Thermal compound...

Up until today I was truly skeptical about how different goops can effect
your temps... When I was using some generic crap on my XP2600+/Coolermaster
HAC-V81 XDream I was getting idle temps of around 47C, sometimes higher. I
attacked the HSF with a bit of 1200 grit wet & dry paper and slapped on some
Arctic Silver 3 and lo and behold the temps dropped to 40C idle. Any
comments?

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"Tin-Char D'un" wrote in message
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Up until today I was truly skeptical about how different goops can effect
your temps... When I was using some generic crap on my
XP2600+/Coolermaster
HAC-V81 XDream I was getting idle temps of around 47C, sometimes higher. I
attacked the HSF with a bit of 1200 grit wet & dry paper and slapped on
some
Arctic Silver 3 and lo and behold the temps dropped to 40C idle. Any
comments?

Yep. You changed two things, the grease and you lapped the 'sink. Therefore
you can't say the AS3 made the difference, it could have been due to the
lapping.

(BTW, I use AS3 and swear by it)
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"Tin-Char D'un" wrote in message
...
Up until today I was truly skeptical about how different goops can effect
your temps... When I was using some generic crap on my
XP2600+/Coolermaster
HAC-V81 XDream I was getting idle temps of around 47C, sometimes higher. I
attacked the HSF with a bit of 1200 grit wet & dry paper and slapped on
some
Arctic Silver 3 and lo and behold the temps dropped to 40C idle. Any
comments?

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---------------------------------------------------------
"There is no emotion; There is peace.
There is no ignorance; There is knowledge
There is no passion; There is serenity.
There is no death; There is the Force."
---------------------------------------------------------


Sounds right to me ;-)

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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:00:09 +0100, Tin-Char D'un wrote:

Up until today I was truly skeptical about how different goops can
effect your temps... When I was using some generic crap on my
XP2600+/Coolermaster HAC-V81 XDream I was getting idle temps of around
47C, sometimes higher. I attacked the HSF with a bit of 1200 grit wet &
dry paper and slapped on some Arctic Silver 3 and lo and behold the
temps dropped to 40C idle. Any comments?

It's a proven fact that the difference between ASIII and regular TC is
within 1C. It is quite possible that you applied the AS properly, and the
prior wasn't properly installed. Matter of fact, I'd bet if you
reinstalled the same HSF properly using the regular TC, you'd see that it
cools just as good as the AS. It's likely that the work you did with the
sandpaper helped too.:-)

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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:00:09 +0100, Tin-Char D'un wrote:

Up until today I was truly skeptical about how different goops can
effect your temps... When I was using some generic crap on my
XP2600+/Coolermaster HAC-V81 XDream I was getting idle temps of around
47C, sometimes higher. I attacked the HSF with a bit of 1200 grit wet &
dry paper and slapped on some Arctic Silver 3 and lo and behold the
temps dropped to 40C idle. Any comments?

It's a proven fact that the difference between ASIII and regular TC is
within 1C. It is quite possible that you applied the AS properly, and the
prior wasn't properly installed. Matter of fact, I'd bet if you
reinstalled the same HSF properly using the regular TC, you'd see that it
cools just as good as the AS. It's likely that the work you did with the
sandpaper helped too.:-)

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Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB)
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html

Mixed opinions here then? Looks like the general concensus is that it really
doesn't make a whole lot of difference... All I can say is this - a 7/8C
drop in temps is fine by me! Leaves plenty more room for overclocking
again...

You must have a few links there proving, AC3 is what you say?
Proven facts are common knowledge, knowen to many..