20/09/2015 TheDifferencesBetweenAMDAndIntelHeatSpreadersThermalPasteComparison,PartOne:ApplyingGreaseAndMore
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ConvexandConcaveHeatSpreadersTomakemattersworse,heatspreadersarenotmerelyrough,butduetothewaythey'remanufactured,theyaren'tlevel,either.Thefollowingdiagramexaggeratestheproblemforthepurposeofillustration:
AMDsheatspreadersareslightlyhigherinthecenterandIntelshavehigheredges.Frommyperspective,AMD'sapproachisbettersuitedforcooling.DuetothemountingpressureoftheCPUcooler,thethermalcompoundisthinnestwheremostoftheheatneedstobetransferred.Thus,IntelCPUsdeserveperhapsatouchmorethermalpaste,andyoushouldtakecarethatnoairgapsforminthecenter.
HowThermalPasteSpreadsunderPressureThefollowinganimationillustrateshowthermalpasteescapestothesideswhenpressureisapplied.Later,welldiscusstherelationshipbetweenapastesfluidity(how"liquid"itis,theoppositeofviscosity)andthemaximummountingpressureindetail.Fornow,letsjustsaythatapastewithlowviscosityismoresuitableforlowpressuremountingmethods,likeIntelspushpinmethod,thana"hard"paste.
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20/09/2015 TheDifferencesBetweenAMDAndIntelHeatSpreadersThermalPasteComparison,PartOne:ApplyingGreaseAndMore
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1. EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutCoolingACPU2. InteractionOfTheHeatSpreaderAndHeatSink3. TheDifferencesBetweenAMDAndIntelHeatSpreadersg4. ChoosingTheRightPaste:MoreThanAMatterOfPrice5. ApplyingThermalPaste,PartOne6. ApplyingThermalPaste,PartTwo7. WhyDoWeTestEachPasteInFourScenarios?8. GetReadyForTheThermalCompoundBenchmarks!
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6 rolli59,October10,20139:29PM 38 Hide h
Nicearticleandbookmarkedforreference.Lookingforwardforthenextpart.
6 alidan,October10,20139:35PM 10 Hide h
pleasetellmeyoarealsogoingtodothesoldertheheatsinktothecpumethod?iforgetwhatitscalled,butthatiswhatiwanttouseformynextcomputerandwouldlovetoseehowitstacksup.
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ThetechnicalspecificationsofathermalpastesthermalresistancedonotnecessarilypredictitsrealworldperformanceforaspecificcombinationofCPU,paste,andcooler.Agoodheatsinkcanbecrippledbyamismatchedthermalcompound.Agoodmatchbetweencoolerandpastecanachievemorethanjustblindlychoosinganexpensivethermalcompound.
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