HSF

HI all, I know this is a stupid question, but why do we need thermal glue between the cpu and heatsink? the bottom of the heatsink is flat and so is the cpu. why not just put the HSF directly on the cpu?

So today I got a gt 730 for quite cheap. It is branded by lenovo and has only two display ports. Main problem was after installing nvidia drivers, the card felt even weaker than my previous 9600 GT when running counter strike. Even though the gt 730 should be much better, is there a reason...

Recently my hard drive died so i got a replacement for it and i was trying to install windows 10 on it but everytime i install it has new errors, it usually starts when i install my drivers but recently it occurred before even completing the installation. Errors like bad config file...

Something is causing this service, (Service Host: Local System) to use all of my crummy rural bandwidth (5mbit). It seems to be a download from Akamai that starts with "delivery optimization" under the expanded Service Host: Local System. I see that Akamai is a content delivery provider, but...

Im new to creating my own builds, and would like some feedback on this: Case - NZXT Phantom 240 Internal Lighting - Dual Blue Cathodes AMD Processor - AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz (Quad Core) W/ R7 Graphics CPU Cooling - Standard Heatsink Thermal Compound - Standard Thermal Compound AMD Motherboard -...

hi guys i want to buy some new parts for pc and i only need cpu mother board ram and psu so i think this will do the job : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RtHv7P and my budget is arround 330$

hi, i have a asus maximus hero iv as mobo an the procesor is i7-4770k the thing is that i change the stock cooler and put a cooler master T4 and when i turn on the computer it appear to me a message error that say´s : cpu fan error , then i enter to the mobo and exit all works fine no heating...