a simple question...

[Flisker]

Right, when you buy a CPU (Intel) from eBuyer does it contain thermal paste or do I have to buy that separate?

Thanks,
Chris

[Fifteen]

they should stick together without it

[Wootzeh]

I think you have to buy it, not sure :D

[Flisker]

they should stick together without it
I know you can but its not very good.

[N!ck]

If it's retail boxed then the heatsink will have a thermal pad. If it's OEM boxed then you will be buying an aftermarket cooler anyway i'm guessing, whice willcome with the paste/heatpad.

[Flisker]

Well its retail boxed. So It will have a thermal pad? and thermal paste isn't required? It's a Intel Core 2 Quad.

[Joe!]

I got a core2duo retail a while back. It came with thermal paste/some sort of themral thing on it and it's been running fine :)

[N!ck]

Well its retail boxed. So It will have a thermal pad? and thermal paste isn't required? It's a Intel Core 2 Quad.

No. You will not need anything else. The bottom of the stock Inter HSF looks like this. It is sorta like thermal paste pre-applied on the bottom of it.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8479/pict00076yb.jpg

[Flisker]

No. You will not need anything else. The bottom of the stock Inter HSF looks like this. It is sorta like thermal paste pre-applied on the bottom of it.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8479/pict00076yb.jpg
ah right! thanks :D +rep for help.

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