CPU Upgrade -> Installation Question

[Ackerman]

This is probably a really stupid question for you pros here, but I am unsure.

I just purchased a new Intel CPU (P4 2.5ghz), a retail version that includes heatsink and fan. Unfortunately, it did not come with any thermal paste.

The instructions that came with it consist of 8 pictures. And none of those pictures shows anything that look like a tube of thermal paste.

So, is it a bad idea to install it without the paste, even if it is in accordance with the directions?

Thanks!

 

[pickxx]

look at the bottom of the HSF does it have a thermal pad? or is it bare metal?

 

[Ackerman]

Wow! Quick reply!

Yes, it has a black something or other stuck to it. I hesitate to call it a thermal pad, but you are probably correct.

 

[pickxx]

A lotof Intel HSF's come with a thermal pad so people dont fuk things up....

you can remove it if you want and put some thermal paste on it...but that seems like a waste of time to me

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Pickxx to the rescue.

 

[pickxx]

Or? am i just lying to see what happens when a hsf and cpu come together without anything but metal to metal...... :twisted:

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Shhhh! He'll realise if you say that!


@ OP ^ is a joke, what PickXX has told you is true :roll:

 

[pickxx]

Shhhh....i want to see what happens.....dont lead him on.

 

[Ackerman]

Thanks for the info!