Hello all. I just switched my cpu over to a new mobo and I'm afriad that I dont have enough thermal grease. How much should I put on and is there a way to tell if I got enough put on? Perhaps there is a program that will give you the temp of your cpu? if so what is normal temp? Thanks.
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A good program is Speedfan . There you can also find specific profiles for your motherboard, if there are any. As far as normal temps for your processor, it depends on the processor. Use google search for those. type in the name and model of your processor and the word "temps," that should get you started.
Nexrus said:
Some will harden a bit when cool, but as soon as you run the system the paste will heat up and reflow. Don't stress about it. People put WAY too much effort into applying thermal paste. Put a little glob, about a pea sized, and let the HSF distribute it. It'll fill the spaces that it needs to.
AS is the best thermal conductive 'stuff' you can buy. It's basically pure silver. Anyway, read the instructions on arctic silver website for application; HOWEVER, I've found that simply spreading a thin layer with a razor blade is the best overall approach. I think about 2 bb's is the size I've used. Also, you should cycle your pc on/off...run it at 100% load then off for the night.
Temps are down here in texas, but after lapping my HS & my CPU (until the copper shows through), my idle temps are now 35 & system temp (I lapped my p5b deluxe passive HS for the NB as well) is 33. Load temps do not exceed 51C. Before lapping they would reach 60 and idle temps were 44.
This is a BIG improvement for me. My air cooling is BETTER than with the watercooling of a nautilus (corsair) water system & much better than with the thermaltake silent water system (i've tried both).
I also tried the zalman 9500cnps fan and it was much louder and not as good as my air cooling---Thermaltake Typhoon in sig.
LAPPING is the most important thing you can do, imho, as I"ve tried almost everything to achieve these sort of temps.
Am I off topic? :lol
Temps are down here in texas, but after lapping my HS & my CPU (until the copper shows through), my idle temps are now 35 & system temp (I lapped my p5b deluxe passive HS for the NB as well) is 33. Load temps do not exceed 51C. Before lapping they would reach 60 and idle temps were 44.
This is a BIG improvement for me. My air cooling is BETTER than with the watercooling of a nautilus (corsair) water system & much better than with the thermaltake silent water system (i've tried both).
I also tried the zalman 9500cnps fan and it was much louder and not as good as my air cooling---Thermaltake Typhoon in sig.
LAPPING is the most important thing you can do, imho, as I"ve tried almost everything to achieve these sort of temps.
Am I off topic? :lol
here is the link for Arcticsilver 5 thermal compund
http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm
and here is the instrusction on how to use in on intel's dual core processors
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf
http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm
and here is the instrusction on how to use in on intel's dual core processors
http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_dual_wcap.pdf
You should put as much AS5 as you need on both heatsink and cpu. I know the company says put it only on the cpu, but that thin layer may not be adequete to compensate for poorly sanded heatsinks.
I have never seen too much AS5 (within reason man), cause the temperatures skyrocket. Having too little I have seen it go higher than with more.
One more thing, the Artic Silver site says you should apply the AS5 vertically and spread it that way as core is actually in middle going vertical. That being the case, look carefully at your heatsink and look at the grind marks, if they mostly go vertical and you have the option of changing orientation of the heatsink, the make sure the grind marks are vertical to the cpu.
I did mine without the stated above paragraphs, and also the above and found about 2-3c difference.
I have never seen too much AS5 (within reason man), cause the temperatures skyrocket. Having too little I have seen it go higher than with more.
One more thing, the Artic Silver site says you should apply the AS5 vertically and spread it that way as core is actually in middle going vertical. That being the case, look carefully at your heatsink and look at the grind marks, if they mostly go vertical and you have the option of changing orientation of the heatsink, the make sure the grind marks are vertical to the cpu.
I did mine without the stated above paragraphs, and also the above and found about 2-3c difference.