If you're building a computer, you need thermal paste, or heat paste, to ensure that your computer's processor doesn't overheat. It's a gloopy, silvery material that you squirt between the processor ...

I have an ASUS CUSL2 and a P3-800EB (133 FSB) which I've been running at stock speeds for about 1.5 years. I'd like to try overclocking it but before I do I want to do a better job with the heatsink.

While at my friend's house last Friday, I noticed one of his CPUs (a 750Mhz Duron) had a lot of excess paste around the core. I tried to use a wooden toothpick to scrap it off, but it just smeared ...