Edd
16th July 2004, 20:25
I feel slightly silly asking this question, but I am genuinely confused.
I've got the application of thermal paste pretty sussed on the few AMD processors I've used, and the ATi core.
But having never used a P4, the concept of heatspreaders confuses me a little, as the new AMD Athlon 64s have got one, and I've just ordered a 3000+ chip.
How much do you use??
I know that only the core needs to be covered on the XPs, so is the theory the same - i.e. just a small amount dead in the center - or should the entire heatspreader have a layer of the stuff?
A friend of mine bought a shuttle and A64 a few weeks ago and got a bit overzealous with the paste. His initial temps were a bit high so he pulled the chip and heatsink out, and had to use brute force to get the chip off the heatsink! The thermal paste had created such a bond that the chip flew across the room when he finally got it off :eek:
Obviously he used a *little* bit too much ;), but what's the right amount to use?
I've got the application of thermal paste pretty sussed on the few AMD processors I've used, and the ATi core.
But having never used a P4, the concept of heatspreaders confuses me a little, as the new AMD Athlon 64s have got one, and I've just ordered a 3000+ chip.
How much do you use??
I know that only the core needs to be covered on the XPs, so is the theory the same - i.e. just a small amount dead in the center - or should the entire heatspreader have a layer of the stuff?
A friend of mine bought a shuttle and A64 a few weeks ago and got a bit overzealous with the paste. His initial temps were a bit high so he pulled the chip and heatsink out, and had to use brute force to get the chip off the heatsink! The thermal paste had created such a bond that the chip flew across the room when he finally got it off :eek:
Obviously he used a *little* bit too much ;), but what's the right amount to use?