Should I replace the paste in the fan with Arctic Silver?

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:21 am

Intel, in its video for the installation of the 775 socket do not recommend to apply thermal paste, which is bizarre to me, as I can see that everybody in the world does.

I have got the E6750 and it comes with a pretty big fan, which has already three small traces of thermal compound. I’ve bought the Arctic Silver compound which is supposed to be the best of the market.

Should I replace the thermal paste or I just got this Arctic Silver for the sake of it? I’m confused.

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:55 am

oh this could be a long story. ill cut it short

in practical use it wouldnt probably be much differrence. if you remove the supplied "stuff" you would need to rinse before you do more. and if you did that, and applied your arctic silcer you would probably earn maybe 1 or 2 degrees celcius.

you COULD bring your cooler to someone you know who works in a workshop or similar, and let him grind your coolers surface to be more flat (and therefore optimal), THEN apply your arctic silver and maybe gain a 5 celcius improvement

Post by **garyb** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:29 pm

don't you think the manufacturer knows what they are doing?

i second the last post. i don't think it's worth the trouble, and the stock material has always worked well for me.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:03 pm

Bloody... So I will have to use it as toothspaste, I will become cooler now

Post by **garyb** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:36 pm

it'll come in handy some day....

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:20 pm

II have an idea:

“Darling, close your eyes… the moment you have been waiting for is here… I have a present for you, which is a lovely silver ring… give me your hand and close your eyes”…

“But darling, it seems kind of melting, isn’t it?”

“Oh, my beloved, climate changes are so strong today, hit is going up… well, I did my best”…

Post by **garyb** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:28 pm

arela · Post by **arela** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:37 pm

Don't take artic merchandise to tropic sectors!

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:04 pm

Yeaaa... I know... I

know you’re going to scold me for this! But I refuse not to use the Arctic Silver I’ve bought for the C2D, on my new build…

So I have completely removed the original, Intel paste and will use the Arctic instate!

Sometimes I think I’m getting mad, but this is what makes my life a much interesting piece of history to experience through

Post by **garyb** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:31 pm

that's right. void the warranty.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:52 pm

Are you kidding, Just for that? I never thought about that...

I hope you’re wrong. Well, after having done the job, I'm pretty confident it is better like this, as the past now covers the entire surface.

Now, when removing the Pentium 4 from the old Asus P4PE, I was surprised when realized I had in my hands the fan… and, the CPU attached to it! It was so well glued with the thermal paste that with both of my hands making strong pressure onto the P4, could not detached it. I had to take a knife and remove gently the paste till it started to move.

Then a tily little light came to my eyes from the CPU, so I fixed my eyes over it, and it was a pin that had bended to the outside… Ho s*#t, what a surprise! Well, I took again the knife and returned it into place, then installed it again, after cleaning everything and again, applying Arctic Silver…

I had to use it…

Gary: I will answer you fully, but when I have more time, about the PM. Cheers

Post by **garyb** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:04 am

i'm sure it'll be fine, Nestor!

you don't want that stuff where it doesn't belong, but otherwise it's good. the stock material works too. i was just teasing you for obsessing.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:45 am

I know, and you're right

steve reaver · Post by **steve reaver** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:20 pm

It may be too late to mention this now but what the heck..... Just be careful with the Arctic Silver, since it is electically conductive. If you use to much paste and it spills over the side and onto the motherboard it can cause a short and destroy things. This happened to a friend of mine and why I tend to keep away from it.

RvR

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:51 pm

Wow...

Interesting to know this... They say the paste is not conductive, you're probably talking about and old version of the paste. I don't know. Anyway, it is good to know it and take care. Thank you

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:57 pm

Nestor wrote: Now, when removing the Pentium 4 from the old Asus P4PE, I was surprised when realized I had in my hands the fan… and, the CPU attached to it! It was so well glued with the thermal paste that with both of my hands making strong pressure onto the P4, could not detached it. I had to take a knife and remove gently the paste till it started to move.

when I had to return my board (my first asus to die) to service, I had the same problem. I could get the cooler off, and that prevented me, of course, from using the socket lever to get it out in one piece.
when I applied some more force I had the whole thing in my hands suddenly. the cpu really got out of the socket with a closed lever...
I got the tip from the asus hotline to heat up the cooler with maybe a lighter, but I preferred to put it on top of my toaster. and, voila, some toasts later I was able to pull the cooler off easily (more or less).
fortunately I hadn't lost some pins inside the socket, I did not even bend one. and it still runs fine

I applied an arctic cooling fan later that came with his own paste pre-applied.

-greetings, markus-

steve reaver · Post by **steve reaver** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:47 pm

kylie wrote: I got the tip from the asus hotline to heat up the cooler with maybe a lighter, but I preferred to put it on top of my toaster. and, voila, some toasts later I was able to pull the cooler off easily (more or less).

maybe a hairdryer would be good for this ???

RvR

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:09 pm

steve reaver wrote:
kylie wrote: I got the tip from the asus hotline to heat up the cooler with maybe a lighter, but I preferred to put it on top of my toaster. and, voila, some toasts later I was able to pull the cooler off easily (more or less).
maybe a hairdryer would be good for this ???

interesting idea... didn't think of it that time. I'll give it a try, should I need to do it again next time

.
the toaster (actually a mini-grill with built in toaster; some people might know about the Tefal Toast'n'Grill ) was the next thing that came across, so I took it, since I hadn't much time.

-greetings, markus-