Artic Silver

[Miyake]

the dents on the bottom of my new heatsink has these 4 round dimples on it. are they for thermal paste to be placed or does it go in the center of the cpu?

[3rd gen noob]

on the centre
and not very much, a very thin layer, as thin as you can get really, 1mm or so

[Miyake]

cheers. so just enuff to bridge the gap between the two surfaces

what are the dents for?

[3rd gen noob]

don't know about the dents actually...i don't have them on one of my old heatsinks...

[Somebody1234]

The dents are the fastening points between the copper base and the aluminium heatsink. Don't be bothered by them. Just put a small coating of Arctic Silver onto the small raised surface of the CPU itself. Don't use much. Just a small layer to fill any tiny gaps. Then clip on the cooler.

[Path0gen]

So is Arctic Silver worth paying for?

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Path0gen@23 August 2003 - 01:14
So is Arctic Silver worth paying for?

arctic silver 3 is probably the best thermal paste available just now
if you want a couple of degrees drop, it may be worth buying (considering it'll only cost you a couple of £/&#036

[Benno]

Altough I would say you dont need if you havent got a very hot system or If you dont overclock your CPU

[Somebody1234]

It's not just for overclocking. I use it every time I assemble a PC.

Arctic Silver is a great product although if you already have heat transfer paste in place then it's not worth taking it all apart just to put some.

If you buy a small tube it goes a long way. You can use it on many CPUs as each one uses so little. That makes it very cost effective.

Never put a heatsink on without at least some sort of tranfer media.

[StOnEr]

AMD reccomends thermal paste for all their CPU's or they say they could malfunction