thermal compund

[zidane]

ive just got my cpu cooler and it already came with thermal compund, is it worth taking the original compund off and replacing it with artic silver 5 thermal compund

[Cricket]

Is this the stock CPU heatsink that came with a retail CPU? Or is it an aftermarket heatsink?

:) Cricket

[zidane]

its an aftermarket cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, comes with 'Pre-applied MX-1 Paste'

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/cpu2.php?idx=79&data=2&disc=

fitting to core 2 duo cpu.

[Mr.Ferrari]

Ah, MX-1. Well in that case I suggest you not replace it. Two things:

1. MX-1 is a very high quality TIM. I would only put it second to Arctic silver 5. There should be at MAX 1-2c difference between them.

2. MX-1 is applied in a very appropriate manner on that particular heatsink. You might actually result in worse, or just equivalent to Arctic silver 5 temperatures if you remove it. Especially if your not experianced in applying TIM.

Its more of a personal decision here.

[zidane]

yeh i havent replaced compound before and i just didnt know if the original compound was good or not, but it is so ill install heatsink as it is. cheers