What accessories come with this? Is there a small pouch of thermal paste included like the Zalman website states?
457319
Yes Zalman always includes a small tube thermal paste. It comes with all hardware to mount a Intel or AMD processor inc. newest CPU's. Be forewarned that if u plan to use this in a Itx motherboard, it won't fit without intervening with one of the DIMM slots or a addition of a video card. It should work with microATX and regular ATX motherboards.
595073
Comes with Fan and Heatsink, paste is included on the sink. Not the highest quality fan/hs but it'll do the job fine. I bought a new heatsink for this processor.
434480
The heat sink that it comes with has a thermal patch pre-applied to it. If you plan to use another heat sink you will need to supply the thermal paste if your heat sink does not come with it.
1572655
This kit includes a stock cooler which has thermal paste pre-applied so you should not need anything more. Unless you want to apply your own thermal paste or a different cooling system.
1136689
Nope it will come in a little envelope sealed with bubble wrap . No Heatsink included well that's what I got with my purchase.
2030919
The fan itself, instructions, and most importantly there is thermal paste included (and the instructions recommend you use said paste and not a third party paste, and I agree with that assessment). Oh, and a cool and high-quality Noctua sticker, too, iirc.
1863213
Yes. It comes with a small fan and thermal Paste which didn't work well. I bought a larger fan and a thermal gel kit to clean off the paste and thermal gel to apply between the and the processor.
1022053
Yes it comes with the stock fan and the thermal paste is already on the cooler so you don't need any thermal paste.
601157
Yeah it comes with the heatsink and fan. I don't know what a retail box is though, but it comes in a box that looks like the picture
595072
Yes, the fan is pre-attached to the heat-sink and includes pre-applied thermal paste. However, I would recommend an aftermarket cooler for over clocking.
609788
Does not come with a CPU cooler. Nor CPU. Nor memory, case fans, or anything else. Does come with a case shield (for the back I/O panel), an SLI bridge cable (for connecting 2 GPUs), 4 SATA III cables, a manual, and a driver CD (though you're better off downloading current drivers/utilities from Gigabyte's site).
69069
It comes with a little tube of thermal paste, which you apply before mounting
1278050
I believe mine was just the CPU, and we used an old fan. We bought thermal paste separately.
100080
When I ordered this item it did not come with thermal paste. I had to buy it seperately.
588433
no, it comes with a heatsink with thermal paste already applied to it. However if you are going to use an aftermarket heatsink you will have to buy thermal paste and apply it to the processor. also if you see that a processor is an OEM part it will not come with a heatsink or thermal paste. This one is not OEM which means that its got all the required things to cool it.
1530963
That's up to you; it does come with thermal compound already on the cooler. I don't know how good it is, since I didn't use it; I really like Noctua's NT-H1 compound, so I just used that (I have a ton of it on hand, though).
434479
The thermal paste is pre-applied to the included heat sink and fan. If you are going to use a different cooling solution, you may need your own paste.