Does this come with thermal compound? If not, which of the Arctic Silver series is recommended?
1004573
it does come with thermal compound but i always buy more great cooler tho... just make sure there is ample room
1004574
Yes it does. It seems to be a generic one, but so far so good. Regarding the Artic Silver, I haven't used them myself, but the experts say 5 or 7 are okhttp://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258505-28-heatsink-supplied-arctic-silver
1004575
Sorry for my delay in responding. Yes, this comes with a thermal compound. However, I ended up using some Arctic Silver instead.
1004576
I have bought 2 of these fans, both had a foil pack of paste. I used Arctic Silver 5 instead
1004577
If I remember, it does. Has a square of compound on the bottom. Just peal off plastic film. If not, I saw some pictures that showed a packet of compound.
2114357
Yes. Double check to make sure your CPU is in the RM family from AMD. When you reassemble the computer..an unsolicted plug for Artic Silver and also a copper shim at the video chip to make sure it runs cooler. Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound, 3.5 Grams
1460629
Each person's eye is different. To me, the Arctic is a more "pure" silver color. The Stainless appears to have a very slight "bronze" tint to it. I my opinion, Arctic would appear to have more of a brushed nickel look?
945003
Oh, and do a push pull configuration with that hearsink and youll never have issues. I also recommend arctic silver thermal paste(one fan pushing over the heatsink, and one fan pulling and exhausting. Both fans will blow the same way)
266050
There's some already on it, but you should buy some Arctic Silver to increase performance. Just scrape off the original paste and apply the new compound.
2245256
I wouldn't use as thermal compound for different reasons. Is great for direct placement under heat sink on dye. Tried on gpu and ruined it. Does conduct electricity so be careful.
404648
Arctic Silver's instructions say to use a lint free cloth like a lens cleaning cloth or coffee filter. I tried coffee filters, but they didn't seem to work well. Ended up using a microfiber cloth. Here's their website for both removal and application instructions specific to your processor: http://www.arcticsilver.com/intel_application_method.html#
2202796
When you purchase this item it comes with its own heatsink, this heatsink has thermal paste already applied to it. If you want to use a different, higher grade heatsink, you will need to purchase your own thermal paste.
1644057
Even though the stock heatsink comes with thermal paste already on,I remove it using a heatsink prep kit.It comes with special cleaning & surface prep fluids that work very well,far better then just rubbing alcohaul.After I prep it, I always use Artic Silver #5. In my opinion, it's the best on the market. I've seen the difference in cooling using it. Building for 25 years now :)
11292
Yes, it come with thermal paste. You must check the deep and internal space of your case.
2053386
I don't know. I used it as a contact inside the chip after deliding my cpu. But I've always used Arctic Silver 5 as a thermal compound and have had good results with it.
1101158
Absolutely a must, arctic silver is better than the white kind, but I suppose as long as you have something there to transfer the heat from cpu to heat sink it should be ok
1890326
This type of compound is used to fill the micro gaps between a heat sink and the component that needs to be cooled ... for example a CPU or GPU in a computer will usually have copper or aluminum metal air cooling system with a fan.. when this piece is installed a thermal compound is used to maximize heat transfer......
1710889
Yes, it comes and it works pretty good. I mounted it on a HTPC with a i5-2500k and the temps are very good (under 70 c with 4.5 ghz overclocking)
1078192
I believe this particular one is bare-bones, and doesn't come with any pre-applied TIM. Even if it did, I always recommend applying your own, and monitor your temps carefully, reapplying the TIM if necessary until you see satisfactory temps. Most thermal paste you could buy is "good enough" for most applications, but in your case I'd recommend Arctic Silver or some other metal-ish paste for the best heat transfer. That heatsink will work on most 95w cpu's, but will struggle with quad cores. Anything more than a mild overclock is not recommended.
335487
The stock thermal coating that comes with the coolmaster is as good as arctic silver. No need to purchase arctic silver an $8 savings. The secret is not to use very much, a couple of grain size drops is suffice.
1355265
The processor includes no thermal compound. However, the default cooling solution does come with two small strips of thermal compound on the processor contact point. This is sufficient for the default cooling solution, but if you plan on overclocking or using a 3rd party cooling solution, I'd buy some additional thermal compound.