I see the heatsink comes with pre-applied thermal paste on the bottom, do you also have to apply some to the cpu yourself?
493872
I would just to be safe, remember you only need a little bit of paste. About a dollar bill in thickness.
493873
The thermal paste is on the heatsink. You do not have to apply any to the CPU. You just gently put the heatsink on top of the CPU (after the CPU is on the motherboard). Why this CPU? I own it and love it but it is an older AMD CPU/APU. There are several new iterations of AMD APU's that have been released since this the A8-3850 that are better and at the same or similar price.This CPU/APU is no longer being actively produced by AMD and you will need to get an older compatible motherboard too.
493874
The thermal paste is on the heatsink. You do not have to apply any to the CPU. You just gently put the heatsink on top of the CPU (after the CPU is on the motherboard). Why this CPU? I own it and love it but it is an older AMD CPU/APU. There are several new iterations of AMD APU's that have been released since this the A8-3850 that are better and at the same or similar price. This CPU/APU is no longer being actively produced by AMD and you will need to get an older compatible motherboard too.
493875
No. The heatsink comes ready to use as it is. Locking system will do the rest.
69069
It comes with a little tube of thermal paste, which you apply before mounting
1126220
Yes, it comes with intel's default heatsink and thermal paste, perfectly fine if you do not plan on overclocking.
1687762
Yes it's come with heatsink n fan and ready gel on the bottom hook to the cpu
752774
Required? No. HOWEVER it is highly recommended you replace the old heat sink. If you leave the old heat sink on then you are ensuring a shortened life of the $200+ chip you just bought. I'd spend the $15 and ensure the chip doesn't get as hot. This is always a good practice on CPUs, DLP chips, or any thing that has a heat sink. If you've never removed old thermal paste/heat sink before and don't have any chemical remover, rubbing alcohol works wonders. Make sure you remove it all and allow the surface to dry. To apply thermal paste such as arctic silver simple apply a pea sized amount onto the now cleaned and dry area and spread smoothly with anything that has a straight edge. I have used a thick business card or scissors in a pinch before.
1997089
Yes it comes with thermal paste no it isn't pre-applied. Anyhow arctic silver does a much better job than the stock cooler master paste. Not surprising since it's thrown in for free.
945822
Yes. It comes with a Cooler Master heat sink / fan combo that has a few heat pipes and thermal compound pre-applied. With the stock heat sink my CPU temp (at 4.2 GHz) at idle is only 34 C and so far has only gotten up to 45 C when gaming.
1031437
Yes, it is necessary to use thermal compound for proper heat conduction to the heatsink, otherwise, the contact area would not be high enough. It's cheap.
1325174
Yes, it does. This processor comes with heatsink and pre-applied thermal paste
2202795
No It doesn't have external thermal paste. There is some included on the stock cooler if you use it.
1126219
Yes, it came with the heat sink, fan and the thermal pad on the bottom of the heat sink. (Not thermal paste)
1572654
Yes... but I'd recommend replacing it. The thermal paste is on the stock cooler. It comes in three thick bands with gaps in between them. I'd recommend at least spreading these out to cover the entire CPU before installing. I removed the stock paste completely and went with my own application to ensure even coverage.
1022050
Yes, It comes with a stock cooler with thermal paste pre-applied. All you have to do is simply snap the cooler on place and plug it in. very simple.
846726
If you purchase the boxed version then yes it will come with a heatsink/fan. However, the included heatsink is totally inadequate for cooling the 6800k. You will definitely need a decent aftermarket cooler for this apu. I own two 6800k's and I wouldn't dare put a wimpy cooler on either of them.
434482
Yes it does come with pre-applied thermal paste on the sink with fan included. you can always clean it off and use your own thermal paste but why? the cooling is sufficient. under heavy load when i play games, it never goes over 60C. just make sure your case has good cooling and/or airflow. it may get hotter if u do things such as 3d editing and etc in which others have noted so watch out for that. just use HWMonitor to monitor your temps. it's a free software.
2014952
Thankfully the thermal compound is not pre applied on the heatsink. It comes in a little plastic sleeve, seperatly. I would definitely apply the artic silver 5 compound instead of what comes with the heatsink. By the way this closed loop cooler is AWESOME. Lemme know if you have any other questions about it.
1827822
Yes, use this method for all cpu's. This thermal compound is excellent; very smooth and fluid. You don't need much, just a pea size amount and form a thin film on the CPU.