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Drab

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Do I need thermal grease for a AMD Athlon 64 3200 winchester? or can i just leave it as is?
 
Hi Drab and Welcome to the Forums!

If its a retail cpu, it should come with a heatsink that likely has the "thermal pad" on it. Which is fine.

If it an OEM cpu, you'll get a tube of thermal grease with the heatsink you must purchase for the cpu.

But, yeah you definately need something between the CPU and heatsink. And if there's a pad, don't add thermal grease unless you remove the pad and clean thouroghly

Fern
 
Originally posted by: Drab
Do I need thermal grease for a AMD Athlon 64 3200 winchester? or can i just leave it as is?
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Depends, if you purchase it retail then it comes with a heatsink and pre-applied paste. its good stuff also.
if you get OEM, then you have to get your own heatsink and thermal paste. Arctic Silver is a good brand.
 
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