Does CPU Come With Thermal Paste?

[Rex Hunter]

I'm building my first PC, I've got down all the parts I want, the one thing I am unsure on is if I need thermal paste, I assumed I did but a friend told me it should come with some.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-63r-in.html

Thank you for helping.

 

[southernorth]

I'm building my first PC, I've got down all the parts I want, the one thing I am unsure on is if I need thermal paste, I assumed I did but a friend told me it should come with some.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-63r-in.html

Thank you for helping.

Hi,

Intel 'K' CPUs don't come with a cooler or thermal paste - you'll need to buy some separately.


Some choices:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99
• 1 x Arctic MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g)= £5.99
• 1 x Noctua NT-H1 Thermalpaste (2.5g)= £6.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49

Total: £27.90 (includes shipping: £3.48)
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Kyronaut is very slightly better than the rest (so good for a 5ghz 8700k) but it comes in a tiny syringe and doesn't last as long.

 

[Salty22]

Hi,

Intel 'K' CPUs don't come with a cooler or thermal paste - you'll need to buy some separately.


Some choices:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99
• 1 x Arctic MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g)= £5.99
• 1 x Noctua NT-H1 Thermalpaste (2.5g)= £6.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49

Total: £27.90 (includes shipping: £3.48)
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Kyronaut is very slightly better than the rest (so good for a 5ghz 8700k) but it comes in a tiny syringe and doesn't last as long.

I just ordered myself a 8700k/mobo/ram today and got some arctic silver 5 becuase I’ve always has AS as default, it’s still good isn’t it? Or would I have been better off with the Kyronaut stuff?
I’m going to check temps anyway and possibly delid in a few weeks so might swap over the thermal paste then if that stuffs better

 

[energizer123]

Makes very little difference, if at all! Enjoy

 

[Salty22]

Makes very little difference, if at all! Enjoy

Ah good, I witter over silly things like that lol.
Especially after dropping £760 on these upgrades this morning

 

[ANDARIAL]

Remember that AS5 is conductive do not get it on any resistors etc or the pins/pads on cpu or mobo
I would have gone for grizzly or mx4 myself

 

[MissChief]

Usually I've got a small tube with the cooler, or pre-applied to the bottom of the cooler.

 

[Randomface74]

Yea, comes with the cooler in my experience, either pre-applied or in a tube.

 

[Salty22]

It’s going on the Corsair h100i GTX I’ve got my 4690k under atm, should be ok applying the AS5 I never lather too much on

 

[Armelas]

Usually comes with thermal paste pre-applied on any after market cooler which I assume you are getting

 

[Habakkuk]

Another vote for grizzly - paste you buy separately is almost always better than the paste they supply.

 

[Salty22]

What’s best for getting off old thermal paste? I see a lot of the guides for cleaning it off the bottom of my old heat sink use rubbing alchohol but I haven’t got any.

 

[lee32uk]

What’s best for getting off old thermal paste? I see a lot of the guides for cleaning it off the bottom of my old heat sink use rubbing alchohol but I haven’t got any.

Overclockers sell Thermal paste remover for £6 if you can't get hold of any IPA.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner= £5.99

Total: £10.65 (includes shipping: £4.66)​

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[MissChief]

Another vote for grizzly - paste you buy separately is almost always better than the paste they supply.

I've never seen more than a 2-3'C difference between any paste I've seen.

 

[Salty22]

Got it cleaned off just carefull with a lint free cloth, new install all done and flying