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#263092 - 28/05/2006 20:35 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
BartDG carpal tunnel Registered: 20/05/2001 Posts: 2616 Loc: Bruges, Belgium	Quote: How long of a job do you think it will be? Installing the cooler you mean? You have to remove the motherboad in order to do so. So I'd say something between 10 to 30 minutes, depending on how handy you are. _________________________ Riocar 80gig S/N : 010101580 red Riocar 80gig (010102106) - backup
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#263093 - 29/11/2006 15:08 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: BartDG]
burdell1 old hand Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 931 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	Did you put that arctic silver stuff on the cpu before you put on the Zalman?
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#263094 - 29/11/2006 15:14 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12344 Loc: Sterling, VA	Quote: Did you put that arctic silver stuff on the cpu before you put on the Zalman? Are you asking whether to put thermal compound on the CPU at all, or that type specifically? If it's the former, then the answer is: yes, affirmative, absolutely, 100% required. _________________________ Matt
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#263095 - 01/12/2006 16:48 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: Dignan]
burdell1 old hand Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 931 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	does it matter what brand? where i work I can get some cheap, but it is the generic stuff....
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#263096 - 01/12/2006 16:55 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	White thermal grease. Comes in a tiny toothpaste style of tube. Nice, generic item from any electronics shop, including Radio Shack. Or you could pay more for the "special" stuff the computer shops sell, but it won't make a significant difference one way or another. Cheers
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#263097 - 01/12/2006 16:57 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12344 Loc: Sterling, VA	I don't believe so. Some claim to be better than others, but I don't think it matters. Just so long as you have just the right amount on the CPU core. That's the part I hate most when building computers. It's so inexact. I liked the HSF that came with my Athlon 2100, which just had a peel-off backing over some thermal paste and I didn't have to do anything more. _________________________ Matt
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#263098 - 01/12/2006 17:44 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: Dignan]
burdell1 old hand Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 931 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	Does it matter if it is silver or white? I was planning on buying the silver stuff....
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#263099 - 01/12/2006 19:41 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
sein old hand Registered: 07/01/2005 Posts: 893 Loc: Sector ZZ9pZa	Quote: Does it matter if it is silver or white? I was planning on buying the silver stuff.... No, I'm quite sure it really doesn't matter. I remember when I was really into new hardware a few years ago reading a short review of thermal paste. They tested temperatures of a CPU using a large variety of different pastes, from the free sachet you get with a heatsink to the fanciest Arctic Silver. The conclusion was, they are all the same - no temperature difference. I wish I could still find the review. Quote: I liked the HSF that came with my Athlon 2100, which just had a peel-off backing over some thermal paste and I didn't have to do anything more. Yeah it is convenient, but the same review mentioned that the 'pads' on the bottom of heatsinks are not always great. For one application they are fine, but if you take the heatsink off the CPU and put it back on you are better off carefully removing the pad, cleaning the surface and using a tiny bit of liquid paste. _________________________ Hussein
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#263100 - 01/12/2006 21:01 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: sein]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	I believe the canonical review of all thermal paste is at Dan's Data.
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#263101 - 13/12/2006 12:08 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: tman]
burdell1 old hand Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 931 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	maybe I should post this in a new thread, but....I finally installed the Zalman 9500 on my motherboard, and now when I power up the computer, the fan turns on, but the monitor doesn't turn on. I have triple checked the video card (it is a pci express) and it seems to be in ok.... any ideas? if I fried the processor, would the computer turn on at all?
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#263102 - 13/12/2006 14:49 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
burdell1 old hand Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 931 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	ok...i got that one figured out.....for those of you that have one of the Zalman heatsink/fans....what do you use for the other fans in your case? and where do you put them? Mine starts out at 110F with out the side cover on, but then when I put it on it eventually goes up to 160 ...
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#263103 - 13/12/2006 22:18 Re: Cooling off new intel motherboard and CPU [Re: burdell1]
Neutrino addict Registered: 23/01/2002 Posts: 506 Loc: The Great Pacific NorthWest	Some time ago you had asked about a different case that might cool better. This is the case that I have been using on a file computer with no less than 7 harddrives. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154 It runs both cool and quiet. This case is a bit of a monster but it serves it purpose well. _________________________ No matter where you might be, there you are.
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