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Offline salongaopm

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What Thermal Paste to use?
« on: March 28, 2010, »
Hi!

Noobs here. I got 6 LE's from the coop and now starting to build the first one. What type of thermal paste/heat compound  can/should I use? Can/should I use Arctic Silver 5, Ceramic type or a Heat sink grease like the one from Radioshack? Link : You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login  How much will I be needing for 6 LE's?

Thanks!

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Re: What Thermal Paste to use?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2010, »
This compound will work just fine, this is what I use. (Standard Heat Sink Grease) You can go with the higher costing artic silver stuff, but it would be a waste of money.
I built 6 LE's with one of those small tubes.

Bill

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Re: What Thermal Paste to use?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2010, »
Thank you very much for the quick reply!