Re: Anybody not impressed with Arctic Silver?

"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns973BCAD15536follydom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Heatsink grease. Does Arctic Silver make that much of a difference?
> Anybody had boring results? Any specific recommendations on type and
> packaging? Specifically, I'd like to cool my AMD Athlon XP 3000+. It
> runs at about 50°C most of the time, sometimes above 55°C. I'm not
> used to that amount of heat.
>
> Thank you.

While you can probably get better temps with a better heatsink/fan, the
temps you are getting are there or thereabouts for an XP3000. My 3200 ran at
55c most of the time. You could always change to A64, mine idles at 38c and
gets to 45c under load, with the stock heatsink.

SteveH


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