Re: thermal compound

On 28 Mar 2006 18:24:33 -0800, beerspill@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Charlie Wilkes wrote:

beerspill@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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

I don't claim that my CPU performs better because it's running cooler.

I'm referring to overclockabililty.

No, the Arctic Silver did not allow me to overclock it more, because I
tried. The benefit is marginal or perhaps nonexistent. It merely
contributes to a sense of having done the best job I can in building a
system.

Charlie
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