- Jun 14, 2003
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is too much thermal grease/compound bad?
i jus bought a new HSF the thermaltake volcano 9, and i have an AMD 2000xp
i smothered a layer of the stuff that cam with it across the chip, which looks smaller than imagined, then put a blob in the middle so that when the HSF was placed the blob spread out across the chip and the copper core on the v9.
so far its workin quite well, at full whack supposedly 4800rpm, (tho my mobo reckons its 5400rpm, and its an MSI which are quite good when it comes to sensing things) it keeps the chip nice and cool at 34 degrees C whilst idle, compared to the cheapo HSF i had b4 which kept the chip idling at 44-47 degrees.
ive never really changed a HSF before and i did have some help from my mate who knows a lot more than me about it, though he wasnt too sure either
have i done it about right?
i jus bought a new HSF the thermaltake volcano 9, and i have an AMD 2000xp
i smothered a layer of the stuff that cam with it across the chip, which looks smaller than imagined, then put a blob in the middle so that when the HSF was placed the blob spread out across the chip and the copper core on the v9.
so far its workin quite well, at full whack supposedly 4800rpm, (tho my mobo reckons its 5400rpm, and its an MSI which are quite good when it comes to sensing things) it keeps the chip nice and cool at 34 degrees C whilst idle, compared to the cheapo HSF i had b4 which kept the chip idling at 44-47 degrees.
ive never really changed a HSF before and i did have some help from my mate who knows a lot more than me about it, though he wasnt too sure either
have i done it about right?