Bostonsox46
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Ok I built my first PC about a month ago. (specs listed for those interested)
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Northwood
ASUS P4P800 SE
128MB Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT
80 GB SATA drive
512MB Transcend PC3200
Well I didn't install any type of thermal grease or pads (just the stock HSF), and I am not having any problems with the PC but I am wondering if I should have used some type of thermal grease. I do not overclock and Asus probe is telling me my CPU temp is 31C (87F) while im pretty much idle. When I was building the PC i was under the impression that thermal grease/pads werent necessary unless you were doing some heavy overclocking. Like I said the PC is running great but I don't want it to crap out on me in a couple months. On a side note which generally runs hotter AMD or Intel?
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Northwood
ASUS P4P800 SE
128MB Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT
80 GB SATA drive
512MB Transcend PC3200
Well I didn't install any type of thermal grease or pads (just the stock HSF), and I am not having any problems with the PC but I am wondering if I should have used some type of thermal grease. I do not overclock and Asus probe is telling me my CPU temp is 31C (87F) while im pretty much idle. When I was building the PC i was under the impression that thermal grease/pads werent necessary unless you were doing some heavy overclocking. Like I said the PC is running great but I don't want it to crap out on me in a couple months. On a side note which generally runs hotter AMD or Intel?