Thermal Paste.

[Andy Cunningham]

Hey Guys.

Just bought the H50 to replace my stock cooler. I'm running the AMD PHENOM II X3 720.

I also bought the artic silver thermal paste... only £6... so i thought what the heck.

Then watched an installation video of the H50 and seems to already come with thermal compound already applied.

Should i remove the stock paste and replace it with the Artic silver paste or should i should keep it as a spare.

Is there any diffrence?

Thanks a lot.
Andy.

 

[e36Adz]

Remove it and apply the thermal paste.

 

[danb21t]

up to you,

think I read that changing the stock paste to MX-3 dropped the temps by 1degree, makes you question whether its worth the effort and then worrying if you have applied enough or to much aftermarket paste

 

[Andy Cunningham]

Whats recommended for removing it from the plate and CPU?

70% alcho cleaner with a static free cloth?

 

[DavyBoy]

The stock thermal compound on the H50 is perfectly fine, there's really no need to change it mate.

 

[Mr-White]

Any sort of alcohol should do it.

Might aswell lap the chip and heatsink while you're there and get it down a few more degrees

MW

 

[SlugForAButt]

OUCH!
You just bought a H50, are asking whether to change the paste and someone suggests you lap it as well. Hmmm...

You'll get maybe a degree or so out of different paste so it's up to you if you can be bothered. 90%+ isopropyl alcohol and lint free cloths will cost you a few quid but it is quite therapeutic doing it and knowing it is right.

PLEASE don't watch a vid on youtube and then lap it, that is bad advice that can cost you your chip for the sake of a couple of degrees.

Good luck man.

 

[neo-omega]

To be honest you're probably not going to see too much of a performance increase with the non-stock thermal paste. If the feeling takes you to do it the go ahead by all means ^_^

 

[Andy Cunningham]

I think i'll just keep the factory paste on!

I'll just have to clean the CPU when i take my OLD cooler off.

Cheers Guys.