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cpu. easy or not?

Postby Jimbo » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:46 pm

hi everyone, ;D  :)

im thinking of fitting my own CPU, even though im pretty not much idea, i would love any tips, ??? walkthroughs or basically anythin you have which would help me. and also do the retail packages come with that silver thermal grease, or do i av to fork  ???another tenner out.

thanks. james  ;D :D ;)
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Re: cpu. easy or not?

Postby Dan » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:06 pm

It is farily easy, so long as all of the compatability is good. I think they dont have any thermal goo - best to get some arctic silver and the biggest heat sink + fan you can!
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Re: cpu. easy or not?

Postby sonic » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:10 pm

and be sure to plug the fan back in!! I forgot that in my first one and almost fried my new cpu. oops.
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Re: cpu. easy or not?

Postby congo » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:22 am

Hi Jimbo,

CPu's are very easy as long as you know how!
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