[rangibro]

Hi.

Just installed the CPU to the motherboard and the stock cooler to the cpu (phenom II 940). As I am a noob, i used my fingernail to scratch off a little of the thermal compound, not realising it was thermal compound and thinking it was a plastic cover (oops). My question is, would this effect the cpu in any way if a little bit of the thermal compound is missing? 95% of the cpu still has the compound on.

Anyone? Thanks.

 

[bumsoil]

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Originally Posted by rangibro Hi. Just installed the CPU to the motherboard and the stock cooler to the cpu (phenom II 940). As I am a noob, i used my fingernail to scratch off a little of the thermal compound, not realising it was thermal compound and thinking it was a plastic cover (oops). My question is, would this effect the cpu in any way if a little bit of the thermal compound is missing? 95% of the cpu still has the compound on. Anyone? Thanks.

no, the thermal compound will squeeze around under the sink, covering the cpu.

 

[Heavy Light 117]

Usually we here at Overclock.net wipe all that off and apply our own thermal compound. If you aren't overclocking and there is still 95% of the compound then you should be fine. However, like I said, usually we like to replace that stuff with better stuff.

 

[gerikoh]

it will be fine. besides, you'll need to buy a good cooler if you want to overclock that thing.

 

[PsikyoJebus]

And don't forget to burn the compound in with some CPU stressing like prime95.

 

[Nenkitsune]

940+stock wax+stock cooler does not sound like it will end well though.

the stock cooler IS pretty damn skippy, I had (and have another) one in the past that came with an Athlon X2 4400 (socket 939) best cooler I had on my s754 newcastle till I got a Zalman.

 

[Illusion Of Progress]

You're fine. If you ever want to look into overclocking though, I'd suggest better TIM and an aftermarket CPU cooler.

 

[rangibro]

Thanks all.. Will definately upgrade the compond and cooler before I overclock.
+1 Repped all who responded!

 

[noahmateen1234]

A good CPU cooler is the Xigmatek 1283, and not too expensive.

Good thermal compounds:
OCZ Freeze
Arctic Silver 5
IC 7 Diamond