this amd is paper thin!!

[jer22]

d--n this xp-1700 is thin in comparison to the last 500 i installed. i now understand why the coppershim and rubber baby buggy bumpers are needed! this heatsink is the closest thing to a toyota radiator i've seen. can anybody define what a pinhead of thermal grease is i know it can't touch anything other than the blue/green (which is that little square in the middle of the cpu, right?) lmk, jer

 

[MedicBob]

Follow the instructions for whatever thermal compound you will use. I believe for Artic Silver the right amount is 1/2 a grain of white rice, size wise that is. Spead very thin over top of core and none on the chip surface, what the core is on, the PCP.

 

[CTho9305]

you DO NOT need a shim.

anyway: 1/2 grain of rice is good, smear it with a credit card or something hard and perfectly flat.



<< Spead very thin over top of core and none on the chip surface, what the core is on, the PCP. >>


PCP eh?