CPU Thermal Compound and Thermal Grease. Which is better?

My CPU Heatsink have a pre-applied thermal grease. Do i have to buy a thermal
grease for my CPU heatsink or can i also apply thermal compound?
if i can then which one is better?

Use Aortic Silver 3. Grease is an old technology and will not handle the
increased temps of today's devices. It was fine for transistors and diodes.

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"GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My CPU Heatsink have a pre-applied thermal grease. Do i have to buy a
> thermal
> grease for my CPU heatsink or can i also apply thermal compound?
> if i can then which one is better?

That should be Arctic Silver 3.
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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Use Aortic Silver 3. Grease is an old technology and will not handle the
> increased temps of today's devices. It was fine for transistors and
> diodes.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ECF2EF03-3B4E-4DE9-89EC-7801CEBC1CC7@microsoft.com...
>> My CPU Heatsink have a pre-applied thermal grease. Do i have to buy a
>> thermal
>> grease for my CPU heatsink or can i also apply thermal compound?
>> if i can then which one is better?
>

> Use Aortic Silver 3.

Yes, it's good for the heart. 8^)

Tom L

I was wondering why spell check didn't catch that. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Use Aortic Silver 3.
>
> Yes, it's good for the heart. 8^)
>
> Tom L
>

Get straight to the "heart" of it Richard !!!isn't that where the Aortic is
??? No wait that's the aorta....Close but no cigar......
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I was wondering why spell check didn't catch that. (-:
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Tom Lake" <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Oei39kajHHA.4552@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>> Use Aortic Silver 3.
>>
>> Yes, it's good for the heart. 8^)
>>
>> Tom L
>>
>

Most of the time, the thermal compound and thermal grease are thrown
together as the same thing (even though they can mean different things).
Although, Arctic Silver is the best you can buy, can't argue with that.
Even with watercooling, a little AS3 works wonders!

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23fv$URajHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Use Aortic Silver 3. Grease is an old technology and will not handle the
> increased temps of today's devices. It was fine for transistors and
> diodes.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "GT" <GT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ECF2EF03-3B4E-4DE9-89EC-7801CEBC1CC7@microsoft.com...
>> My CPU Heatsink have a pre-applied thermal grease. Do i have to buy a
>> thermal
>> grease for my CPU heatsink or can i also apply thermal compound?
>> if i can then which one is better?
>

"Drew" <sheba3169@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:7FC5F07A-D017-4A0C-97D9-370DB394E63F@microsoft.com...
> Get straight to the "heart" of it Richard !!!isn't that where the Aortic
> is ??? No wait that's the aorta....Close but no cigar......

Ah, but Aortic means, "about or concerning the aorta"

Tom Lake