Official MSI GX640 Owner's Thread

[Dead2th3world]

It's the easiest thing to upgrade , What suck in the Gx640 is that you will have to completely remove the whole heatsink ... Which means applying thermal paste everywhere (hate that part).

Don't forget some lint free cloth and thermal remover etc.. Or high percentage alcohol.

[NotEnoughMinerals]

It's the easiest thing to upgrade , What suck in the Gx640 is that you will have to completely remove the whole heatsink ... Which means applying thermal paste everywhere (hate that part).

Don't forget some lint free cloth and thermal remover etc.. Or high percentage alcohol.

It's not easier than upgrading RAM or a hard drive

[Dead2th3world]

It's not easier than upgrading RAM or a hard drive

Yeah , the heatsink is a pain the the Gx Two piece would have been better. But still , all you have to do is turn a screw and lift .. pretty much straight forward.

PS: Don't use a big screwdriver like frosty !

[NotEnoughMinerals]

haha yea, that screwdriver seemed comicly oversized

[bankergolfer]

Thanks! Do you (or anyone reading this) know if the Gx640 come with thermal paste or a cheap thermal pad in its stock configuration?

Well there's a couple videos on youtube posted by frosty computers, step-by-step on how to upgrade the cpu in the GX640 specifically. Just search GX640 and you'll find it

[NotEnoughMinerals]

I'm pretty sure it's paste, not sure though

[catacylsm]

Normally paste/pad configuration, pads tend to be on the memory but im not sure

[Dead2th3world]

Paste on CPU and GPU die and usually pads on the GPU memory. It's up to you what you want to do , either use the same pads (which is not recommended) or use paste instead of it (which i do).

EDIT: nvm , too slow cata beat me to it

PS: @ Banker , don't apply paste the way frosty does on its youtube video. Just put half a pea size in the middle of the core and screw down the heatsink.

[bankergolfer]

I wish thermal pads had never been invented. It's such a cheap, lazy way to get around using thermal paste.

[Dead2th3world]

Using paste instead of pads works better .. Others you have tried can confirmed that too.