Slk 800 (A) sticky strips??

[ozzy0627]

Hi I just got my slk 800 (A) from thermal right and they sent me 4 white dots for the cpu and 2 long black sticky strips. Anyone know what these strips our for??? My temps suck so maybe im doing something wrong.


xp 2400 48 c 53 c slk800
xp 2400 49 c 55 c retail cooler

[Greasy Burger]

The four white dots are four your cpu so you don't crush your cpu with the heavy heatsink. I don't know what the black sticky strips are for.

[macky]

the long strips are to put on the heatsink where the fan is going to sit, they help reduce vibration between the fan and heatsink.

[ozzy0627]

Thanks Guys...

Those black strips make pretty good sense.

[crull]

"the long strips are to put on the heatsink where the fan is going to sit, they help reduce vibration between the fan and heatsink."

Thats what I thought they were for when I got my slk-800, so I did some research. They are suppose to be used with the TMD fans the ones that have no the motor in the center, I can't recall the brand. I think they go on top of the fan and the clips use the strips to hold the fan on the heatsink because the fan has no corner holes. I think under any fan is a good option also, I don't remember why I didn't do it with mine though, but there was a reason.

[josi]

Originally posted by crull
They are suppose to be used with the TMD fans the ones that have no the motor in the center, I can't recall the brand. I think they go on top of the fan and the clips use the strips to hold the fan on the heatsink because the fan has no corner holes. I think under any fan is a good option also, I don't remember why I didn't do it with mine though, but there was a reason.

TMD fans have standard 70mm mounting holes in the corners, it clips as any other fan.
But using a rubber strips between the fan and heatsink is very good idea, my SLK-900U came without such strips, so I made them from some 3mm thick rubber, and they indeed reduced fan vibrations and, which is important for me, noise from the fan.