Thermal Pad or Thermal Gel

[jay]

Ok I have a stock amd heat sink with a thermal pad on the bottom now i have removed this heat sink because the cpu is getting quite hot should i replace this with thermal gel and if i do do i scrape the old stuff off the cpu? or leave it on

 

[jay]

Sum 1 ganna help me out waiting !!!!!................>>>>>

 

[Trifid]

thermal gel is better. scrape off the thermal pad, and put some isophyl (?) alchol stuff on it to remove it completely.

 

[jay]

ok i will do that hopefully it bloody doesnt sit on 60 C

 

[jay]

My room Getz so hot at night , my cpu allwayz seems to sit on 60 odd degrees (60 C) and im hopeing this thermal gel will drop a couple of degrees off! (wat ya reckon)???? it will work plus i got it OC'd from a 2700+ (333) to 2800+ but even un oc'd its still 60 all so on stock fan and heatsink

 

[Raekwon]

is the CPU barton or thoroughbred?

you should get some Arctic silver 5 and an aftermarket heatsink, that would help a lot with your temps. and if you get really sick of it, you could even invest in a new case, with good airflow.

 

[jay]

Yeh man this case if a F#$kin Peace of shit contraption ive ever seen the shitest air flow on the planet "lmao" and i have sum thermal gel, i got it from ma comp guy down the road i cant read it cause all the paint has cum off the tube but its like a greyish texture and soft paste

CPU is thoroughbred pritty sure

 

[Raekwon]

well thats why its running so hot, you should seriously get an aftermarket heatsink, like the thermalright SI-97 and a decent fan to go with it. while its fairly expensive, its one of the best, if not the best socket A heatsink. and if your case is as bad as you say it is, get a new one with decent airflow.

 

[jay]

yeh i should i still ow me dad 100$ bucks for chippen in with me comp but it was cheap

AMD athlon Xp 2700+
Western Digital 80gig (SATA)
ATI Radeon 9250 128mb
Gigabyte VIA KT600 1934

and a few other things come to just over 400$

 

[Raekwon]

oh right, well once you have the money, you know now what you have to get.