Cpu install

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hey ok im getting the new mobo and cpu and i saw a video on how to install a cpu it looks good and all but it said to ground your self…? how? is it really nessary or no ?

also for the heatsink/fan for the cpu does it really need thermal gel? or can it just be processor face or heatsink face?

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These are very important steps icehawk.

  1. Put the Mobo in the Case with your hand always on the case.
  2. Screw everything in making sure no screw fell anywhere bridging a connection in the mobo.
  3. Take off the processor by pulling up the lever on the side… is will come off easily dont force it.
  4. Ground youreself and take the processor out of the anti static bag. Then gently drop it into the slot.
  5. Place a small drop of thermal gel onto the very center of the processor. It is highly conductive so it will bridge any connection it hits if you drop it anywhere on the mobo.
  6. Get a papertowel just incase you put to much and it oozzes out of the edges.
  7. Reconnect the top of the heat sink and look carefully to make sure none came out.
  8. Install all other parts processor should always be first.
  9. Attach power to all spots on mobo going exactly with your Guide.
  10. Stand back with a stick and press the power button.

*Ground means put your elbow to the case.

[whisper]…I always seem to be the first one to post in everyone of your threads lol[/whisper]

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kk ty :slight_smile: so thermal gel is 100% nessary? or no?

ty for the grounding tips
it would be better to do this in the kitchen on the tile instead of the carpet right??

lol i learned about grounding when i put my new gfx card in some how i was charged and someee howw it killed my moniter lmao

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1000% Nessary or your processor will burn out when your in the middle of gaming.

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Yeah you need thermal gel. I don’t know about keeping your hand on the case, if you touch something metal (case or power supply) every time you move you should be fine. Make sure you do it if you get up and move around because you are building charge.

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Yeah you need thermal gel. I don’t know about keeping your hand on the case, if you touch something metal (case or power supply) every time you move you should be fine. Make sure you do it if you get up and move around because you are building charge.

As long as you aren’t wearing those extra-thick socks and sweater grandma knitted you for Christmas two years ago and pretending that your cross-country skiing across the shag carpeting in your rec room you shouldn’t have to worry much about static charge. Just touch the case before you touch any of your parts (which you would almost inevitably have to do anyway).

As others have stated you will need thermal gel/paste most likely. If you’re buying a new heatsink too, it may come with it preapplied (mine did). Otherwise, it’s like $2 for a tube of it. Well worth the money.

-teet

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:lol:I did that when I built my PC, that slight air of caution. You have to do it with one eye open too…waiting for the impending explosion :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hm, when I bought my processor and mobo they came with precise instructions on how to install them. I had bought a P4 3.2 Ghz and it came with a heatsink, so it had the glue preapplied in a nice lil square.

Make sure you buy a grounding wrist band, handy things they are. Only like 2 bucks too.

All I had to do was pop the lever, open the flap, take out the pin-protection plastic, insert the processor, close the flap, close the lever, and pop the heatsink on (took quite a bit of physical strength to get all 6 pins to snap into the mobo

The hardest part of the whole process is installing the mobo. I remember once I spent 4 hours wondering why the hell mine would turn on but wouldnt show anything, it turned out that my auxiliary power cord was the wrong kind. So I spent another 2 hours debating whether I should take the power supply back or the mobo, when I found another aux power cord hidden somewhere that actually fit. :hangover:

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The sticky thermal pads are garbage, same with the white paste crap.

If you can get your hands on it, use some type of suspended silver compound (AS, AS2, etc.). You will see a lower cpu temp.

Also another little advise i’d like to point out, there is definately such a thing as too much thermal compund, usually the best way to apply it is in a thin layer about the thickness of a sheet of paper, sperad it with a credit card or the like.

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Oh… most AMD’s are preapplied i’ve had 3 AMD computers so far and they all have it already there… like vixir said.

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Vexir damnit, its vexir!

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[ot]^I would know. It’s Vixir just trust me.

//edit. That was a waste of my 2000’th post. Ehh theres always 3000.[/ot]

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[ot] better get posting :lol:[/ot]

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Scrape the pad off an clean the bottom of the HS, that pad is crap.

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I love how people bash on stuff then don’t tell you why…

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There are a zillion options for thermal transfer from the CPU to the heatsink. Stand-alone thermal pads are crap - they dont even dissapate the heat evenly and once you remove the heatsink the pad is destroyed.

Thermal grease (gel) is a great option but it can cure over time if there is any space betweeen the CPU and the heatsink. I am a fan of phase-change material. When the CPU heats it up it turns it to a gel and covers the entire cpu and bridges any air gaps you may have.

The only downside is once you remove the heatsink, it need to be reapplied.

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ne idea which of the 3 is best??

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?Nav=|c:99||c:503|#

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OCZ is the best on that page, try to get uyour hands on some Arctic Silver if you can though. Most stores with overclocking gear would have it.

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Thermal Conductivity: 7.5 W/m-K - thats some sick transfer.
I would say go with Masscool