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is the silicon inportend?

Postby yf » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:03 pm

as i'm taking out my CPU from the broken MB and installing un the new one, do I have to buy that silicon to put on the CPU, or its not inportend?

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Re: is the silicon inportend?

Postby ctjoyce » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:36 pm

If by that you mean the thermalpaste, yes you do. Artic Silver 5 is the best.

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Re: is the silicon inportend?

Postby yf » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:43 pm

Thanks, how much of it do i have to put on?
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Re: is the silicon inportend?

Postby cheesegrater » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:58 pm

Here are the instructions:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinst ... l_wcap.pdf

As a side note they got a picture of the CPU headspreader removed in there. Don't try to remove that. Bad idea. Legit reviews destroyed their E6700 trying that. LOL

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/402/2/
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Re: is the silicon inportend?

Postby yf » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:05 am

Thanks! and good night!

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