Do i need thermal paste?

[budd99]

I just got my e6850 and I was looking at the fan and on the bottom i see three gray stripes. I'm guessing this is some kind of thermal sticker. Do I still need to go out and buy proper thermal paste? I don't plan on doing any overclocking.

 

[bryanW1995]

NO!! You need to scrape that crap off of the bottom immediately! It might infect your cpu with a virus.

 

[Farmer]

No, just use the thermal pad supplied; you CPU will be plenty cool if don't plan to overclock.

 

[bryanW1995]

sorry, he's right. I'm still recovering from e6750 sticker shock.

 

[Ika]

The stripes you're looking at are the thermal pads supplied with Intel stock coolers. If you don't plan on getting an aftermarket heatsink, then you don't need to do anything to it.

 

[Aluvus]

The three stripes are thermal paste, it's ready to be used as-is.

 

[nullpointerus]

When the heatsink is installed, the pressure causes the stripes to spread into a thin layer of paste.

 

[dealmaster00]

So my friend is going to get a e6750 retail...does he need to buy thermal paste? I'm thinking he doesn't...

 

[Tboy012]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
sorry, he's right. I'm still recovering from e6750 sticker shock.

you just get your e6750?

 

[nullpointerus]

Originally posted by: dealmaster00
So my friend is going to get a e6750 retail...does he need to buy thermal paste? I'm thinking he doesn't...

No, the thermal stuff is already on the stock HSF, ready to be used.

But I would recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro if your friend plans on doing any overclocking or just wants a more efficient cooler. Like the stock HSF, it comes with thermal compound pre-applied, and the cooler itself can be installed and removed without removing the system board from the case.

 

[dealmaster00]

Originally posted by: nullpointerus

Originally posted by: dealmaster00
So my friend is going to get a e6750 retail...does he need to buy thermal paste? I'm thinking he doesn't...

No, the thermal stuff is already on the stock HSF, ready to be used.

But I would recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro if your friend plans on doing any overclocking or just wants a more efficient cooler. Like the stock HSF, it comes with thermal compound pre-applied, and the cooler itself can be installed and removed without removing the system board from the case.

OK, thanks for the reply. I'm helping him make a $1000 build, so no serious OC or anything. I'm thinking maybe to like 3-3.2 GHz.

 

[dds14u]

Originally posted by: dealmaster00

Originally posted by: nullpointerus

Originally posted by: dealmaster00
So my friend is going to get a e6750 retail...does he need to buy thermal paste? I'm thinking he doesn't...

No, the thermal stuff is already on the stock HSF, ready to be used.

But I would recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro if your friend plans on doing any overclocking or just wants a more efficient cooler. Like the stock HSF, it comes with thermal compound pre-applied, and the cooler itself can be installed and removed without removing the system board from the case.

OK, thanks for the reply. I'm helping him make a $1000 build, so no serious OC or anything. I'm thinking maybe to like 3-3.2 GHz.

That's what they all say until they catch the overclocking bug...

 

[Tboy012]

yep... everyone here is a victim

 

[swtethan]

I caught the overclock bug years ago, you cannot cure it either!