Is there a decent HSF that...

[CaptainJackSwallows]

has thermal grease/material preapplied?

I'm a newbie builder and do not want to get into that mess with too much or too little thermal grease. If there isn't a HSF with preapplied stuff, than I'll just stick with the stock HSF in my c2d because it already has thermal material applied if I'm not mistaken. Thanks.

 

[Eomer of Aldburg]

My Arctic Cooler 7 Pro has thermal paste preapplied. Keeps my E6420 at 3.2Ghz 50c Load.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186134

 

[NoobyDoo]

COOLER MASTER Hyper TX2 HSF for $12 after MIR

COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

 

[bryanW1995]

I always take the preapplied crap (if there is any) and put as5 on mine.

 

[MarcVenice]

heh bryan, arctic cooler pro, 64/7 doesn't matter, comes with as5 preapplied No reason to take off the pre applied crap, and replace it with the same crap

 

[BlueWeasel]

Actually, the Artic Cooling heatsinks come with Artic Cooling's own MX-1 thermal compound. It works very good (comparable to AS5 or even better) and there is no need to replace it with anything different.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
heh bryan, arctic cooler pro, 64/7 doesn't matter, comes with as5 preapplied No reason to take off the pre applied crap, and replace it with the same crap

actually it's their own stuff, i believe they call it mx-1. in a lot of tests i think it actually works a tad better than as5 (at least on those freezer coolers).

 

[MarcVenice]

I think I read it's basicaly the same as as5.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I got about 3-5C less on load taking the pre-applied stuff off my Cooler Pro and putting on AS5 instead. Might have been some other reason I'm not aware of, positioning or som such, but I definitely noticed a difference with the AS5 over the MX-1 on mine.

Idle to normal use didn't really change at all though, just when I was running Orthos to bake it.

 

[Shimmishim]

the mx-1 is supposed to be pretty good stuff, even better than AS5.

here is a review done for 36 thermal pastes
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=135359

 

[chusteczka]

This link for thermal paste instructions may help the OP overcome his fear of the paste.
http://www.arcticsilver.com/ar...ilver_instructions.htm

I found the Arctic Silver 5 to only cool 1C better than the stock Thermalright paste that was provided with my Thermalright XP-120 heat sink.