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Fans or a heatsink?
Name: ipartyin247 Date: January 3, 2009 at 06:31:30 Pacific OS: Vista Home Premium 32 bit CPU/Ram: Athlon 64x2 5000+ / 3GB Product: Hewlett-packard / A1709N Subcategory: Cooling
Comment:
Goin to the store today to buy somethin to get better cooling for my cpu. I'm on a limited budget though and was wondering if you think I should get a couple new fans(cpu & case), or a new heatsink/fan? i have a rear case fan that runs at about 800rpms and the cpu fan runs at about 1200 rpms, no speed control. If the heatsink is the problem will a better fan help?
Name: jam Date: January 3, 2009 at 06:53:21 Pacific
Reply:
You don't need a new fan or heatsink...your temps aren't that bad. If anything, remove the HSF, clean it, then reinstall it with a fresh dab of thermal paste. All you need is a small amount of paste about the size of a BB...more is NOT better. And when you lock down the heatsink, don't let it "slide around a bit" like you mentioned in the other thread. Here's the proper way to apply paste:
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