sell that junker, and toss the paste too
sorry to tell you, if want just cool any cpu to 3-3.4ghz its fine
i will not cool a quad core, and its a poor choice. The better the cpu cooler the longer your cpu lastests, its a low cost investment. While they look nice and they look like other coolers that are top of the line they are not.
research anandtechs cpu cooler ratings
beurling :
CPU's do not come with pre-pasted heatspreaders.
yes cpu's do come, i am not sure what planet this is from, but both the q660o copper core cooler i just opened, has paste on it - as does the uselss cooler with the e2180. I think you ment to say after market coolers do not come prepasted - yes that is true for the most part.
the paste that comes stock with the intel cpu hsf is good for testing, test it remove it and remove the paste - in fact you can test 3 cpus until the paste falls off and spreads too thin