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Thermal grease

1pyro

1pyro

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I'm going to replace my relic k7s5a w/nf7-s v2, and wanted to know which brand of Therm grease I should consider. My cpu is Athlon xp 2400 T-bred w/stock heatsink and fan. No OC'ing.

Thanks,

Pyro
 
What criteria would I take into consideration that would determine whether I use Arctic Siver 5 or 3?

Thanks,
 
I'd recommend Ceramique, myself. Easiest HSF gunk to use that there ever was, and AS3 temps.
 
I didnt realize there was different difficulty levels for different pastes. Put a bit on heatsink, take an envelope or postcard-thickness paper, pick a little bit up on an edge, and schmear it over the core. 🙂
 
I read in some reviews that AS5 achieves lower temps than AS3, so I would go with that. I picked up a small tube at svc for $6, I think they have free shipping for AS5 last time I checked. I just remounted my heatsink yesterday with AS5 instead of the generic stuff and already noticing lower temperatures. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: 1pyro
What criteria would I take into consideration that would determine whether I use Arctic Siver 5 or 3?

Thanks,
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I meant either, same difference really.
 
Originally posted by: JeffreyY
I read in some reviews that AS5 achieves lower temps than AS3, so I would go with that. I picked up a small tube at svc for $6, I think they have free shipping for AS5 last time I checked. I just remounted my heatsink yesterday with AS5 instead of the generic stuff and already noticing lower temperatures. 🙂
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Yeah, but we're dealing with the retail heatsink, here...the difference will not be enough to worry about on any retail XP heatsink.
I just recommend Ceramique even for a retail one because it is even easier to use then generic, and that little 2.7g tube will do dozens of CPUs.

If you apply any grease to an XP, and remove the heatsink weeks or months later, and can read "Athlon XP" on the heatsink, you've done a good enough job 🙂.
 
Ceramique? I'm not familiar with that. But if it contains ceramic materials, it can't possibly be better than Arctic Silver 5 or Geil Copper. Ceramic is a nonconductive, insulator. It retains heat. If this is just a name, then disregard my concerns. 🙂
 
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