Is thermal paste needed?

[pagethepwn]

Do I need to apply thermal paste or do cpu's come with it? This is the cpu if it matters:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0369035

 

[rds1220]

Do I need to apply thermal paste or do cpu's come with it? This is the cpu if it matters:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0369035

Stock AMD and Intel heatsinks come with thermal paste pre-applied. Some aftermarket coolers do some don't.

 

[pagethepwn]

Stock AMD and Intel heatsinks come with thermal paste pre-applied. Some aftermarket coolers do some don't.

Does this cpu come with a stock heatsink?

 

[rds1220]

Does this cpu come with a stock heatsink?

The link didn't work it brought me to a Basiq power supply. If you're buying an Intel or AMD CPU in retail packaging then you don't need to apply thermal paste because it will come with the heatsink.

 

[xXmjzXx]

yeah that um "pre-applied" thermal paste i would not just trust that little bit of paste my new CPU heat sink had it i still don't trust that little bit of thermal paste so i went out and bought some thermal paste. so if i was you id go buy some thermal paste just to be sure, but that's me....