Does the stock 1366 cooler come with a thermal solution?

[Maximilian]

This one:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167130/pricebreaks

It will come with something right? The little pink/white pad? Ive just bought the cooler on its own as an OEM D0 i7 920 and seperate cooler works out about £15-20 cheaper.

 

[redz]

I bought an i5 (socket 1156 instead of 1366), and the stock cooler did have some rubbery compound applied to the bottom of the heatsink -- apparently it melts and spreads out from the processor's heat. I would assume the stock 1366 would have the same.

 

[Ayah]

Yes, it'll have a bit of TIM on the bottom of the sink. It's like 3 grey stripes of compound on the stock heatsink, on the bottom.

 

[Maximilian]

Ah good to know, i found a tube of arctic silver 5 floating around anyways