slinga
Established Member
Hey guys,
All my parts for my super computer finally arrived. I'm having a lot of trouble installing the CPUs. My first problem is that all the gave me was a CPU, some greyish stuff on the cpu, and a giant copper looking heat sink, which has the same grey stuff on the bottom. I'm guessing the greyish stuff is gel? There is no fan or glue in the set. Do I have to go out and buy them? How should the heatsink make a contact with the processor? My roomate said that it should be extremely tight and not move at all or the CPU will fry. I have no idea how to make it that tight without going out and buying some glue or something.
Problem #2 is also related to the CPUs. My motherboard comes with these adhesive metal plates which you are supposed to stick to the case. The heat sink then screws into them. My problem is there is a large, raised, gap in my case where the CPUs line up. I'm unable to stick the metal plates to the case. How important are they? What if I just screwed the heat sink into the metal plates and let it hang? I'm afraid of the heat sink moving.
Any advice is welcome. Worst case scenario I go to Mirco Center and buy a new case and fans for the heat sink tomorrow.
All my parts for my super computer finally arrived. I'm having a lot of trouble installing the CPUs. My first problem is that all the gave me was a CPU, some greyish stuff on the cpu, and a giant copper looking heat sink, which has the same grey stuff on the bottom. I'm guessing the greyish stuff is gel? There is no fan or glue in the set. Do I have to go out and buy them? How should the heatsink make a contact with the processor? My roomate said that it should be extremely tight and not move at all or the CPU will fry. I have no idea how to make it that tight without going out and buying some glue or something.
Problem #2 is also related to the CPUs. My motherboard comes with these adhesive metal plates which you are supposed to stick to the case. The heat sink then screws into them. My problem is there is a large, raised, gap in my case where the CPUs line up. I'm unable to stick the metal plates to the case. How important are they? What if I just screwed the heat sink into the metal plates and let it hang? I'm afraid of the heat sink moving.
Any advice is welcome. Worst case scenario I go to Mirco Center and buy a new case and fans for the heat sink tomorrow.