On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:30:31 -0500, davy
<davy.2oa8ay@no.email.invalid> wrote:

>
>Further to Gerard's reply, stay well clear of the common white paste you
>see in TV's and amplifiers etc... totally useless for CPU, this stuff
>tends to dry out rather quickly.
>
>Use Artic Silver or similar paste as this tends not to dry out,

While you are correct, the problem with generic silicone
grease drying out was most prevalent on small open cores
like some video cards, Pentium 3 or Athlon socket A era. On
chips with heat spreaders it'll tend to last at least a
couple of years if not longer... but still you're right that
it will eventually be a problem, degraded performance, yet
there are people installing crap fans or PSU that die in an
couple years too so it has to be seen in perspective.