Can I use my stock Intel Heat Sink's thermal paste with a Corsair H100i?

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Mr_RustEZZE

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So I've just purchased an Intel i5 Quad-Core 3.3 Ghz processor with its stock Intel fan and heat sink. Can I apply the stock fan with its stock thermal paste on it and then use the melted thermal paste from the stock fan with a Corsair H100i? My goal or question hear essentially is to not have to buy thermal paste and use what came with the CPU.
 
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ThatVietGuy
The H100i comes with thermal paste, so don't bother.

And for the record, no, that's a terrible way to re-use the thermal paste. You're better off scraping off the Intel paste BEFORE mounting it and transferring it from there.
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Roryiscool

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Intel uses cheap thermal paste, so don't. Any water-cooling setup should have great thermal paste, go for the stuff that Corsair provides with the H100i. It's not 2006 anymore thermal paste doesn't matter too much, but don't re-use Intels. Re-using thermal paste is a bad practice, and can potentially harm components.
 
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