Heat Sink???

[Evlich]

Hello, I am building a new computer and I am not sure whether or not the CPU fan came with a heat sink already on it. I got an AMD T-Bird. The instructions that came with it didn't quite match the actual parts, but it kind of resembed something along those lines. My question is, should I put the heat sink stuff that came with the motherboard on it, or should I just leave it alone? Thanks a lot.
~Evlich

[Bull]

whats the motherboard and which cpu are you using. All modern processors need a heatsink attached to it. Usually all the heatsinks are attached to the motherboard before you get it.

[Yodums]

Open your case NOW, check where your chip and make sure the big alluminum block is on it if its not that means it will fry soon.

That is what a heatsink is. OEM computers usually don't come with one retail ALWAYS do.

Yodums

[Evlich]

Well my motherboard came with a little pacage of heatsink, but my processor came with a fan that said it had a heat sink on it, but i don't know how great it is. Basicly the question boils down to: "Will too much heatsink mess up the processor?"
My CPU fan came with a small white square on it, it said that it was the heat sink, but would that fact that it was not covered make a difference in the stuff. It didn't have the little plastic slip that it said that it would have on it.
~evlich

[UserName]

Can you post a pic?

[Evlich]

a pict of what??

[Sworkhard]

The fan sits on the heatsink to help enhance cooling.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Evlich
Well my motherboard came with a little pacage of heatsink, but my processor came with a fan that said it had a heat sink on it, but i don't know how great it is. Basicly the question boils down to: "Will too much heatsink mess up the processor?"
My CPU fan came with a small white square on it, it said that it was the heat sink, but would that fact that it was not covered make a difference in the stuff. It didn't have the little plastic slip that it said that it would have on it.
~evlich


The white stuff on the heatsink is called thermal compound but in your case I think its a thermal pad.

No too much heatsink will not mess it up as overclockers use waterblocks now to cool it and copper which weighs over a pound so no but maybe the sound of the high class Delta's will hurt your ears :D

The stock fan are never great for AMD.

The heatsink is meant to reduce the heat within the chip since they produce alot of heat.

Your heatsink is on right?

It better be or put it on.

Yodums

[f155mph]

Evlich,

If I were you I would read up info about heatsink. The beginner section at overclockers.com should help you out. In the mean time I wouldnt turn your computer on until you know for sure that the heatsink is on right. Tbird burn up in less then 8 sec. I found it out the hard way.;)

[William]

Use the one that came with the CPU. Heatsinks that come with motherboard tend to somehow be worse than the bad ones that come with retail chips. AMD uses different heatsinks at times so you may get one that is different. The heatsink that came with your CPU is also called a heatsink/fan or hsf because it has the heatsink(metal part) and a fan to cool the heatsink. With an Athlon, you need much larger heatsinks to cool down the heat that they produce. AMD's HAVE TO HAVE A HEATSINK OR YOU WILL FRY THE CHIP. Use the retail one, and you will be fine, in the sense that your bird will live. You would be much better going off and buying a better heasink. I would recommend the Glaciator Lite because its cheap, quiet, won't crack your chip, and is a very capable cooler. When you get it(i strongly recommend getting something other than what you have) you need to get some thermal paste for it. The White silicon paste that is cheap will work, but I would look at Artic Alumina or even better Artic Silver II which are both much better. you can find all the parts I mentioned at http://www.coolinggears.com which is an extremely reliable vendor. I would read the beginner guides like was suggested and that will help you out quite a bit as well.

Hope everything works out well!

[oc jason]

Wow, Will i have a tear in my eye, that was almost religious.