Does this come with thermal paste already applied?
496319
Yes, there's thermal paste already applied to the surface. There's a clear plastic piece that protects the paste that you have to remove. Very nice heat sink - don't know if it's all that much better at cooling but MUCH quieter than the Intel fan I had that had a high pitch to it.
49821
Yes. Just be sure to clean off the default thermal paste/pad on the cooling block before applying it.
595074
It comes with a heatsink/fan with thermal paste already on it. Just place the fan assembly on top of the microprocessor and hook the 4 hold owns to your motherboard.
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.
40449
Fine choice of processor, and you can overclock it. Yes I believe it does come with thermal paste.
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.
1644056
It comes with a fan that already has thermal paste on it, but get another fan and another thermal paste, I had a bad experience with the stock fan and thermal paste. also don't get this, I regretted getting this, just spend another 50 on 6300 or 100 on 8320 or 8350
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).
1842339
Yes. The thermal paste is preapplied on the heatsink (with cooling fan attached).
1022055
I'm not the seller, but can relay that mine did come with the stock heat sink and paste
1616361
Yes, the thermal paste is a patch approximately 1 inch square and works very well to help keep the CPU cool.
1022054
Comes with the stock cooler, no thermal paste. If you are going to overclock I recommend upgrading the cooler.
266048
no you have to supply your own thermal paste. There's instructions on youtube if you are wondering how to do it. it essence when you buy the paste you will have a plastic template put a generous blob of paste on top of the CPU and spread it around liberally with the template in place so that you are sure all of it is covered. Attach the fan to the top of this and screw it into position. Motherboards and fans do vary a lot so don't take my passing advice google exactly how to do it for your motherboard and fan/cooler as there's loads of video tutorials on youtube. I won't be held responsible for cooked CPU's.
770950
The supplier I purchased from Digiconcepts provided Thermal Compound etc. but you have to apply it yourself.
1323496
Yes its called thermal paste. Arctic Silver is a good one. Not too much though... you don't want it spilling out over sides, just a nice even layer.
1572651
Yes, all Intel chips have thermal paste already applied to the heatsink. After you install the CPU, just place the heatsink on the CPU. No need to apply additional paste.
289800
Yes, the thermal paste is already applied to the cpu when it is boxed. If you feel that there is not enough thermal paste you can always add a bit more