thermal grease.
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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thermal grease.
Im building my new computer right now and was wondering how much Artic silver 5 am i supposed to put on the AMD chip? and how am i supposed to spread it evenly? RESPOND ASAP. and for the XP-120 are the heatpipes supposed to face the front of the case or are they supposed to face downward?
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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the heatpipes can face any which way direction for the xp-120.
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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And you put a minimal amount of thermal paste on the chip, you don't want it squishing out of the sides or anything.
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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thank you so much. TY for removable mob trays! my videocard is almost as long as the motherboard...ive never seen such a big card
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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u might want to put some on.. and then take it back off to see if you're getting proper coverage, cleaning it with rubbing alcohol.
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Samson
u might want to put some on.. and then take it back off to see if you're getting proper coverage.
If he puts an ample amount on there and covers *most* of the thing, he'll be fine.
The thermal paste isn't going to make, or break, his cooling patterns.
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:45 PM
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another question. Can i put the RAM in DIMM's 2 and 4 since 1 is covered by my heatsink?
Feb 20, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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another question. Can i put the RAM in DIMM's 2 and 4 since 1 is covered by my heatsink?
Yes.
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Feb 20, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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Yes.
Unless it's an Apple Desktop G5. =]
Feb 20, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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That thermal grease wasn't easy for me to get right. Too much is bad, too little is bad. You have to get the thickness just so...
thermal grease.
