Thermal paste for my A64 4800+

Ezyryder

Ezyryder

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Hi guys

I have just bought an Artic Cooling Freezer 64 pro fro my 4800+ to replace the stock cooler but I wanted to ask if I will need to also buy thermal paste as I havent got any.

Thanks
 
THE HS should come with some if its new. A tube of AS5 is very usefull to have around anyway as its widely regarded as the best aftermarket thermal compound and if you change/reseat your HSF regular then you will need some extra thermal compound. circa £5
 
I may be wrong but I recall reading somewhere that Arctic Silver was not a good compound to use with AMD CPUs. As I understand it, Arctic Silver is conductive and this could cause a short should the compound find its way to any pins.

I use Arctic Ceramique which, I understand does not carry such a risk on my Athlon FX57.
 
Leporello said:
I may be wrong but I recall reading somewhere that Arctic Silver was not a good compound to use with AMD CPUs. As I understand it, Arctic Silver is conductive and this could cause a short should the compound find its way to any pins.

I use Arctic Ceramique which, I understand does not carry such a risk on my Athlon FX57.
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Sorry to say it but you're wrong m8. AS-5 is HIGHLY recommended for use with any CPU. Its is not conductive, its capacitive. How would anyone get AS5 on the pins in the first place? You dont put the stuff on until the cpu is in the socket and it dosn't run.
 
w3bbo said:
Sorry to say it but you're wrong m8. AS-5 is HIGHLY recommended for use with any CPU. Its is not conductive, its capacitive. How would anyone get AS5 on the pins in the first place? You dont put the stuff on until the cpu is in the socket and it dosn't run.
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Thanks for the correction. As to how people may get paste on to pins just read through a few threads here to find some quite impressive **** ups that some people manage to achieve with their hardware. I'm well aware that AS5 is highly recommended. Just about every piece of computer equipment comes highly recommended by on line reviewers. Hiper PSUs come highly recommended but... ;)
 
Leporello said:
Thanks for the correction. As to how people may get paste on to pins just read through a few threads here to find some quite impressive **** ups that some people manage to achieve with their hardware. I'm well aware that AS5 is highly recommended. Just about every piece of computer equipment comes highly recommended by on line reviewers. Hiper PSUs come highly recommended but... ;)
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I actually meant that you will find AS5 is probably the most recommended thermal paste here and most other overclocking forums tbh. AS ceramique is also good, especially if using phase change cooling. Not a lot to choose between them but I usually find AS5 has the very slight edge as far as temps go.
 
Never tried ceramique but another vote here for AS5 most definately. My x2 3800 idles @ 30 degrees & never goes above 37 @ load. Shaved quite a few degrees off of the temps of my Barton 2500 too :D
 
i got a tube of akasa shin etsu silver compound, its great, just as good as AS5, possibly slightly better, only problem is it costs like 8 quid a tube instead of 4quid for AS5, so unless the price comes down anytime soon its always going to be AS5 for me
 
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