I'm going to be upgrading my MB soon, when I remove my CPU from my current MB do I need to reapply any thermal paste or anything if I take the heatsink with it all in one? Or will I have to remove the heatsink and put the CPU in and then resink the cooler?
It would be best to remove the heatsink then remove the cpu individually.
Depending on the MB and heatsink, it will be inconsistent in seating the cpu in it's socket with the heatsink already attached.
If cpu not seated correctly, by by cpu, just to save on heatsink paste?
Depending on how long the cpu/heatsink have already been together, it would be worthwhile in replacing the heatsink anyway.
Yes I agree with Iforget.
You should -
Remove heatsink
Remove Cpu
Carefully remove old paste from both cpu and heatsink
Put in new motherboard
Put in cpu
Apply small amount of new thermal paste
And finally refit the heatsink.
Paul.
removing CPU and heatsink together is remarkably complex as the thermal paste isn't glue and most of the CPU-locking mechanisms in the socket are nearly impossible to operate with an heatsink mounted on it.
So yeah, do what they said, and use alcohol (the pink stuff) to clean both the CPU and the heatsink plate from any residue before applying new paste.
removing CPU and heatsink together is remarkably complex as the thermal paste isn't glue and most of the CPU-locking mechanisms in the socket are nearly impossible to operate with an heatsink mounted on it.
So yeah, do what they said, and use alcohol (the pink stuff) to clean both the CPU and the heatsink plate from any residue before applying new paste.
Alright I will remove it all completely and just resink everything when i get it, I'm going to be getting the Artic silver thermal paste with the cleaning solutions as well to remove the old paste.
Reading through this page for you cpu and compound choices will help
Arctic Silver, Inc. - Instructions
I read those and watched a few newegg instructional videos about applying thermal paste
My question is this Silkmudah.
What CPU do you have and what new M/B are you installing it to?
i.e. is the new M/B the same socket as the old M/B ?
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