stock thermal grease?

[N2K]

i just orderd my self the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130238

and should i clean the stock termal stuff and add arctic silver 5? if possible?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: stock thermal grease?

Wouldn't hurt. I plan on doing it.

[N2K]

Re: stock thermal grease?

did we order the same stuff? lol

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: stock thermal grease?

Yeah, that's a hell of a deal.

[N2K]

Re: stock thermal grease?

i know, ima sell the mobo, i wonder how much i can get for it at ebay

[mrbucket]

Re: stock thermal grease?

i just orderd my self the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130238

and should i clean the stock termal stuff and add arctic silver 5? if possible?

If your gonna take the stock cooler off, you might as well replace w/ artic cooling. It'll make a huge diff in the overall temp and keep your case slightly cooler.

Rig Specs:
P4 2.6 Northwood HT OC'ed to 2.8 (Zalman 7000/52c Load)
2 Gig's Corsair 3200 XMS Matched OC'ed to CPU
Abit Ic7-G MaxII w/active NB cooling
Intel 80 gig Ultra ATA storage
ATI Radeon X850 PRO (clock 530/581) W/AC
Maddog 500w psu
Antec Lanboy Case

[N2K]

Re: stock thermal grease?

another $46 but for now would that be good?

[mrbucket]

Re: stock thermal grease?

another $46 but for now would that be good?

I put it on my vid card and dropped it 10 degrees idle and 23 full load.

[toxik]

Re: stock thermal grease?

I doubt it would give you any big enough temp difference to OC it more. Plus I think you'll void the warranty and maybe make your temps 2 degrees lower.

[openheimer]

Re: stock thermal grease?

Artic Silver is essential if you plan to Oc the heat transfer contact point has to be consistent for most CPUs. You will notice when you replace enough chips that the stock stuff is almost always patchy.

A word of warning though, Artic silver will cause substantially more adhesion so if you are removing a fan use a twisting motion to break the seal or you might break pins when the CPU comes of with the fan.