Thermal paste questions

[smartel7070]

I just bought some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste because i was reading everywhere that it is THE paste for cpu's and so well i am not seeing ANY difference with this stuff compared to the standard white paste i had before. My cpu is an AMD athlon 3200+ with the standard boxed cooler and before AS5 i was idling at 35, 36 and after putting AS5 it is the exact same temperature. I cheked under load (games) and it still goes to 48 with AS5. And i have real good airflow in this system. I've also put AS5 on my gfx card gpu and i see no difference here either. I've been building systems for 10 years now so it's not a case of newbie not putting it righ kinda problem. I just wanted to ask this question here and see if you guys have had the same experience or if you have comments pleaze share them

Many tx guys

 

[MadModMike]

Those 10 years must not have taught you alot. You have to let the compound sit for about a week or 2 for it to make full contact, after that time, you'll see temps drop. Since you're using stock HSF, don't expect 5c drops though.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[smartel7070]

ok i did not know about the one week thing there thank you for that. Even after 10 years of building systems and i am the first one to say i still learn everyday. you are saying that the paste needs to settle or soemthing ? I will monitor temps daily to see if anything goes down after a week or so.

Now for HSF I will go for an after market cooler soon i will probably go with a zalman cooler since i already have one on my gfx card (VF700-Cu) and i am very pleased with it -no fan noise and good cooling.

 

[Grimmy]

According to AS5's instructions, it take 200 hours for it to cure, settle.

 

[pengwin]

wait?

now i gotta let my PCU just sit there if i use artic silver?

i cant power it on?...just let it sit there.....

 

[Grimmy]

Well, you need to basically let it burn in.

Run Prime95, to force the CPU at 100 percent usuage.. let that run a few of nights.

But still takes 200 hours for it to totally cure.

 

[pengwin]

....

man..i gotta wair 200 hours beofre i can us emy new PC...

 

[MadModMike]

No, Pengwin, you SHOULD use your PC, and torture it. Run your CPU at max and let that shit do its job.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time