Thermal Pad or Silicone based heatsink compound?

[Operandi]

Just got my Global Win FOP 32-1 that i will be using with my soon to arrive Athlon 850. I'll be overclocking so id like to know whats gona give me the best thermal performance? The pad on the heatsink or should remove it and use the compound. Its radioshack brand, not the best stuff im sure but its seems to work well.

Thanx

Phillip Doede

 

[730]

If your gonna overclock I REALLY suggest you invest $14.00 USD on some Artic Silver Paste. This stuff is great and will lower your CPU temp by 2C to 7C. The pad you can forget about it, remove it as soon as you get your heatsink. If not Artic Silver then go with the paste.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

No, Stick wtih the PAD if you aren't gonna use a quality grease... the Pad will perform a bit better than RS grease and won't dry out over time like RS grease has a tendency to do on t-bird/duron applications.


Mike

 

[ZeroBurn]

i'd stay away from the RS grease if you're trying to hit the 1ghz wall, definitely. i've seen it dry out on high end athlons (not so much on anything lower) but you really should use some AS or quality grease on it. it'd work better then the pad but i wouldn't hassle w/ the RS stuff.

 

[Subversal]

Buy some AS and never look back. The pad may work better then RS grease but it sticks to the core and its annoying to get off. With AS you don't have to worry about the that, and it's the best stuff you can buy/use. And since you can wait (soon to arrive Tbird), wait a little more and buy some AS

 

[Operandi]

Ok artic sliver it is. thanx for the help guys.

 

[twisted]

Does Artic Silver also dry out, and is there any need to re-apply it? Seems like it would have to dry eventually. But even with dry RS grease, it seems to make a bond that works well enough (45C, Celeron 433 @508). I can't see any significant temperature difference between now and 4 months ago when I first scraped the pad off and put RS grease on. It must be dry by now.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

AS Hasn't dried out the t-birds systems I put together last summer... 6 months so far... I don't forsee it drying out at all... it isn't silicone based greased, and it isn't the crap RS sells.

RS grease probably didnt' dry out for you... RS grease usually doesn't dry out, save the high-heat/high-clip-pressure applications on durons/t-birds.


Mike