Of course when replacing just one or the other, you'd expect to clean off the old thermal paste before applying new one.
But what about when you've just bought a brand new cpu and cooler.
Do you still clean their surfaces first? Or trust that they cleaned them at the factory and just go apply the thermal paste straight on?
I'd imaging the Intel chip in particular is made in a strict dust free environment, so would have thought thats the cleanest the surface is ever going to get.
But what about when you've just bought a brand new cpu and cooler.
Do you still clean their surfaces first? Or trust that they cleaned them at the factory and just go apply the thermal paste straight on?
I'd imaging the Intel chip in particular is made in a strict dust free environment, so would have thought thats the cleanest the surface is ever going to get.