Re: A New Machine Progresses

On 2024-12-25, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 12:22:44 -0600, chrisv wrote:
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I've never seen an Intel heatsick that large!
 

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A lot of heat-pipe based heat sinks are even taller.
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The problem is that going in at a 30 degree angle risks stripping
the heads of those cheap Chinese screws (they are like butter).
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Home Depot/Lowes/Etc. are full of that cheap Chinese hardware.
I've had bolt heads rip off with only moderate tightening.
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A master craftsman has no alternative except maybe McMaster-Carr.
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The funny thing about this install however is that Intel actually supplied
too much heat sink grease.  I expected those cheap bastards to provide
only a small token amount but I actually used only half of what they gave.
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Packaged with the CPU Intel heat sinks are barely adequate.
Do yourself a favor and get something like a Noctua or similar.
They are much better.

As for thermal compound, if it's an Intel CPU, 4 very small dots in each
corner and one in the middle.
Don't spread it.
Install your cooler on top of if and you will be fine.
Make sure all of your clips are tight.
Problem solved.



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