05-21-2010, 08:58 PM
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Solid State Member
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Preinstalled Thermal Paste
hey guys, I'm planning to get the intel i7 930 and I was told that it comes in stock with thermal paste already on the heatsink. I'm not planning to over clock my PC or anything so I'm just wondering if I should apply my own thermal paste or is the stock one okay?
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05-21-2010, 09:43 PM
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Re: Preinstalled Thermal Paste
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05-22-2010, 02:04 PM
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Omnipotent One
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Re: Preinstalled Thermal Paste
The pre-applied thermal paste is fine. There really isn't that much of a performance difference between the OEM paste and the expensive aftermarket pastes.
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05-22-2010, 09:56 PM
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Re: Preinstalled Thermal Paste
Personally I always take the pre applied stuff off and put AS5 on.
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06-02-2010, 12:38 AM
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In Runtime
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: Preinstalled Thermal Paste
i use ceramique, but i have never had a problem with the pre-applied stuff with stock clocks.
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