Arctic Silver.

[adrianxw]

Recently, I took my old processor and heatsink out and installed a new. I plan to put the old processor and heatsink into another machine.

Question - should I remove the old Arctic Silver from the chip/HS and apply new, or can I leave it be and just set the components back together when I rebuild? (Arctic Silver is very expensive here).

The components have been seperated for about 2 months if that makes a difference.

Med venlig hilsen,
adrianxw

 

[russell]

Since the components have been setting around for a couple of months and may have gotten dust or grit on them I would clean them completely and put new arctic silver on them .

Be careful not to put too much , you only need enough to ensure thermal conductance between the CPU and heat sink .

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[endyen]

The dust is bad. You also have to worry about evaporation. By this point, the AS will have developed a thin skin, which will inhibit a proper seal. In the future, you might want to use a plastic bag, to protect the TIM.

 

[dunklegend]

Or better yet an antistatic bag. You can use the one where your hard drive was packaged.

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[Starfishy]

Definitely use new AS. It might be expensive, but I am guessing its not as expensive as replacing that CPU.

 

[RichPLS]

If $5.99 is expensive!!!

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[dunklegend]

That might be different in Denmark.

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[adrianxw]

Things are outrageously expensive here, everythng. It is also, to my knowledge, only available at one place on the island where I live, which is a hefty drive.

I should add the CPU and heatsink I'm talking about were placed into the packaging the new CPU and heatsink arrived in - as such, they have been kept clean dust and grit free, but the package is not sealed so I guess any volatiles could have escaped.

Generally, it sounds like I need to make drive.

Thanks people.

Med venlig hilsen,
adrianxw

 

[BePe86]

Yes, here in Norway, 3.5 grams of AS5 costs abot 10.50$

Still not that expensive, mine has last for a LONG time, and then I have replaced CPU and VGA cooler several times.