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Do you need thermal paste?

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September 25, 2014 3:10:08 PM

Do you need thermal paste or not? I have the i5 4690k processor and the stock fan.

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September 25, 2014 3:13:23 PM

wewum said:
Do you need thermal paste or not?


To interface between your cooling device and the CPU face, yes. Some come with it already applied.

On your car headlights, no.
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September 25, 2014 3:16:03 PM

USAFRet said:
wewum said:
Do you need thermal paste or not?


To interface between your cooling device and the CPU face, yes. Some come with it already applied.

On your car headlights, no.



I have the i5 4690k and the stock cooler. Do I need it?
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September 25, 2014 3:17:58 PM

Yes, between things like your cpu and the cpu in the graphics card. Without any thermal paste the chip would have no place to release the heat it is producing when operating and will eventually cook itself. The paste is need to exchange heat from the source it is produced to the source that is built for dispersing that heat into the atmosphere
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September 25, 2014 3:19:16 PM

wewum said:
USAFRet said:
wewum said:
Do you need thermal paste or not?


To interface between your cooling device and the CPU face, yes. Some come with it already applied.

On your car headlights, no.



I have the i5 4690k and the stock cooler. Do I need it?


It should come preapplied
The 3 grey stripes in the middle here:
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