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Posted by: LaPorta on 2019-04-02 07:53:00
What are people using for their Power Mac heat sinks? I’m now digging into this part of my collection and wondering what is best to use.
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Posted by: jessenator on 2019-04-02 08:06:20
I just used a wee dab of arctic silver I had leftover from my AMD build on my 4400's 603e—no idea what it's thermals will be, but, I'll follow up if it's immortan mediocre.
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Posted by: Byrd on 2019-04-02 15:01:41
For longevity, Arctic Silver 5 is still my choice. I'm yet to find it dried up on older builds. Don't go the conductive stuff
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Posted by: omidimo on 2019-04-02 15:27:46
I switched from Arctic Silver 5 to Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste and am happy with the results.
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Posted by: Zippy Zapp on 2019-04-02 18:00:47
Arctic Silver takes a tiny bit and works great. Also you can get a good size container of Cooler Master Ice fusion that also works well.
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Posted by: jessenator on 2019-04-02 18:11:22
How would those new(ish)-fangled carbon thermal pads fair? Could you get a standard size (for today's heat spreaders) and cut them to the small PPC die? Get like 9 for the price of 1?
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2019-04-02 18:20:42
603/604 CPUs don't generate much heat.
Any cheap heatsink compound made in China found on ebay will do the job perfectly as long as you don't use too much.
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Posted by: beachycove on 2019-04-02 19:22:45
A 604e gets pretty toasty sometimes, actually.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2019-04-02 19:39:44
A 233Mhz 604e draws 16-18W.
A 604ev draws 6W at 250Mhz (die shrink).
If they get toasty it is because of poor air flow and heat buildup in the case over time (something I never seen in my machines).
I use the cheap heatsink compound on CPUs that run 125W or more and they work fine.
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Posted by: LaPorta on 2019-04-05 02:20:05
I appreciate the input. This would be used across the range from 601 to G4. I'll have to check out this Arctic Silver stuff.
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