What is Thermal Compound for?
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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.
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!
1890326
This type of compound is used to fill the micro gaps between a heat sink and the component that needs to be cooled ... for example a CPU or GPU in a computer will usually have copper or aluminum metal air cooling system with a fan.. when this piece is installed a thermal compound is used to maximize heat transfer......
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Some of these compounds are better than others. Note some of the responses and below and the link I have attached. http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm
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It runs really cool and the heat sink he it pre-applied, but I always recommend a high-grade thermal compound like arctic silver.
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This product should not be added to anything that will be heated. It is a supplement that is added after all cooking is done and the food has cooled to room temperature or refrigerated. Exposing this powder to heat will destroy the nutrients and delicate enzymes. I hope this answers your question. :)
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That's up to you; it does come with thermal compound already on the cooler. I don't know how good it is, since I didn't use it; I really like Noctua's NT-H1 compound, so I just used that (I have a ton of it on hand, though).
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There is a pre-applied thermal pad. I use the term pad, because it doesn't seem to be a paste in the normal sense of the word.
200470
I do not know, am not aware of this particular ingredient or the function of this chemical compound. Sorry , but I am not going to be of any help. Good luck though.
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There's some already on it, but you should buy some Arctic Silver to increase performance. Just scrape off the original paste and apply the new compound.
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I don't know. I used it as a contact inside the chip after deliding my cpu. But I've always used Arctic Silver 5 as a thermal compound and have had good results with it.
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As of July 2013, I've used this on 4 PS3 CPUs and GPUs for fixing/replacing. So far, none have reencountered the 'Yellow Light of Death.' So yes, this should be better than stock thermal if treated right. Worth the money.
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The supplier I purchased from Digiconcepts provided Thermal Compound etc. but you have to apply it yourself.
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When I bought this item, I remember it didn't came with a thermal compound.
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The processor includes no thermal compound. However, the default cooling solution does come with two small strips of thermal compound on the processor contact point. This is sufficient for the default cooling solution, but if you plan on overclocking or using a 3rd party cooling solution, I'd buy some additional thermal compound.
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The thermal paste is pre-applied to the included heat sink and fan. If you are going to use a different cooling solution, you may need your own paste.
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Thermal paste is supplied, in a tube. It is not pre-applied to the heat sink.
2014952
Thankfully the thermal compound is not pre applied on the heatsink. It comes in a little plastic sleeve, seperatly. I would definitely apply the artic silver 5 compound instead of what comes with the heatsink. By the way this closed loop cooler is AWESOME. Lemme know if you have any other questions about it.