boxed cpu hsf pre-stuck on cpu?

Trrkk · Jan 9, 2014

If you buy an Intel CPU in a box instead of a tray, do they stick the fan on it for you, or does it come loose? I ordered a watercooling solution and a'boxed' CPU, and now I worry that the first thing I got to do is scrape off old thermal paste.. (i can still modify the order right now)

FreezeRay · Jan 9, 2014

Last I knew the fans just come sitting in the box loose, unless Intel has gotten sneaky on us.

Trrkk · Jan 9, 2014

Thanks. I haven't build a new pc since 2003, so I appreciate the reassurance.

FreezeRay · Jan 9, 2014

No problem my friend, glad to have been helpful. Feel free to message me if you ever need any help with anything.

Trrkk · Jan 10, 2014

Sure thing.

chrisso · Jan 10, 2014

The cpu comes clean. The heatsink has thermal paste already spread on in a perfect layer.
Very handy for selling the heatsink+fan actually- no paste required.

Trrkk · Jan 10, 2014

Interesting. Honestly, the only reason I even bought the boxed one was that I could get a cheaper deal on one than without the HSF. But now I'm thinking it's nice to have a spare part.

chrisso · Jan 10, 2014

If you lived in london (which i doubt because of post time in the uk) I would give you a fiver for the spare as
i got a barely used haswell 4430 for £99 and I dont have a cooler..

FreezeRay · Jan 10, 2014

chrisso :

You got a 4430 for less than a hundred pounds? Not bad mate.

chrisso · Jan 10, 2014

Yeah, why; you in england? If so I will tell you where.

Trrkk · Jan 10, 2014

I can almost toss it over the North Sea. I live in Norway.

FreezeRay · Jan 10, 2014

chrisso :

Unfortunately I live in the US, otherwise I would take you up on the offer.

chrisso · Jan 19, 2014

Well, I need someone tossed IN the North sea; we could do a deal? 100 miles off either coast, in a barrel full of concrete. The cpu is yours.Actually, I here the fyords are quite nice in winter;make it your end.

chrisso · Jan 19, 2014

I got an arctic alpine r2 95watt cooler with 93 mm fan at the pc faif for a tenner.It is man enough to be quieter than stock so it will do......

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