[Cialug] OT: hardware question

[Thomas Kula]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:11:47AM -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?

I glaze just enough on so that I know when I put the two pieces
together that there will be a continuous layer between the cpu
and the heat sink. Really, that's all you need, enough to make sure
any voids between the surfaces of the heat sink and the cpu are
full of thermal paste. 


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