[Pc_Support] cpu grease

[Bryan J. Smith]

William Warren wrote:
> jsut get arctic silver cpu paste.  Can't go wrong with
> it..however a little bit goes a long way..remember that.

Actually, you can.

Depending on the product, Arctic Silver can be electrically
conductive.  This was an issue in the early days of flip-chip
packages, when some microelectronics were exposed on the
package.

Although that is no longer the case with heat speaders, it
can still overflow/drip if the CPU is vertical.  So be
careful!

Frankly, just some thermal paste from Radio Shack is
typically "good enough."  Not ideal, but it was typically
better than the "pads" included with CPUs.

Newer AMD and Intel CPUs in retail boxes are actually
shipping with half-way decent thermal "pads" now, very light,
almost a solidified paste.


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