[Cialug] OT: hardware question

[Jeffrey C. Ollie]

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 08:11 -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> Last night i started building a new main computer. It has been many 
> years since i've done so; so many that last time i didn't need to worry 
> about thermal paste on the CPU heat sink (Pentium II machines didn't 
> need it). How much thermal paste is the appropriate amount?

The purpose of thermal paste is to ensure that heat is transferred
efficiently from the CPU to the heat sink.  So you just need enough to
ensure that you have good coverage.  I'd recommend applying it like you
were applying glue - just enough to get a little squeeze-out when you
clamp the heat sink down but no more.

Jeff

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