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guys i managed to get hold of this thermal compound dow corning tc 1996....just for the time being will it be helpful in lowering the temperatue??/cause right now i just attached the heat sink without applying any thermal compound.. one more thing my stock intel heatsink contains a three vertical ...


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Old 18th Jun 2009, 11:23
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Default Thermal compound - Dow corning TC 199

guys i managed to get hold of this thermal compound dow corning tc 1996....just for the time being will it be helpful in lowering the temperatue??/cause right now i just attached the heat sink without applying any thermal compound..
one more thing my stock intel heatsink contains a three vertical grey lines which come in contact with the cpu...how am i supposed to remove them????????
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Old 18th Jun 2009, 11:32
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Default Thermal compound - Dow corning TC 199

Agh!

You really should use compound...

if it's from 1996, it may be off a bit, try and get something newer, I think shelf life is usually 2 years, not 13

Those grey lines are pre-applied compound, meaning you don't need any more on.
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