On 14 Mar 2003 at 11:06, Nick Arnett wrote: > > Well, to be honest for most people the thermal pad which comes on > > most heatsinks is sufficiently good not to be worth the average user > > using thermal grease. (the fact you need to use protective wear on > > your hands > > Uh... you do? And what if you don't and you get that stuff on your > hands...? I mean, let's say a guy actually did. Last weekend.
*chuckles* Oh, it's not toxic to get on your hands or anything, but it DOES stick to your fingers (nastily so..) and fingers are a BAD way to spread it (not nearly even enough - you want to be using an old credit card edge to get a thin layer. > > The cooler you buy is important, of course. I got a Taisol, which > > are not the most powerful but AMD highly recomends them (if you look > > at the AMD guide to installing an Athlon, they use a Taisol there) > > and they are a LOT quieter than many coolers which have the same or > > slightly greater cooling abilities. > > I'm going to take another look at coolers later. The new one I bought > is fairly ordinary, probably not too much of an upgrade over the AMD > branded one that came with the CPU. It's copper, though. Any > thoughts on the adapter that lets you use an 80 mm fan on the CPU > cooler? Which adapter would that be? The Taisol I bought cost me the equivalent of $25, so don't assume expensive is good. Allways check the AMD page and see if you cooler is AMD-aproved for that chip... Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
