Thermal Compound?

[LeftEyeBlind]

Howdy.

Is Thermal Compound needed when installing a new CPU, or is that just a fancy extra you can add.

 

[peterhuang913]

Unless your overclocking, its a fancy extra.
But it does keep the CPU cooler even if you don't overclock, thus giving faster speeds and lower temps.

 

[LeftEyeBlind]

Well I'll be getting my AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz soon, I hear its an easy overclocker, 2.8Ghz without any effort, Would it be needed if I went to only a slightly higher number, like 2.2Ghz?

 

[peterhuang913]

Just get some Arctic Silver 5 @ Newegg

 

[LeftEyeBlind]

Alrighty, i'll check that out.

I was watching a video of a PC running a game and as it ran some guy removed the CPU fan, boy do those things get hot.

 

[b1gapl]

YouTube - AMD Xtreme Overclocking

^How about a chip exploding, after removing the heatsink...

 

[phucng_10]

HOLY MOTHER OF !!!! WOW! That was totally crazy! HAhahahahahah! Back to the topic, when you buy a new CPU, it should come with thermal paste on the HSF right? I know Intel has stock thermal paste on their HSF but does AMD do the same?

 

[b1gapl]

If you saw the CPU-Z screenshot on their monitor, the voltage said something like 4v. I know CPU-Z isn't accurate for voltages, but it's not that far off the real reading.

 

[LeftEyeBlind]

Do you think I'd see a performance jump moving from my old 1.6GHz (oc to 1.9) AMD Sempron 2400+ to this new chip?

 

[b1gapl]

It's a pretty big jump. You'll see a very nice improvement. Think about it. From single core, to a dual core.