[Info-vax] CPUs using Thermal Compound

[John Reagan]

On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 9:50:49 PM UTC-5, geze... at rlgsc.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:34:00 PM UTC-5, Robert A. Brooks wrote: 
> > On 11/9/2021 7:20 PM, Bob Gezelter wrote: 
> > 
> > > An Intel article on replacing thermal grease can be found at: 
> > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/resources/how-to-apply-thermal-paste.html 
> > The last several boxed Intel CPU's I've bought for builds have come with the 
> > thermal interface material already applied. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > -- Rob
> Rob, 
> 
> Quite. However, the material that comes with the original package has a finite life, a few years. The problem happens when the material ages.
> - Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
I used Arctic Silver.  I removed the one that came with the CPU/fan combo from Intel.  That's been 5+ years ago.

Just started HW Monitor and I'm at a chilly 23C/73F temperature.  I'm not a gamer but I do run Virtual Box.  I should go start one of those to see.  Spiked to 27C/80F but back to 25C/77F.

Besides the thermal paste, keep out the cat hair. :)