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Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease,etc?



 
 
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Old February 12th 14, 12:01 AM posted to comp.sys.intel
Percival P. Cassidy
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Default Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease,etc?

It's a looong time since I bought an Intel CPU. I just ordered a CPU and
mobo, and now I'm wondering whether I should have ordered heat sink
compound/thermal grease as well.

Perce
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Old February 12th 14, 12:12 AM posted to comp.sys.intel
Bob Bailin
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Default Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease, etc?


"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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It's a looong time since I bought an Intel CPU. I just ordered a CPU and
mobo, and now I'm wondering whether I should have ordered heat sink
compound/thermal grease as well.

Perce


Yes, boxed Intel CPUs packaged with fan/heatsinks have thermal grease
pre-applied to the base of the heatsink.

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Old February 12th 14, 12:43 AM posted to comp.sys.intel
Ghostrider
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Default Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease,etc?

On 2/11/2014 3:01 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
It's a looong time since I bought an Intel CPU. I just ordered a CPU and
mobo, and now I'm wondering whether I should have ordered heat sink
compound/thermal grease as well.

Perce


Sometimes they do and other times, they do not. Visit the Intel website
for more information...

http://www.intel.com/support/process...xed+processors

Personally, I really do not think much about the HSF's provided along
with the CPU. My current favorite is the Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO,
simply for the ease of mounting with minimal stress on the motherboard.

GR
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Old February 12th 14, 01:50 AM posted to comp.sys.intel
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease, etc?

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

It's a looong time since I bought an Intel CPU. I just ordered a CPU and
mobo, and now I'm wondering whether I should have ordered heat sink
compound/thermal grease as well.


In a retail package for an Intel CPU, the included HSF will already have
pre-applied thermal tape. It is for one-use only. If you ever remove
the HSF, clean it and the CPU with isopropyl alcohol and apply a new
thin transparent layer of thermal paste. Don't touch the thermal tape
with your fingers that would pollute it with your body oils. You might
want to use isopropyl alcohol with a cotton ear swab to clean the CPU
plate before mounting the HSF to it, especially if you weren't careful
in handling the CPU.

I always order some thermal paste along with a CPU and/or HSF order if I
don't have some on hand. That's in case I need to remove the HSF
because temperatures are too high which could be due to an imperfect
mounting of the HSF or CPU. Tape should only be used once. In fact,
paste should only be used once, too. If you ever have to remove and
remount the HSF, use new paste.
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Old February 14th 14, 04:18 PM posted to comp.sys.intel
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Do Boxed Intel CPUs come with heat sink compound/thermal grease,etc?

On 11/02/2014 6:01 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
It's a looong time since I bought an Intel CPU. I just ordered a CPU and
mobo, and now I'm wondering whether I should have ordered heat sink
compound/thermal grease as well.


No, you don't need a separate heat sink compound. The boxed heatsink
comes with a thermal wax already stuck to the heatsink, which you can
use once, i.e. the very first time you install the processor. If for any
reason you need to remove the heat sink from the processor, then you
will need to apply new after-market heat sink compound.

Yousuf Khan

 




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