Is it necessary to use thermal compound for the heat sink I use less power than the power it is rated? Thanks!
1031437
Yes, it is necessary to use thermal compound for proper heat conduction to the heatsink, otherwise, the contact area would not be high enough. It's cheap.
1031438
Thermal compound slightly dissipates heat and creates the necessary internal temperature within the bond between the heat sink. You will overheat whatever device within minutes, if not seconds if you do not create a sufficient bond. Look up some tutorials on the application of compound and you will get a second opinion. it will coincide with the answer I just gave you. Hope this helps you , Kev... Be safe, good luck.
1031439
If you do not make contact you can get hot and cold spots and crack it. Not a guaranteed no but HIGHLY recommended
1031440
Peltiers fail rapidly if allowed to overheat. Thermal compound makes the heatsink more effective. Why would you not want to use it?
1240815
Most likely you put too much. You only need enough to fill in the micro gaps in the metal, not adding a whole "layer" of arctic silver in between the heat sink and the processor. As others have said, a thin vertical line. Also know that new thermal compound takes about 200 HOURS to "break in," for it to fill up all of the micro gaps. If you know you applied it correctly, then give it a few weeks and see if temperatures come down a bit, this is actually normal.
213916
Yes, you need to put the compound between the cpu and the heatsik/w fan to keep it from burning up.
133174
no, it's not needed unless you run at max output, look at picture at top between caps is the chip that gets hot I glued a little heatsink on that from a old VGA card
1837390
Yes you should be able to use noctua's nh-u14s heat sink. Just make and double check if your case can house it, because it's a massive heat sink. Some case don't support it. Here's a link to noctua's website for further assistance. http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products;_id=64&lng;=en
909719
Yes but if it was used you need to get some thermal paist because the pre applied stuff is only good for one use (unless they never used the stock heat sink)
1240813
Some compounds dissipate heat faster than others. This is one that does. d recommend a larger coolinf fan firstthen evaluate if your over clocking your processor. They will only go so far than youll get errors. When you do back off on the clock speed
922830
I don't believe that it will have sufficient power. I built nothing but 350 to 400 watt computers up until the time I finished that machine. Since then, to be safe and not sorry, I have installed Thermaltake 700's and one Coolermaster 600 80% guaranteed unit in my newer builds. When the prices come down with rebates, there is no need to under power these machines. More IS better and simplifies things a lot.
1653749
No desktop class CPU can run without heatsink/fan. At the very least, use the stock heatsink that comes with the boxed CPU.
1890324
Thermal Compound helps reduce the heat that is generated by your Graphic card. Heat is a killer of all graphic cards. When you open your graphic card to like replace the fan or fans you need to clean off the old thermal compound on your graphic card or cards and reapply a thin coat to the top of the card or cards (in my case a 5970 Radeon has 2 Graphic cards). Then replace say your fan and close your card again.
456105
The stock thermal paste on the heatsink should be fine for almost anything unless you're planning on overclocking your CPU or doing some over the top gaming setup. If you do want to use a different thermal paste, check out :Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound, 3.5 Grams
1863210
The bundled fan and heatsink (and thermal paste) are pretty much the bare minimum necessary to get by for "average" computing. It works, but it does not keep the CPU very cool under demanding CPU loads. In fact, I think the CPU runs hotter than necessary even when idling using Intel's bundled fan and heatsink. Good third party fans and heatsinks aren't that expensive and do a significantly better job of keeping the CPU cool. If you're using the computer for "average" uses for a few hours a day and turn it off (or put it to sleep) when finished, you can get away with the stock cooler. If you use the computer for extended periods, for heavy CPU loads (not just games), or you want to overclock the CPU the stock cooler and thermal paste aren't good enough. If you're spending $300 or more on a CPU, spending $30 to $40 on a good cooler is money well spent to ensure the long life of your investment. Don't forget to pick up some really good thermal paste (Arctic Silver) as well. This is the stuff that actively transfers the heat from the CPU to the heatsink, so you'll need the good stuff to ensure maximum heat transfer and heat dissipation and it doesn't cost that much.
1180091
Most of the processors for this board are only 75 Watts so I just went with the heat sink that came with the processor. Under typical usage, my whole system only uses about 50 W of power so the processor is obviously drawing less than that. Unless you are significantly overclocking, you probably don't need more than what comes with most processors.
772989
Yes, It the MB must be removed plus you must remove the springs of 3 of attachment screws and shim them with nuts and where the springs were and screw them in 1st in order to hold the Heat Sink in place while you attempt to screw the 1st screw with a spring on it. If you haven't bought the Thermaltake 21 yet I highly suggest you get Cooler Master Hyper TX3 instead. It costs less, cools better and is installs without removing the Motherboard. Been there done that.
1540717
Hi Rich, If you want the best performance from your processor then you want it to stay 'Cool'. It is the heart and mind of the whole system. Even if you aren't a cutting edge enthusiast who overclocks a processor to it's maximum and must use a custom water cooling system and a high performance thermal compound also.It's a very good idea to use a High Grade, highly reviewed, high performance thermal compound. This can add a lot of lifetime to your computer. There are several good choices out there including our old workhorse Arctic Silver.
256081
This kit came with a little heat sink. I overclocked it and the heat sink barely even warms up I don't think a fan would be a great investment for this setup. Not to mention you wouldn't be able to close the case being it is very tight as is.
1890325
You put this on your processor before seating your heat sink so that the heat can transfer from the processor to the heat sink. This compound is VERY important!