Stock thermal paste or aftermarket paste with Corsair H55?

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The4rchitect

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Hello, I have my H55 coming in the mail today for my new build, I'd list my full build but I'm on mobile so ill make it quick:

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Gigabyte 990 UD3 motherboard
Corsair H55 cooler
With an XFX Radeon R90

Is the stock thermal paste "good enough"? I read a review where they used different paste instead, should I do that also? If it only causes a difference of 5ish degrees is it worth the trouble/price? I do plan on overclocking eventually, so I don't know what to do.

If I should get it, is there a store that sells thermal paste, like a best buy or something? I'm impatient, getting all my parts today and don't want to have to wait two days for paste to come in before I can start my build.

Thanks for the help guys
 
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Best buy only had an antec brand that got bad reviews, and an insignia brand (Insignia Thermal Compound) so that's what I got, the reviews said it was good though. Do I need to do anything with the stock thermal compound on my cooler? Like scrape it off or anything? Let me know, thanks for the help guys!
 
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I appreciate the response, I don't think I was clear on my situation. I know that the stock paste is decent, however I have bought aftermarket thermal paste and I wish to use that. My question is: because I am using my own thermal paste, do I need to remove the thermal paste that comes preapplied to the Corsair H55 cooler? And if so, what is the best way to do that. Sorry for the confusion, thanks for the help.
 
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You should definitely remove all existing thermal paste before applying any new paste. You can use rubbing alcohol and a lint free cloth to remove it all.

As for if the new paste will make a big difference, it really won't. HW Secrets did a review years ago, with a 95W CPU they only saw 7C between the best and worst thermal paste, and only 3C between the best paste and mayonnaise.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-February-2012/1490/5
 
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7c is still 44 Fahrenheit... I would say that is a worthwile investment for a few bucks.
 
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7C is 44F, but a delta T of 7C is only 12.6F. If i have 3 items that are each 1 C hotter than the other, you don't keep adding the 32F to convert to F for each one.
 
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lol...tell that to Google. It seems they have the calculation wrong. Either way, I'll take 12.6F lower for a few more bucks.
 
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