What Thermal Paste

Hi,
I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the
thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly
exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of
type of paste and source? Dean

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:24:23 PM UTC-6, Dean-MN wrote:
Hi,

I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the

thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly

exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of

type of paste and source? Dean

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007

On 1/28/2014 2:24 PM, Dean-MN wrote:
Hi,
I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply
the thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind
nearly exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best
choice of type of paste and source? Dean

As Bob mentioned, Arctic Silver 5 is considered as top of the line for
thermal paste. Although I would be very curious why you think you need
to replace a heatsink?

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Bill
Dell Latitude Slate Tablet 128GB SSD ('12 era) - Thunderbird v12
Intel Atom Z670 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1

You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he means!

"Bob_Villa" wrote in message
...
You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he
means!

Hi,
Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'.
It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545.
I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!'
Dean

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:56:28 PM UTC-6, Dean-MN wrote:
"Bob_Villa" wrote in message

...

You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he

means!



Hi,

Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'.

It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545.

I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!'

Dean

I said you were probably NOT literally, replacing your heat-sink...so how is he right?

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:56:28 PM UTC-5, Dean-MN wrote:
"Bob_Villa" wrote in message

...

You're being too literal...take-off, then put-back is most likely what he

means!



Hi,

Bill is correct. Maybe I should have written 'remove, clean then replace'..

It's the standard procedure for cleaning the heat sink of an Inspiron 1545.

I didn't heed mayor George Shinn's warning. 'You watch your phraseology!'

Dean

I've never gotten hung up on using the best thermal paste, but then I do not advocate overclocking where heat transfer becomes most critical. For the 1545, I am sure a dab of most any thermal paste will do ya. You don't need to apply it smoothly. When you crank down the 5 screws to secure the heat sink, the thermal paste gets spread out very smoothly by the pressure.

Or to put it differently, I am a pragmatist, not a purist... Ben Myers

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Hi,
I may need to remove and replace a heat sink and will need to reapply the
thermal paste. While shopping online for a suitable paste my mind nearly
exploded looking through the hundreds of choices. Is there a best choice of
type of paste and source? Dean

Despite all the advertising hype for products like Artic Silver,
laboratory testing has found very little difference. Any good brand is
fine.
I've used this one for years, for example, -
http://www.startech.com/Computer-Par...Thermal-Paste-
Grease-Compound-for-Heatsinks~HEATGREASE20