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Invoke UFicle: Boxed CPU thermal compound by PeKaJe 2008-08-26 04:56:13
I recently bought a boxed Intel Quad core and I'm wondering if the thermal compound that comes with the heat sink is good enough, or if it is worth getting some other thermal compound and replacing it. Or could I even replace it at a later date if I find it's not good enough? Years back I got a heat sink with a relatively poor thermal compound that melted and hardened in a way that prevented it from being cleaned sufficiently, but maybe Intel makes something better?
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  I have never had a problem with that.. by karl-henrik2008-08-26 05:06:16
    No overclocking planned by PeKaJe2008-08-26 05:50:37
  Here is your answer. by manxmania2008-08-26 05:12:34
    wow. It boils at >250C, melts at 1970C. (n/t) by manxmania2008-08-26 05:17:58
      That's impressive. by jmaxsohmer2008-08-26 05:19:25
        The grease boils, the metal oxides melt. by manxmania2008-08-26 05:22:15
        Probably at a lower pressure than the triple point by bwkaz2008-08-26 05:24:17
      Must be a typo, I bet it melts at 197C ... by NDwight2008-08-26 05:23:18
        Sounds much more like it. (n/t) by manxmania2008-08-26 05:24:57
        So it's a liquid at a colder temp then it's solid? (n/t) by EndlessWaves2008-08-26 05:30:32
          I suspect its a solid at -250C or less. (n/t) by NDwight2008-08-26 06:13:43
    Yup same stuff I use, cheap as chips too (n/t) by intrinsic2008-08-26 06:13:56
  I don't think it'll cause any problem by EndlessWaves2008-08-26 05:33:06
  It should be OK but for some good easily available by Classic_Jon2008-08-26 07:36:24
    I used to have a tube of the stuff by PeKaJe2008-08-26 08:00:51

 

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