just ASII when using clips on fans?

[phenolite]

I have a couple fans that use clips to attach to chips in my pc. i hear that AS alumina is good paste/glue for cooling chips and keeping fans attached to the chips. now..If my fans have clips, i don't need glue...so i can just use ASII, correct? (i don't really feel like buying MORE stuff right now)

[Colin]

Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound will not work. Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive is what should be used to attatch a HS to a chip.

[AntmanMike]

Unless its a CPU or GPU. Always mix 1/3 Compound also.

[UncleD]

I assume you mean heatsinks and not just fans. If your heatsinks uses clips to mount on the chips, as2 will do fine, but if you have f.x. a Radeon8500 where the heatsink uses some form of epoxy, then arctic alumina thermal adhesive is needed( or another forom for thermal conductive epoxy)

[phenolite]

what i'm gonna end up doing is see just how far my vid card will oc :) if i want it to go farther, off comes the CLIPPED hsf, on goes my blorb with ASII (only), clip that back on...sound good?....i'm pretty determined to use ASII only cuz i have an unused tube of it...(still gotta put some on the ol' athlon)

thanx guys

now...lets get that Ti200 in my pc :D :D :D

[AntmanMike]

Dont get AS2 on ANY of the board. You could easily short it. Also, KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE RAM.

[phenolite]

ok...so..just put a tiny bit on? (size reference please, i'm a cooling ****** ;))

[UncleD]

if you dont want to get any as2 on anything but the core, just use some masking tape to cover the area outside it.