need thermal paste

[faith4]

when u first put the processor into the mobo for the 1st time, do u need to put the thermal paste or watever is called into the processor top ?and then lay the hsf onto the top of the processor ?
and if i need to put that paste into the processor, do i need to it or does it come with the processor itself ?
and how much do i put it in and do i spread it out all over the top of the processor ?

 

[Deathstar1]

Most heatsinks come with a thermal pad, it will be a dark square on the mating surface of the heatsink.

 

[Ronco Rox]

the only time your going to need thermal paste is if you take the heatsink off the processor and put it back on.

 

[faith4]

so when u first put the processor and heatsink into the mobo , u dont need to put the thermal paste on it ?

 

[Ronco Rox]

well does your heatsink have the thermal pad on it?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

The heatsink that comes with the CPU should either have a TIM (Thermal Interface material) pad or thermal paste. As for the paste, just a very small amount is placed on the CPU and spread out in a very thin layer.

Check out this link for more info: AMD Processor Installation Videos.

 

[faith4]

well, the processor iam buying is this 1 "AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Windsor 2.0GHZ 2X512KB 89W 90NM Retail Box"
http://search.ncix.com/productdetail2.php?noheader=1&sku=18462
and does this processor have a thermal pad and screw mounting or clip mounting hsf ?
cuz on the video of amd processor installations, theres the 2 types , clip and screw hsf.

 

[ownage]

Retail always has a heatsink. But i would get rid of that thermal pad. Thermal pad = no no. Use some AS5 (and whatever you do, dont EVEN look at the Cool labratory liquid metal crap.)

 

[Ð88]

Retail always has a heatsink. But i would get rid of that thermal pad. Thermal pad = no no. Use some AS5 (and whatever you do, dont EVEN look at the Cool labratory liquid metal crap.)

Agreed. Thermal pads aren't the greatest for keeping the CPU cool. I switched to Arctic Silver 5 right away and it cools much much better. So, despite the fact that the CPU will come with a thermal pad or pre-applied thermal paste, i recommend you clean that off and re-apply it yourself.

 

[faith4]

is there a site where it can tell me how to remove the thermal pad ? and applying the thermal paste to the processor top ? or apply the thermal paste to the hsf bottom ( bottom to the top processor ) ?