Arctic 64 Freezer Pro - Fitting Advice

nheather · 27 Jun 2006 at 10:24

PLEASE IGNORE - I'VE JUST SPOTTED A THREAD WHICH ANSWERS THIS QUESTION - SORRY, SHOULD HAVE LOOKED MORE CAREFULLY.

I have parts for an upgrade, including an Athlon64 3700 and an Arctic 64 Freezer Pro.

After quick inspection I notice that the Arctic 64 Freezer Pro is pre-fitted with a thermal compound.

Now, in the past with lesser heatsinks, I have removed the pre-applied stuff and used Arctic Silver 3 compound instead.

However, before doing this I'd thought I'd check with you guys first ....

The Heatsink has non-metallic MX-1 paste pre-applied and according to the Arctic-Cooling site this is as good if not slightly better than AS3.

So should I just install as per the instructions or should I use AS3 instead - what do you guys do?

Cheers,

Nigel

Paul_Robson · 27 Jun 2006 at 12:07

I just fitted mine and it works fine. The already preapplied stuff is made by artic, so its good stuff. Youll be fine

Its working great on my opteron 146 with an 800mhz overclock

k3v · 27 Jun 2006 at 19:18

I left it on and used it too.

Silver_&_Gold · 28 Jun 2006 at 16:09

I removed it and used AS3 because the amount of compound they used is far too much imho.

booyaka · 28 Jun 2006 at 16:28

left it on and used the stuff on the cooler - works fine for me.

Jukesy · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:33

Would you like to elaborate on where that thread was located please? Received my arctic cooler today and i was to be sure which lug to mount first? is it the one with the retention clip or not? most h/s have a little clip on the left side where you can push down and out with a flathead screwdriver but this one doesnt?

please help
Kris

nheather · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:41

Haven't fitted mine yet - just getting to grips with just how much data I need to keep and move off my machine before attempting a rebuild - reckon it would have been cheaper just to buy a new hard disk!!!

Anyway, my original question was about the quality of the supplied thermal compound. The thread I'm referring too (which I didn't save) confirmed that the supplied MX-1 compound is every bit as good as AS5.

Cheers,

Nigel

Silver_&_Gold · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:42

nheather said:
Haven't fitted mine yet - just getting to grips with just how much data I need to keep and move off my machine before attempting a rebuild - reckon it would have been cheaper just to buy a new hard disk!!!

This is why people who know what they are doing use partitions

nheather · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:36

I have got partitions - 3 of them - one as MAIN, one as GAMES, and one as DATA.

I do know what I'm doing - I was actually referring to trying to remember all the things that you have stored (like passwords, favourites, windows keys, IRC servers, saved game files, email, documents, pictures). Most are where I put them but it's surprising where things get tucked away - especially games and apps that insist on using c:\documents and settings even though the application is installed on another partition.

Takes time to make sure you have got everything and not missing that little bit of info that is going to be a real pain to reproduce.

Cheers,

Nigel

Silver_&_Gold · 6 Jul 2006 at 23:55

nheather said:
I have got partitions - 3 of them - one as MAIN, one as GAMES, and one as DATA.

I do know what I'm doing - I was actually referring to trying to remember all the things that you have stored (like passwords, favourites, windows keys, IRC servers, saved game files, email, documents, pictures). Most are where I put them but it's surprising where things get tucked away - especially games and apps that insist on using c:\documents and settings even though the application is installed on another partition.

Takes time to make sure you have got everything and not missing that little bit of info that is going to be a real pain to reproduce.

Cheers,

Nigel

c:\documents and settings is easily moved away from C: using some basic registry editing (Google for guides if your not confident)

Nothing is saved onto my C: drive which ONLY contains the Windows OS files, when I need to restore my ghost image I need to back up ZERO files

Tip) Use the Fantastic nLite program to move your windows default install folder away from C:\Program Files --> D:\Program Files, saves having to change location all the time when installing programs and forces the lame programs away from C: that refuse to let you choose where they go :-)