question about thermal paste.

[kmufc77]

im sorry as this question has been asked before no doubt but i need a answer fast. i have tonight received my artic cooling freezer extreme it has MX2 paste already applied to the heatsink do i need any thermal paste on the CPU separately?

 

[Pilky01]

No.

 

[RJC]

Nope, if your cpu has had thermal compound on you will need to clean this off first, connect the freezer and start overclocking

 

[zykan]

If your going to clean it off, remember AS5(if that what you're using) can take up to 100hours to get to optimal performance.