Two Monitor Set-up

[Manton]

I had to lift up the heatsink to change the CPU. The new CPU is literally new. That is, it was out of a sealed box. I read several tutorials which said not to add any grease. The factory grease is fine as long as you don't touch it, which I did not.

I installed the new CPU and then replaced the old heatsink.

FWIW, I did not detect any grease on the new heatsink (the one I was unable to install).

 

[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by MAnton

I had to lift up the heatsink to change the CPU. The new CPU is literally new. That is, it was out of a sealed box. I read several tutorials which said not to add any grease. The factory grease is fine as long as you don't touch it, which I did not.

I installed the new CPU and then replaced the old heatsink.

FWIW, I did not detect any grease on the new heatsink (the one I was unable to install).

IMO I would add that silver grease stuff

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Bhowie

IMO I would add that silver grease stuff

$#!+. Any tips on how? And where? And how much?

 

[A Y]

Newegg has the Arctic Silver stuff along with more generic stuff, but don't sweat it. Monitor your CPU temperature, and if it doesn't approach 60C (when the CPU's pretty loaded), nothing bad will happen.

--Andre

 

[jgold47]

I actually just finally set up 2x monitor this weekend. I got an old Gforce card from a friend and have one via VgA and one VIA DVI. I have my 20" wide as my main and an old 17" as my secondary. Still not really sure what I am going to use this for since I dont actually do work on this computer, just fap to Appreciation.

 

[Ataturk]

Originally Posted by MAnton

I had to lift up the heatsink to change the CPU. The new CPU is literally new. That is, it was out of a sealed box. I read several tutorials which said not to add any grease. The factory grease is fine as long as you don't touch it, which I did not. I installed the new CPU and then replaced the old heatsink. FWIW, I did not detect any grease on the new heatsink (the one I was unable to install).
IIRC when they're new, the grease is usually supplied on the heatsink, not the CPU. Did the new CPU have a grease tab on it? I mean, if there was grease on the cpu or the heatsink from the factory, it would have been very noticeable, probably a square tab about 3/4" in diameter. It sounds like you didn't put any grease on it at all. I'm saying this from memory but I believe this is how it was when I put my last computer together.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by A Y

Newegg has the Arctic Silver stuff along with more generic stuff, but don't sweat it. Monitor your CPU temperature, and if it doesn't approach 60C (when the CPU's pretty loaded), nothing bad will happen.

--Andre

Do I need to buy some special device for this?

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by MAnton

Do I need to buy some special device for this?

The CPU has temp sensors built into it. Use the program I mentioned here to read the temps out:

http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...6&postcount=68

--Andre

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by MAnton

I had to lift up the heatsink to change the CPU. The new CPU is literally new. That is, it was out of a sealed box. I read several tutorials which said not to add any grease. The factory grease is fine as long as you don't touch it, which I did not. I installed the new CPU and then replaced the old heatsink. FWIW, I did not detect any grease on the new heatsink (the one I was unable to install).
This really depends. Sometimes it can cake and harden a bit. Depending on how you took it off, the distribution of the grease could be wrong. I always clean any surface with grease on it. Since you went back to the old heatsink that had residual grease on it, you probably should have cleaned it. But like A Y says, if you're not hitting high temps, you're probably fine. Buy this stuff if you didn't get thermal grease with your cpu. It comes with instructions and is easy to apply. Think of all the g33k cred you'll have once you're done!

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by A Y

The CPU has temp sensors built into it. Use the program I mentioned here to read the temps out:

http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...6&postcount=68

--Andre

Thanks. So far, the highest any single core has been is 37. Max for the others has been 33-34. I think I will not worry about grease for now.

 

[Manton]

Oh, no! 38!

 

[Ataturk]

$16? You can get white thermal grease at radio shack for $2, at least you could ten years ago or whenever I bought the tube that I've still got.

 

[Manton]

39! Help! But so far I have not cracked 40 ... yet!

 

[Connemara]

My department's computer lab has several dual-monitor setups. I love them.

Someday, if I am a big-timer and have my own office, I will have a two or three monitor set up but I'll be able to slide a screen over them so I can actually get stuff done.

 

[GQgeek]

Manton, download this program and let your computer do something useful when you're not on it. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Check your cpu temp once that's been running for a while.