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Computer DIY - Thermal paste posted in the Hardware forums; hi all!, I just bought a coolermaster hyper TX2 processor cooler. I can see that it comes pretreated with a thermal paste. (I heard that usually pretreated thermal paste is ...

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hi all!,

I just bought a coolermaster hyper TX2 processor cooler. I can see that it comes pretreated with a thermal paste. (I heard that usually pretreated thermal paste is usually bad)
Is it better to:
1) buy thermal paste and paste over the current pretreated one (therefore 2 pastes mixed)
2) remove pretreated paste and apply new paste
3) Leave it as it is and contact with CPU

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Hello,I would personaly remove the pre-applied and put some fresh on there..



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It depends, try it out. I have an Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro and I used the pre-applied paste, some say it is actually better than Arctic Silver.

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The copper base of the Hyper TX2 is coated with hard thermal paste, which melts and spreads when in contact with a hot CPU. This happened quickly, and the cooler outperformed the reference Intel HSF by 4ūC. It was also much quieter than the reference HSF when cooling our overclocked and overvolted quad-core Intel Xeon X3210 CPU.
They like the stock paste I would suggest you try it out and see how it is, no need to waste paste that is already applied unless temperatures are too high with it.


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thank you guys,

i think ill use whats there and if the temperature remains high, ill remove the pre-applied paste and apply some new paste.

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hey again! just one more question to add to this...

the hyper TX2 comes with pre applied paste as does the e8200. which paste is best to remove?

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For what it's worth, I NEVER use 'stock' heatsink compound anymore. A couple of years ago I tried some Arctic Silver 5 compound and their 2 part Cleaning/Prep Kit. Some folks will tell you that's overkill, but I'm NOT one of them. I swear by the stuff.

There are a couple of articles at the link I'll provide below that may interest you. First and foremost in my mind is to use lint free cloth/paper (a coffee filter is perfect) to clean off the heatsink and CPU contact areas for the best performance.

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