Hey,
I need to get a new heatsink and fan for my cpu (see sig). I have a few questions, which need answering before I purchase.
I was origionally using the stock Intel heatsink and fan to cool my prescott but got fed up with the poor heat transfer provided by the thermal pad. I removed my Heatsink and fan yesterday and noticed some remains of the thermal pad on the cpu.
How do I go about cleaning this off before applying the new thermal paste? Is there any particular technique? I am probably going to purchase a small bottle of citrus based solvent to remove the remains.
For my new heatsink and fan I was considering getting a Zalman ultra quiet cpu cooler with a heatsink constructed entirely of copper. It uses a 92mm fan which runs at 1350-2450RPM. Will this be a significant improvement over the stock cooler?
Retro.
I need to get a new heatsink and fan for my cpu (see sig). I have a few questions, which need answering before I purchase.
I was origionally using the stock Intel heatsink and fan to cool my prescott but got fed up with the poor heat transfer provided by the thermal pad. I removed my Heatsink and fan yesterday and noticed some remains of the thermal pad on the cpu.
How do I go about cleaning this off before applying the new thermal paste? Is there any particular technique? I am probably going to purchase a small bottle of citrus based solvent to remove the remains.
For my new heatsink and fan I was considering getting a Zalman ultra quiet cpu cooler with a heatsink constructed entirely of copper. It uses a 92mm fan which runs at 1350-2450RPM. Will this be a significant improvement over the stock cooler?
Retro.