Thermal Paste

[gr1mey]

Hi, been browsing forums for about 2 months now, and was finally able to register, so hello!!

First off I would just like to ask the REAL advantages of thermal paste/compound, whatever. Currently I am using an Arctic Silencer64 on my Venice 3200+ and the thermal grease I am using is the stuff that came with the heatsink. Now, currently (in my nice warm bedroom) the CPU is idling at around 31-33 degrees this is with the silencer set to run on Cool n Quiet.

My question is, would I see any real temp drop if I cleaned off the freebie muck and bought and applied some arctic silver??

thanks.

 

[gr1mey]

thanks for replies...in that case I wont go through the hassle of removing the old gunk and replacing with AS5 until I order a new CPU [in the not too distant future].