Longest time without thermal paste.

[MoDsOuRcEdOtNeT]

Whats the longest you could have your comp on without frying with out thermal paste? My friend says he has a comp without any thermal paste for over a year. I think hes lieing

 

[BillLeeLee]

Are we basically saying that we're running our comps with nothing between the HS and proc (not just thermal paste, but also the thermal pads that come with most heatsinks)? If so, then 0 minutes total.

 

[SkaarjMaster]

Yep, your friend probably has a thermal pad. Tell him you dare him to remove it, hehe.

 

[diredesire]

i say you could run one with no stability issues without thermal paste. It'd just get really hot. A p4 could definitely do it (although it might throttle itself down, but it COULD do it). I think an AMD could as well, just hot.

of course, if we're talking about if i'd do it myself, no. if it's smart, no.

 

[Wixard]

Like i said in the other thread the only thing between my proc and HS is dirt. and just a few specs. There isnt much there. (ive been running almost 24/7 for a month now on this proc, last one almost 24/7 for a year or two. )

 

[ZenOps]

An older P4 would more than likely work just fine without paste (but might throttle) There is no question anything older than a P3 would be ok.

If the heatsink and CPU are relatively flat, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Its always better to have any type of thermal material sandwiched between compared to air though - As long as its not thick enough to physically push the heatsink away from the surface of the CPU... Heck, even sardine oil is better than air.

 

[Big Worm]

Originally posted by Wixard
Like i said in the other thread the only thing between my proc and HS is dirt. and just a few specs. There isnt much there. (ive been running almost 24/7 for a month now on this proc, last one almost 24/7 for a year or two. )

Why not just grab some thermal paste?

 

[Wixard]

Originally posted by Big Worm
Why not just grab some thermal paste?

Because ill be upgrading within the next week or two. Its perfectly stable. No need imo. When i do get a new computer, ill probably keep it as a test machine, just to test parts. Nics, modems, vid cards, older ram, hd's, cd roms etc. Last proc had paste residue also, not quite paste, not quite there. Ran fine. Long as its stable i dont care (Since im the sole user)

 

[Sc0rched]

I have ran some P2s and K6s with no fan before, and some with no thermal paste or pad. Ofcourse those run alot cooler..

 

[BLsibub666]

yeah well alot of P2s where passive, 1/2 the P2 compaqs Ive seen are passive

 

[Wixard]

k6-2s got hot enough to fry an egg on

Ive seen some OEM p3's and p2's without a fan.

k6-2s were neat. I could get a 50mhz o/c on a 350, not bad at the time

 

[Big Worm]

Originally posted by Wixard
k6-2s got hot enough to fry an egg on

Ive seen some OEM p3's and p2's without a fan.

k6-2s were neat. I could get a 50mhz o/c on a 350, not bad at the time

Actually I always thought they were crap overclockers considering you could get like 200mhz out of a 300a.

 

[8Complex]

My pII 400 has been running (hard) without thermal compound for the last 6 years. Granted I do have a dual fan heatsink on it, and just OC'd it this month (wooo! 400-> 450).

 

[WackDaddy]

What CPU does he have? I ran my duron with stock hsf on an 8KHA+ for a long time with no problems. No thermal paste/pad

 

[maxkilling]

why not use motor oil

 

[RicKuRuKuS]

i have thermal pad in mine... prety gheto, lol

-warsaw

 

[thevidon]

Originally posted by BLsibub666
yeah well alot of P2s where passive, 1/2 the P2 compaqs Ive seen are passive

umm my new dell gx600 that i got at work has a p4 2.8 HT that is passively cooled. In fact the whole box ix passively cooled from the chipset to the GPU to the CPU. Way to go dell huh?

 

[BillLeeLee]

Heh, Dells push silence over performance. My Dell 8100 uses passive cooling on the CPU, and has only the one case fan and the PSU fan. It still uses the fan on the ATi card however.

It gets a little toasty.

 

[TekieB]

i've been running a xp1700 (oc'ed 11X175) for about 6 months 24/7 folding with no thermal paste or pad.

 

[oldbrave]

Ok, let me throw my handful of beads (2 cents) in here !
My experience with computers and micro electronics goes back to the Z-80 days, so I have some small amount of knowledge and experience and am NOT just some dumb Indian !
I am NOT impressed with anyone who says they have or are running a CPU with no thermal paste or pad! Now there is a BIG difference between passive cooling and no thermal interface !
How can you trust advice from someone with so little reguard for the basic premise that heat WILL damage electronic components??
Some may think it's cool (NO pun intended) to tell the world that they aren't using any thermal interface, but in MY opinion it just demonstrates a lack of common sense and just how little thay actually know about what thay are messing with !
Now for those who are gonna get pissed about what I've said, go ahead and flame me and make my point !!!

 

[WackDaddy]

As one of the people who have done this:

Originally posted by oldbrave

I am NOT impressed with anyone who says they have or are running a CPU with no thermal paste or pad! Now there is a BIG difference between passive cooling and no thermal interface !
How can you trust advice from someone with so little reguard for the basic premise that heat WILL damage electronic components??
Some may think it's cool (NO pun intended) to tell the world that they aren't using any thermal interface, but in MY opinion it just demonstrates a lack of common sense and just how little thay actually know about what thay are messing with !

-Wasn't recommending this.
-Wasn't trying to impress anyone
-I'm using as3. That was an old duron.
-Was more that I didn't give a crap about that $20 chip than a lack of of knowledge
-Temps were fine
-You are the god of all that is thermal paste, congrats.

 

[DJDishwateR]

Originally posted by WackDaddy
As one of the people who have done this:



-Wasn't recommending this.
-Wasn't trying to impress anyone
-I'm using as3. That was an old duron.
-Was more that I didn't give a crap about that $20 chip than a lack of of knowledge
-Temps were fine
-You are the god of all that is thermal paste, congrats.

He wasnt trying to be a dick, he's just applying his knowledge of computers and a little common sense to it is all.

 

[WackDaddy]

I hate you Kenny.

 

[Wixard]

Originally posted by oldbrave
Ok, let me throw my handful of beads (2 cents) in here !
My experience with computers and micro electronics goes back to the Z-80 days, so I have some small amount of knowledge and experience and am NOT just some dumb Indian !
I am NOT impressed with anyone who says they have or are running a CPU with no thermal paste or pad! Now there is a BIG difference between passive cooling and no thermal interface !
How can you trust advice from someone with so little reguard for the basic premise that heat WILL damage electronic components??
Some may think it's cool (NO pun intended) to tell the world that they aren't using any thermal interface, but in MY opinion it just demonstrates a lack of common sense and just how little thay actually know about what thay are messing with !
Now for those who are gonna get pissed about what I've said, go ahead and flame me and make my point !!!

You dont need "expierience that goes back to the z-80" days to know you should prolly use thermal paste. Sure it makes a differance, a few C, but if someone doesnt feel like applying it for whatever reason and it runs stable, who gives a hoot?

if you get this worked up over paste maybe you need to chill out? (pun intended...har har)

 

[batotman]

God some of you are so ignorant. Thermal paste is not the end all to be all. Sure it helps temps significantly. But no thermal interface material of any sort is not going to kill your processor.

It will only run warmer and will not "fry" it.

For your viewing pleasure and he puts toothpaste on a heatsink...

http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm