[SOLVED] Thermal Paste - Stock vs Arctic Silver 5

steelystan · 05-27-2008, 01:07 PM

I've got a friend who needs my help building his new rig. He's got all the parts sitting at home waiting to be put together. We basically ran into the problem of he needs the computer built tonight and we don't have any Arctic Silver 5 and nobody sells it in Orlando (or nobody we can find).

How big of a difference is Arctic Silver 5 compared to the stock paste that comes with the CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo) or the mobo? Is it worth driving across town (gas $$) to pick up a tube of Arctic Silver when the mobo comes with a stick of generic paste?

Thanks guys.

**simpswr** · 05-27-2008, 01:12 PM

Radio Shack carries Artic Silver. .

If your heatsink is a stock Intel model and the grey material is unmolested, it should work fine

steelystan · 05-27-2008, 01:15 PM

I didn't know Radio Shack carried useful stuff.. That's awesome!

He's got a Zalman CPU heatsink so the Intel thermal pad is out of the question. But if Radio Shack carries Arctic Silver then I'll just run by there. Thanks simpswr!

**simpswr** · 05-27-2008, 03:58 PM

You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the Thread Tools link in your first post . .

05-27-2008, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
steelystan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit	[SOLVED] Thermal Paste - Stock vs Arctic Silver 5 I've got a friend who needs my help building his new rig. He's got all the parts sitting at home waiting to be put together. We basically ran into the problem of he needs the computer built tonight and we don't have any Arctic Silver 5 and nobody sells it in Orlando (or nobody we can find). How big of a difference is Arctic Silver 5 compared to the stock paste that comes with the CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo) or the mobo? Is it worth driving across town (gas $$) to pick up a tube of Arctic Silver when the mobo comes with a stick of generic paste? Thanks guys.

05-27-2008, 01:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,267 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Thermal Paste - Stock vs Arctic Silver 5 Radio Shack carries Artic Silver. . If your heatsink is a stock Intel model and the grey material is unmolested, it should work fine __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

05-27-2008, 01:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
steelystan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit	Re: Thermal Paste - Stock vs Arctic Silver 5 I didn't know Radio Shack carried useful stuff.. That's awesome! He's got a Zalman CPU heatsink so the Intel thermal pad is out of the question. But if Radio Shack carries Arctic Silver then I'll just run by there. Thanks simpswr!

05-27-2008, 03:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,267 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Thermal Paste - Stock vs Arctic Silver 5 You can mark this thread as solved by clicking on the *Thread Tools* link in your first post . . __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?