F-Stop Junkie Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I'm putting together a new PC, everything running at stock, standard Intel cooler, nothing overclocked.Is there any benefit using an aftermarket heatsink compound if i'm not overclocking? Should I just stick with the pads i've got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I've found the Snowy compound works best, keeps it cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 If you mean the silver thermal grease stuff, then I'd guess the better it is, the faster heat can dissipate and the fan can run at a lower speed, giving you a quieter machine. Thats what I'd have thought at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Dont put to much on though, as it will hider performance and not remove as much heat. A nice thin evenly spread layer is all you need. The silver thermal paste is best, like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 If your running it standard, there isn't any benefit in using Arctic Silver 5 or any aftermarket thermal compound. It's only when you start to raise the voltage an frequency that you need to keep the temperature down (maximise heat transfer efficiency) an try an keep it stable. If everythings standard, nothing overclocked, then there wont be any issues with stability. So it'd be a waste of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Bin the original noisy stock HSF and get one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....&subcat=821 much much quieter and performs much better. Doesn't break the bank either. Comes with its own fancy thermal paste too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 I'm running os x on my PC (yes, you did read that right, check out the osx86 project) and that's much harder on my cpu than other os'es and my cpu fan was constantly going full tilt, it actually was in my other os'es too actually, I removed the fan, cleaned the heatsink and accidentally removed the heatsink from the cpu. What that was originally on there seamed fried, a bit like if you put a bit of toothpaste on a finger and rub it for a while. I cleaned that and put some decent stuff on there, I don't know what compound it is exactly bit it looked like a silverish putty and cammed from a Intel Xeon heatsink packaging. Ever since, my cpu fan hasn't even went faster than usual, even when running intensive audio sessions in garageband with tons of other applications open (my computer ain't a fast machine).I don't know if it's the cleaning of the heatsink or the putty that did a difference, but my ears are happy. If I was in your position, I'd probably buy some quality stuff as I found it made a huge difference in my computer. Not like it was a huge investment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Talking of the silver paste and that fan you linked danny, just bought the paste and the socket 939 version of that fan lol.A decent fan is a definate buy, just so you dont go deaf from the terrible sound the stock fans make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 yea i have that arctic freezer 7 fan.. got a mercury style thermal paste.. its probably just mercury in a syringe to be honest they say it isnt but it behaves exactly the same. I lapped the top of my cpu also.. my little e6300 overlocked from 1.86ghz to 3.35ghz with that setup. Runs very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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