Re: thermal compound


Charlie Wilkes wrote:
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:05:14 GMT, "`A tower nj" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Maximum PC magazine recently tested all this stuff and found out the stuff
that comes in the little plastic bags is just as good as anything else in
real world applications.

my own experience demonstrated that the compound is
significantly better than the pad supplied with the CPU.

I could give a shit about voiding my precious warranty. I want to
keep my CPU as cool as possible.

Below a certain temperature you'll get no real-life improvements in
reliability or performance, just bragging rights.

Think of it this way: The people who tell you to use the factory
thermal pad material on their CPU are the ones who will replace your
CPU for free if it fails, but the people who sell Arctic Silver and
claim that it's superior will not warrant the CPU. Money talks,
bullshit walks.

.

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