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Old 05-14-2008, 01:08 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by glennxx1 View Post
is silicon gel (thermal paste?)a must for the heatsink/fan assembly? my assembly has 3 lines of grey stuff on the bottom of it, (from intel) should i be good?
If the heatsink already had thermal compound on it, then no, theres no need to add more or replace it, unless you really want that extra 1-2C cooling difference.
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