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lovepurple

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I was planning to get a phenom ii x4 965 black edition. I keep hearing that you need thermal paste or its going to over heat. Does thermal paste come with the cpu?
 
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I have the same CPU and yes it comes with thermal paste already pre-applied to the cooler. No need to buy it separately. Only if you're installing a 3rd party cooler or for some reason you need to re-install the stock cooler.
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most of the time is pre applied on the cpu cooler.
people say that you should apply a better one, but since you probably wont change the stock fan...
From my experience the pre applied one works fine
 
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I have the same CPU and yes it comes with thermal paste already pre-applied to the cooler. No need to buy it separately. Only if you're installing a 3rd party cooler or for some reason you need to re-install the stock cooler.
 
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If it comes with the stock cooler, it should come with thermal paste. To be honest I've never seen a cooler stock or not come without thermal paste. Although the after market coolers generally come with a tube of it while the stock cooler comes with it pre applied. If you get it, don't touch the bottom of the cooler because there is a white pad there, that's the thermal paste (or thermal pad, almost the same thing).
 
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With Phenom II X4 it's grey colored (silver), not white (silicon). Just a heads up :)
 
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the one said it will overheat may had an Over Clocking in their mind since it's BE processor.. (O.C. is one of it's strong point)
u will need better/aftermarket cooler and thermal paste for better O.C. result...

the thermal paste that came (pre-applied) with the stock cooler is fine for normal usage..
 
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Thermal paste is thermal paste, if it's thermal paste then it doesn't matter as long as it's a good cooler if it's water mixed with some slow liquid (e.g. honey, glue, ect) sold as thermal paste, that's bad.
 
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