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So, I am currently looking to upgrade my PC and the reason I am upgrading my CPU is because I plan to get a GTX 970 and my current CPU will just bottleneck it. My current motherboard is a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P and my current CPU is a AMD FX 6300. I am looking to upgrade my CPU to a AMD FX 8350 and I know that the CPU will work in my motherboard (I believe).

Now, I have good knowledge of PCs but never really made a big upgrade like this and certainly not on the CPU so I am not confident on doing it without help/steps to see if I am doing it right.

So, I have a Seidon 120M on my CPU, so if I am correct I just have to unscrew the cooler, clean the cooper plate from the thermal paste (Not sure what to use for it), take the old CPU out, put the new one in, put thermal paste on it and put the cooler back onto it. Is this correct? Like is that all I have to do, I don't need to set anything up in the BIOS or anything?

Thanks.
 
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Spreading it around is optional, but you want to make sure that the cooler is fully secured with a good seal after you are done. Don't use more than a pea sized or it will get everywhere

And, take the cooler completely out of the case. You are not even going to be able to clean it until it's fully disconnected. do this on a work surface.

As to the method of CLEANING the paste off, I'm just as clueless, LinusTechTips might have a video on that, youtube videos are a great thing to watch, there's probably some thermal paste remover on newegg.

Also, here's something newbies forget to do

Shutdown PC - Switch the power supply to OFF - Unplug Power supply before beginning, or, you're going to have a bad time.
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What do you mean by TIM?

 
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Yes it will work with that motherboard as it has same socket type. You just remove the CPU fan/cooler, clean off thermal paste, and apply paste to CPU if it does not come with it already.

You want a pea sized drop of thermal paste, and you spread it around with a credit card, or other flat plastic object (NO KNIVES) however, some CPUs come with pre-applied thermal paste, so, look into that processor and see if it comes with pre-applied thermal paste.
 
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Thanks, however I have always been told that you shouldn't really spread the thermal paste at all since the cooler will do that for you.

 
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Also, when cleaning the cooler, what should I use for it? Also should I take the cooler out of the case fully before cleaning it or is it safe to do it while it is still connected?

 
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Spreading it around is optional, but you want to make sure that the cooler is fully secured with a good seal after you are done. Don't use more than a pea sized or it will get everywhere

And, take the cooler completely out of the case. You are not even going to be able to clean it until it's fully disconnected. do this on a work surface.

As to the method of CLEANING the paste off, I'm just as clueless, LinusTechTips might have a video on that, youtube videos are a great thing to watch, there's probably some thermal paste remover on newegg.

Also, here's something newbies forget to do

Shutdown PC - Switch the power supply to OFF - Unplug Power supply before beginning, or, you're going to have a bad time.
 
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Okay thanks for the help! One last question though, when I put the new CPU in, cooler back in and boot it all up. Will I have to do anything after that, like any BIOS stuff or downloading programs? Or is it just basically place in and boot your PC up like normal?
 
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Nothing you have to do after, but, when you replace the CPU or Video Card, it's best to get the latest drivers from the website, it's just downloading something, completely optional, but, when I did not update my drivers for my video card, my textures made my player look like a mutant tumor.
 
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