Am I going to need to buy Thermal Paste with this Processor?

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curtains

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well ... remember the thermal paste is on the heatsink when u buy it so, if its OEM then u'll need thermal paste .. (unless OEM CPU's has thermal paste on the CPU's now .. but i'm 99% sure it doesn't) or if ur gona use a after market heatsink.
 
hermeslyre

hermeslyre

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headcrabCAKE said:
sorry but what does "run it in" mean? do you mean running the cpu at full load to run it in?
or something other then that?
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I don't know what he meant, but you don't have to run the CPU at full load or anything like that, the TP will settle into its normal temps after being "run in". Don't do anything special, just act normally.
 
Kesava

Kesava

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Of course you could just get some Arctic Silver or something.. as its not that expensive and would be better then the TP that comes with the heatsink.
 
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UriA702

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The thermal pad should be fine. You can use arctic silver if you want but be cautioned that sometimes temps actually go up due to the compound not being applied properly. I would stick to the TP if I were you. If you are not overclocking or overclocking slightly it will be fine.
 
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Quick69GTO

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The retail versions of processors usually come with thermal paste already applied to the heatsink. It can be difficult to get off should you plan to use an aftermarket thermal paste.
Using the pre-applied thermal paste is perfectly fine.
If you do plan on overclocking the processor, buying an OEM version processor, aftermarket thermal paste (Arctic Silver), and a stout aftermarket heatsink, is highly recommended.
While a few stock heatsinks allow for some room to overclock, it's better to stay on the safe side.
 
2048Megabytes

2048Megabytes

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All of my new components should be here by Saturday. Will give an update to tell all how the upgrade goes. Ended up going with the Athlon 4600+ Dual-Core processor as NewEgg got them back in stock recently.
 
2048Megabytes

2048Megabytes

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Finished my hardware upgrade yesterday. Used the thermal pad and I am seeing idle temperature in BIOS of about 40 degrees Celsius with my processor. It is quite satisfying to complete my first build.

I am noticing an increase in performance with the new components. I suppose it is because the RAM is over twice as fast as my old, I have four Arithmetic Logic Units instead of two and my HyperTransport is transfer rate is higher.

Now comes the fun time consuming part of reinstalling all my software. A thanks to all who gave me advice with my first build!
 
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