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Thermal Paste working its way out due to thermal expansion rates
I've read that according to AMD they don't recommend using thermal pastes
because they work themselves out from in between the heatsink and the CPU due to different thermal expansion rates of the two. Unfortunately they don't say how long it takes for this to occur. I don't do any major overclocking (66 Mhz overclock on a Athlon XP 2500+), and am currently using the original HSF and thermal pad that came with my CPU. However, during full load (Prime95) my CPU Diode hits 68C after two minutes. I'm thinking of maybe upgrading to a better heatsink (like the Vantec AeroFlow or the Thermaltake Silent Boost ... don't like noise) but I'm worried about this phenomenon of thermal paste working it's way out. I don't want to find my CPU overheating one day, cause that will be the day when I don't have MBM5 running and nothing will catch the problem. I also don't want to find myself having to reapply thermal paste every few months. I'd like to not open this maching up for the next two years. Anybody got any idea of the time lines that we're looking at for the thermal paste to work its way out? Thank you for any help, Harry -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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You have nothing to worry about. The paste will do it's job just fine. I
had an athlon 1ghz Tbird with plain cheap ass thermal paste for almost 2 years and it never had a problem. Infact, when I went from the thermal pad to plain thermal paste on my Athlon 2600 + (333mhz fsb) I shaved off about 4 degrees. "Harry Muscle" wrote in message ... I've read that according to AMD they don't recommend using thermal pastes because they work themselves out from in between the heatsink and the CPU due to different thermal expansion rates of the two. Unfortunately they don't say how long it takes for this to occur. I don't do any major overclocking (66 Mhz overclock on a Athlon XP 2500+), and am currently using the original HSF and thermal pad that came with my CPU. However, during full load (Prime95) my CPU Diode hits 68C after two minutes. I'm thinking of maybe upgrading to a better heatsink (like the Vantec AeroFlow or the Thermaltake Silent Boost ... don't like noise) but I'm worried about this phenomenon of thermal paste working it's way out. I don't want to find my CPU overheating one day, cause that will be the day when I don't have MBM5 running and nothing will catch the problem. I also don't want to find myself having to reapply thermal paste every few months. I'd like to not open this maching up for the next two years. Anybody got any idea of the time lines that we're looking at for the thermal paste to work its way out? Thank you for any help, Harry -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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