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August 18, 2014 3:12:01 PM

Today I've installed Corsair H100i and I'm worrying about the pre-applied thermal paste. I'm not talking about the quality but the size of the paste square...

In my opinion it was too big at least for my cpu. I'm using Core i7 4790K (LGA 1150) and this processor is small. If you compare the paste patch and the processor it's something like this: So the paste theoretically could touch the green board through the gaps between the socket cover and possibly damage the cpu...

What do you think? Maybe someone has the same size processor and using the H100i?

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August 18, 2014 3:24:43 PM

Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.
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August 18, 2014 3:27:08 PM

The paste can overlap, it wont be an issue.
Its thin enough that it cant contact anything but the heatspreader, its not going to leak anywhere, and its non conductive if it somehow happened to.

The stock paste is actually quite good, no real need to replace it unless you already have a tube of it on had.
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August 18, 2014 3:29:29 PM

Dunlop0078 said:
Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.


Yeah I have MX-4 too but many people say that the paste H100i has is very good...
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August 18, 2014 3:30:15 PM

Torkilon said:
Dunlop0078 said:
Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.


Yeah I have MX-4 too but many people say that the paste H100i has is very good...


Not as good as MX-4.
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August 18, 2014 3:31:16 PM

The thermal on the h100i is real good.
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August 18, 2014 3:35:24 PM

I went from the stock paste on the H100i to some MX-2 and only dropped temps 1-2C at max load on prime95. MX-4 is a bit better, but not enough to warrant the replacement.
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August 18, 2014 3:36:04 PM

Gam3r01 said:
The paste can overlap, it wont be an issue.
Its thin enough that it cant contact anything but the heatspreader, its not going to leak anywhere, and its non conductive if it somehow happened to.

The stock paste is actually quite good, no real need to replace it unless you already have a tube of it on had.


Well... Then I'm worrying too much.

Will see how it performs when I finish the build which is the first one for me :) 

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August 18, 2014 3:37:17 PM

Have fun building and don't worry so much. :D 
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