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Thermal paste or thermal pad

gnasher

gnasher

gnasher

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My Athlon 64 3700+ retail just arrived, with a nice cooler and a thermal pad. Seemed odd. Sure enough, the AMD still says that thermal pads are recommended for lidless processors, but not for lidded processors - like the Athlon 64.

On the other hand, heat is heat and AMD put the pad in the box. Is it better to scrapeit off and put thermal paste, or carry on. I might overclock it just a little :)
 
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