Thermal Paste recommendation

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abdulhamid

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My trusted old Core 2 Quad Q6600 has got a really bad fever:( and is in need of a bit of TLC.

What do you suggest as a good thermal paste to buy to get it back near to what the temps were before?
 
vanthus

vanthus

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Arctic Silver 5 is a good thermal compound, but unless you are going to OC, you'll never know the difference between AS5 and the stock thermal compound.
I use TIM Clean to take the old paste off,or Just get Isopropyl Alcohol from your local pharmacy. Make sure it's at least 70% proof,also use a lint free paper/cloth.
 
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abdulhamid

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Sleinous

Sleinous

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Arctic Silver, IC Diamond, Shin Etsu, all good brands.

ArctiClean 1 & 2 are very very handy for cleaning off old Tim and are cheap from watercooling UK's website.
 
vanthus

vanthus

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abdulhamid said:
Thanks Vanthus. How easy is it to apply AS5?

I have just done a quick search and saw this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cool...IJP0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304243015&sr=8-1

Is this any good?

Is it worth buying ArtiClean or whatever it is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294

The Q6600 is coming to the end of it's life now so I will try and OC it and see what it can do before it gets sent to PC heaven.
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I'm no expert on It abdulhamid,I've only done It three times.
It's supposed to be easy but I found It quite difficult putting the heatsink back on,but that was with older pc's,might be easier on yours.
As I said,If your going to over clock I would use AS5.
As for applying the paste,(after old paste is cleaned)different methods have been suggested to me,
like putting a small pea sized amount of paste on then putting heatsink on to & letting It spread by the contact,or spreading a thin layer with small plastic stick provided like I did.
If at first you dont succeed,you can always try again,took me 3 or 4 shots the first time.
Also,make sure to ground yourself,or wear antistatic wriststrap.
Yes, I would get the Articlean.
 
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