basil chupin oztzqpzotpgcomau philippe landau wrote basil chupin wrote per jessen wrote also would thought heatsink supplied amd phenom would sufficient 4 cores maybe nope provide minimum required really ensure correct heatsink installed suit local conditions cooling heatsinksthermal pastes science go overclockerscom similar find heatsinkstemperatures lapping heatsink using right compound new world saying standard thermal paste cause problems depends mean standard paste white gunk used many moons ago cpus generated little heat pretty nifty stuff contains silver particles artic something last used heat transferred better cpu heatsink simply paste basic purposed heatsink dissipate heat generated cpu watt 1 degree c heat able dissipate heat efficiently possible needs perfect contact cpu heatsink art involved lapping bottom heatsink mirror finish also make sure surface flat provide complete contact tiny surface cpu always possible obtain completely smooth flat surface heatsink thin thin layer thermal paste applied fill microscopic imperfections surfaces put thick layer paste defeat purpose much paste hinders transfer heat someone earlier posting stated even speck dust may interfere dissipation heat thru heatsink correct wont optimum contact cpu heatsink matching cpu heatsinks say amd risk comment say cpus beenare amd replaced heatsinks came ones bought least 2 sites one already mentioned overclockers give efficiency various heatsinks well give instructions go lapping heatsinks surface add science heatsinks explanations various materials used making heatsinks efficiency affected materials example get full copper heatsink also aluminium one copper base attached bottom attachment adds another dimension efficiency heat transfer 2 surfaces heatsink attachment may need lapping application dab paste really interested subject go site like overclockers read material articles explain much better could done get optimum heat transfer cpu heatsink ciao want know man like take look treats inferiors equals wed 06 aug 2008 164609 1100 opensuse cooling problems