Thermal Compond?

[LnxMad]

Does the retail intel pentium 4 2.8c come the a thermal compond? if not is it mandatory? whats the best stuff to get?

[LnxMad]

woops wrong forums

[originel]

if you get a retail P4 it will come with compound and a heatsink, if it's OEM it will come with neither and you will need to buy your own.

the best stuff to get is hands down Artic Silver . when i switched from a ceramic paste to artic silver 3 my CPU temps dropped a whopping 6 degrees C because of it! newegg has artic silver 5 for $7

[RobRich]

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The retail cooler comes with a thermal interface pad, a very poor cooling solution IMHO. Remove the pad with a credit card, clean the heatsink surface with alcohol, and then apply a thin layer of thermal paste.

I recommend Arctic Silver 5.

If want a good read on the topic, you can read the cooling chapter of my overclocking book for free.

http://www.nostarch.com/overclock_ch5.pdf

Robert Richmond

[LnxMad]

well i just ordered the stuff, it should be here wednsday. I didnt order any paste, should i be ok running at stock speed and heat sink. I have other fans in the case.

[RobRich]

If you have no intentions of ever overclocking, then the stock thermal interface pad that comes with the retail cooler will work decently enough.

Just make sure you have a couple of case fans.

Robert Richmond

[LnxMad]

well im going to be overclocking, but not for awhile

[elementalblaze]

Arctic Silver 5 is now what I use in all of my machines vs the compound that comes with some fan\heatsinks due to it gave me a 5-7 degree F cpu heat decrease. I got a 3.5g tube at eWiz.com for $4.50.