Heatsinks glue?

psychas · 26 Dec 2007 at 21:56

well i had to heat sinks stuck to mine 2900 ram and i switched to 8800gts and they not hold anymore what glue you can sue to stick them on ? maybe even some house material glue? or i have to nuy that special active silver ram sink glue ?

celliott · 26 Dec 2007 at 22:06

Pretty sure you use Ceramique paste for that kind of thing as it goes hard and sets.

helmutcheese · 26 Dec 2007 at 22:09

Can also weaken the mix with the TIM instead of pure Epoxy so it can be removed incase of RMA (pulls off but 20mins in freezer makes it far easier).

I used to Mix AS5 with AS Epoxy, I know some wont use Silver near Memory but I was carefull and its not that easy to conduct (read their site).

Could do same with Ceramic.

gurusan · 26 Dec 2007 at 22:10

use some isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters to clean off the old stuff then buy some of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-001-AK

psychas · 4 Jan 2008 at 16:13

will ceramique arctic silver do ?

iKettles · 4 Jan 2008 at 16:34

Thought you were supposed to use double sided thermal tape?

Brian Stuart · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:30

gurusan said:
use some isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters to clean off the old stuff then buy some of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-001-AK

As gurusan said. Its cheap and it works

wolvers · 4 Jan 2008 at 23:37

gurusan said:
use some isopropyl alcohol and coffee filters to clean off the old stuff then buy some of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-001-AK

Seems the reviewer used this on his cpu and it worked well! Anyone else ever tried this?

C64 · 4 Jan 2008 at 23:38

Just use arctic silver in center with 2 tiny dots of superglue in 2 corners of each sink works a treat.

gurusan · 4 Jan 2008 at 23:53

wolvers69 said:
Seems the reviewer used this on his cpu and it worked well! Anyone else ever tried this?

ermm I would disregard that review. lol!

Richie P · 5 Jan 2008 at 05:35

gurusan said:
ermm I would disregard that review. lol!

Yeah, he's obviously used it on his processor in comparison to no thermal interface at all :eek:

I've used a 1:1 blend of Arctic Silver Adhesive and Arctic Silver Ceramique, which works out to 1 part "Part A" Adhesive, 1 part "Part B" Adhesive and 2 parts Ceramique.

Firmly stuck, and snaps off with a little force.

Also, cleans off with some isopropyl alcohol.

wolvers · 5 Jan 2008 at 09:16

gurusan said:
ermm I would disregard that review. lol!

You've tried it then?

gurusan · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:18

wolvers69 said:
You've tried it then?

good lord no.

Thermal PASTE is meant for cpus....in theory the Akasa thermal tape should work....but definitely not the same as thermal paste.

prosser13 · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:20

He doesn't say that he used it on his CPU...

For all we know, that could be his graphics cards temperatures

wolvers · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:25

prosser13 said:
He doesn't say that he used it on his CPU...

For all we know, that could be his graphics cards temperatures

So if it works on a gpu, why shouldn't it work on a cpu?

gurusan · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:44

Either way it's designed for use with ramsinks and mosfets....just use thermal paste like everyone else.

wolvers · 5 Jan 2008 at 10:54

Don't patronise me pal.

I just wondered if anyone had really tried it cos it's different.

prosser13 · 5 Jan 2008 at 11:28

wolvers69 said:
So if it works on a gpu, why shouldn't it work on a cpu?

It's adhesive, which means that it's not going to be pure thermal paste - it's going to be part thermal paste and part bonding agent.

Therefore, you'll get lower temperatures by using a pure thermal paste which will be a better heat conductor.