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Does a retail mobo or cpu come with thermal paste?

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I'm going to be buying the cpu and mobo separately, does either one come with thermal paste, or do i have to buy it separately. If thats the case is all thermal paste created equal?

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The cpus will usually come with some paste on the heatsink if you get the combo. Get some arctic silver 3 to use instead. Thats what most people recommend around here

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The Heatsink usually comes with a shitty "Thermal Pad." Some people find they are ok, they have about 1/9 the thermal conductivity of AS3. You cannot overclock with a thermal pad, and the only ones that are suitable for standard use are the "Chrometrics" that AMD includes with their bundled HSF.

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