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calm down there big dawg! Take your time...I am curious why you are messing with the HSF already...I thought all you were trying to do now was put the basics together...I thought we understood that was the main objective at first...to get the thing up and running. :01:
Edit: and you should definatlely remove that money avatar because you dont have it anymore!
because thermal paste is alot better then thermal pad...so i took the pad off so i can put paste
Would circut city have paste? or best buy? or would it have to be just a computer store..cuz none of them will be open tomm lol.
Also...does anyone know how to mount another fan onto a HS? I have a spare 80mm fan and I think that might help cool my processor more then this little 60mm thing
lol i still have every bit of that money
Another bigger fan? Depending on the heatsink, it may be possible to screw directly into it....whilst not pretty or up to some peoples standards, itll do :P
Well I might be able to just screw it in yeah...but IT WONT FIT lol the fans to big to be screwed into the heatsink even..maybe glue...but i think NOT lol it would cool it off ALOT tho i bet
Plus it would glow blue :D
Probably not.
If you want to use a bigger fan, the best method is to install a fan adaptor.
VB has posted a tutorial on how to make one or you can buy them.
Moving the fan away from the HS will help eliminate the deadspot.
ah i didnt know the size of your heatsink....in that case, you could spend hours making a brace to support it, or do what everyone else does and lob it in a handy location of your case
They won't give you instuctions on how to remove the thermal pad. They expect you to use the pad and not Arctic silver.
You can use the 60mm fan for now. Put it together with the basics first. If you get into each detail of how you could modify you installation on the first time this will take forever.
Ask me later, after your computer has been running for at least a few day, so that I can help you with using a 80mm fan.
If you would have listened to my previous post then you would be able to be running it today instead of having to wait until you can get some Arctic silver (it's gonna be hard to find some on xmas day).
Oh Dad.
You're such a bummer....
Hey bigdawg, my stuff came today too!
And 15 mins earlier than Fedex predicted last friday!!!
Love my new Thermaltake Volcano 11+, it screams!
And my new mobo rox.
Btw, bigdawg, did you get any free newegg stuff with your buy? I got a case badge, over a shirt, :lol:
But the case badge looks real nice to my Athlon XP one.