Conroe Temps: use thermal pads?

dagwoood · 13 Jan 2007 at 02:39

I think I may have one of the Conroe's that has a slightly curved IHS as my temperatures aren't that brilliant; mid 40's idle, up to 70's when I perform the TAT test.

I read that applying a generous amount of AS5 would help, and it did knock a couple of degrees of of my temps, but I wandered whether using an Akasa ShinEtsu Thermal Interface Pad would improve matters as this would help to counteract the effects of the convex IHS and fill out any gaps, if you follow my logic.

Or am I probably barking up the wrong tree?

Rig as per sig,using a stock Intel HSF and using TAT to arrive at my temps.

Nelly · 13 Jan 2007 at 03:00

Just found a review against Arctic Silver 3 looks about equal on that review.

http://www.tech-pc.co.uk/akasatim3.php - Date of Review: 12 September 2005.

I would just use the Arctic Silver 5.

furnace · 13 Jan 2007 at 10:35

I wouldn't bother with thermal pads myself... I bet they can be tricky to remove ..?

matt100 · 13 Jan 2007 at 11:55

how about lapping the heatspreader? I've seen that work?

Mr_T · 13 Jan 2007 at 12:13

I got a good temp drop from lapping my E6600

dagwoood · 13 Jan 2007 at 13:03

Thanks for the input guys, it's appreciated

Don't know whether I'm willing to lap my cpu as it'd invalidate the warranty; your braver than I am

I know Arctic Freezers at one time hadn't used to give the temp drops that people expected, but I've been told that Arctic are now applying more thermal paste to them to combat the curved IHS problem, so I may just get one of those and see how I go from there. Or for the sake of a couple of quid I may test out my theory and see if the pads work.

furnace, I've read that they aren't that hard to remove.

Thanks again, dagwoood.

micky1up · 13 Jan 2007 at 13:49

ok if you want to lap how do you do it? what materails do you need?