Originally posted by Vorlin
, and plenty of silver-based thermal grease (the really good stuff),

This reminds me of the time I attached a heatsink to the cpu without the use of thermal paste. I just assumed that thermal paste was some kind of gimmick designed to rid me of my last few dollars. The box in question was a HP Pavillion which are renowned for their poor heat dissipating properties.


Well, that box had less than ten minutes of uptime before it crashed and burn't. I now have a never ending supply of thermal paste.



Back to the topic- I've also read (at IamNotaGeek) that overclocking, in some instances, can actually reduce processor speed....Anyone else ever heard of this?