I bought an i5 6600 listed as new the guy said thermal paste is already on there isn't it suppose to look like goo?
Did he provide a microscope? Seriously, go grab a tube of AS5 for like 5 bucks, that thing is bone dry and the seller is either an idiot or more likely a bold-faced liar.
Yeah looks like it was cleaned off. It would normally look something like this (though smeared if the sink was installed):
I would clean it off anyway and replace it with quality TIM. The question of it being new however is a different issue.
Thanks guys for the response, i went to buy a thermal paste. I was wondering about the heatsink apparently its a ASUS M32ad Desktop OEM Intel Cooling Fan Heatsink 13071-00360000 1435 1417 will that still work with my motherboard? http://www.ebay.com/p/asus-m32ad-de...071-00360000-1435-1417/1539461073#UserReviews http://www.asusparts.eu/Asus-13071-00360000
It says its for socket 1156, your cpu is 1151.. but truthfully I didn't even know Asus made stock coolers like that. Try and use it, with paste applied, but you may end up wanting a better aftermarket heat sink/fan combo if any of the pins are screwed up for example
1156/55/50/51 all have the same size socket and same spacing for heatsink mounting. Any socket 115X heatsink will work on any socket 115X mobo (*though obviously with certain mobos and configs you can have conflicts with huge heatsinks and RAM, etc.) Can you provide a photo of the packaging this CPU came in? Was it BNIB with a seal on it and everything? It's possible that this CPU was sold as a "tray" CPU with no box but that heatsink really rubs me the wrong way having no TIM on it...
