AMD Athlon 64 stock Thermal Paste??

Hey guys, im just wondering if Athlon 64 CPU's (retail) come with thermal paste/glue (whatever you call it)? and if so is it good and safe enough to use? or will i have to go and buy brand stuff like arctic silver? I'd really preciate some advice, thanks.

is it really arctic silver 5 or not cause im confused they say you cant use arctic silver but they use it whats up with that

I use AMD stock HSF with its thermal paste, and I was able to oc to 2500MHz

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=140939

I agree

The stock coolers and thermal paste work amazingly well

AS5 is good but in some cases overkill.

ok thx hergie
good night all

If you plan to OC more than 20% I would say so.

If you plan to be even more aggressive a Zalman Copper cooler may be in order.

meh fine ill buy that to

great gotta mow one more lawn


danmit u guys are killin me i tell ya

Not to be a jerk or anything, but do you really think AMD or Intel would sell a product with a cooling solution that doesn't work?

OK... and it works, right?

The thermal design limit for Intel chips is well over 90C. So even if your CPU is running at 70C- you're still fine. Of course... the life of ur CPU might decrease if you're running at 70C all the time- but intel just wants to get you past that "3 year warranty hump."

;-)

-mpjesse