[Pc_Support] cpu grease

Whaxiac Patrick pberry2 at cfl.rr.com
Mon Dec 19 20:57:12 EST 2005


On Monday 19 December 2005 17:21, scott anderson wrote:
> Hello.
> I am making a pc for my father-in-law for christmas.
> I went to the computer show and got a good deal of the
> parts, and now I am putting it together.  Everything
> is going ok, but I notice that the manual that came
> with the motherboard says that I should put grease
> between the cpu and the fan/heatsink.  The cpu manual
> doesn't talk about grease, and didn't come with it.  I
> have googled and found too much information.
> As always, Thanks
>

I use the thinnist layer of Arctic Silver that is possible, as any excess will 
just splurge over the edges, wasted.  One tube will probably last a lifetime.

Look at this web site, and all the instructions/photos:  
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm
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