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darren21   04-07-2009 at 01:16:32 AM

this is my 1st build and on the bottom of the heatsink are 3 little rubber looking pieces and i wanted to know if I need to remove them if im using thermal paste?

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Axeon   04-07-2009 at 02:00:06 AM
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That is thermal conductive paste, it just comes with the heatsink. You do not need to wipe it off. IT IS thermal paste. Unless your planning to use a different CPU cooler, which you should than you need seperate thermal paste. The stock Intel heatsinks are terrible for cooling.

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