Heat Sink
A look at what is currently available on eBay
 Deepcool Z5 3g Thermal Grease CPU Heat Sink Compound US $16.16 
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 Intel D95263 LGA775 Aluminum Heat Sink Fan US $9.95
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 SQL5010 Three Phase Bridge Rectifier w Aluminum Heat Sink 50A 1000V US $8.52
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 90A Single Phase Solid State Relay w Aluminum Heat Sink US $27.48
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 Poweredge 750 Powervault 745N P4 Heatsink Clip M1326 US $39.95
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 OMC Johnson Evinrude Heat Sink CABLE ASSY 380163 Used US $4.00
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 Foxconn Motherboard Northbridge Heatsink with retention clip US $4.40
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 GATEWAY 450ROG Fan & heatsink 8006681 US $7.43
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 100% OEM HP 410298-001 HP BL480c Heatsink US $49.99
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 100% OEM HP 412210-001 DL360G5 Heat Sink US $49.99
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 New IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T61 T61P heatsink fan W Thermal US $39.99
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 NEW IBM T61 T61P Fan with heatsink fit for 42W2462 2463 US $39.99
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 Laptop Toshiba Satellite M55 S1001 CPU Heatsink US $4.88
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 Thermal Heatsink Compound Paste for CPU/VGA Fans(Net Weight: 15g) US $1.25
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 60A Single Phase Solid State Relay w Aluminum Heat Sink US $20.70
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Should I put my thermal paste on the heat sink or the cpu?
I recently bought a new processor and heat sink/fan, and from what I know, the base is a lot smaller than the cpu is going to be when it arrives today. The fan/sink I bought is a cooler-master hyper tx3. My main question is this. What would be the optimal way to apply the thermal past for this situation, on the base of the sink, or onto the processor?
Heatsink. The top surface of many CPUs has a raised area in the middle where the heat needs to be sunk from, but other raised components (capacitors) around it. It does not take much inadvertent force when spreading the compound to dislodge those caps. Safer to do it on the sink instead.
Also, take a look at what the industry does. If you buy a retail CPU it will come with a heatsink with thermal compound already applied - on the heatsink, not the CPU.
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September 25th, 2006 in
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