AS5 or Dow corning T340??

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A. Cowan

I have ordered a new heatsink for an XP2600 266FSB I managed to find, its a
Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Xaser XP 3400+, really hoping itll be compatible
with my Socket A ECS K7VMM+ mobo, as far as i can tell it should be, anyway,

Also ordered Artic Silver 5 compound and a Thermaltake Crystal Orb to cool
my nvidia GPU. this crystal orb is supplied with Dow corning T-340 thermal
grease, as are most VGA cooling fans as far as I can see. I know this is
probably a stupid question, but is there much difference between the T340
and AS5? would it help the orb if i just used the AS5 instead of the
supplied grease or is there a reason they all seem to be supplied with
DC-T340?

one other thing, the current stock HS on my graphics card is installed by
standard push-pins, but on the reverse side of the card the push pins are
fixed by a drop of some kind of silicon sealant, if i cut the plastic pins
to remove the HS, do you think itll be easy enough to remove the silcon to
allow me to install the Orb? I'm scared to cut off the old HS incase im
stuck with the push pins firmly sealed in the the fixing holes!

thanks in advance,
Alistair
 
Dow coring is one of the worlds leaders in silicon, everything from windows
sealants to breast implants - however silicon is not the best material to
use in thermal transfer. Sure plenty of silicon based thermal gloop is sold
and used, its not unsafe, just its rated at around 4W/mK and not the best
compared with AS which is a polysinthetic silver compund good for 8 or 9
W/mK
 
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