteron 146 in, and when I took out the plastic over from the bottom of the stock heat sink I accidently scratched off(more like a line/groove on a corner) some of the thermal adhesive puddy with my nail. So now I'm paranoid that if I use it, it will be uneven on the processor, or that blank spot where the groove is will not have contact and heat dissipation for that spot....


So..should I just go ahead and wipe off all the thermal puddy from the surface and apply some new stuff? Yeah I'm a noob... I've always just built comps with the stock heatsinks+fan in the past...actually my 486's and pentium 1's didn't even have a fan i don't think.... just had that really tough adhesive.. anyways...OR.. should I just wipe it off and just put some AS5 on the top of the processor and slap the HS on and call it a day?

 

[Ike0069]

If you already have some AS5, then go ahead and use that. But I wouldn't worry about the using paste. It gets smahed down to an extremely thin layer anyways, so it will be fine.

 

[Unkno]

might as well to just wipe it all off and use AS5, peace of mind and lower temps.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Unkno
might as well to just wipe it all off and use AS5, peace of mind and lower temps.

not necessari;y lower temps!
For every one person who claims to get lower temps with AS5 there are 2 or 3 who post that they saw no dramatic improvement in temps.

 

[vtohthree]

thanks for the responses guys!