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Core i7 Stock HSF

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Ok. So I just unboxed my Core i7 920. There looks to be Thermal Paste (or something similar) on the bottom of the HSF. Is it?

I have to go with the Stock HSF until my WC parts show up on Monday and then I still have to put all of the WC parts together. I want to get it up and running to make sure there are no DOA parts.

If indeed it is Thermal Paste, can I trust it? If not, can I just use Alcohol to remove and then apply MX-2 (which I have plenty of)?
 
Thanks. I'll not worry about it then and just get her up and running. Hopefully I have no DOA parts to have to deal with. I HATE RMAs with a passion :)
 
The stock thermal paste is VERY good in fact. Performance is close to that of AS5.
I recall a review a while ago, where the reviewers were complaining that the stock cooler wasn't performing very well anymore after they had removed it, cleaned off the stock paste and used generic paste when they reseated it.
Somehow they wanted to make it sound like it was a bad thing that Intel put high-performance thermal paste on there.
 
AFAIK, Intel stock thermal paste contains wax that preserves it from drying out which melts into the HSF and CPU heatspreader and impedes somewhat the heat transfer later on even if you try to clean it up and replace with something else.
 
yes, it is so insidious it permanently bonds with anything metal, expressly for the purpose of hindering thermal transfer. why else would intel be using it? so dont bother even trying to clean it off. you're just permanently fucked.
 
vanilla_guerilla said:
yes, it is so insidious it permanently bonds with anything metal, expressly for the purpose of hindering thermal transfer. why else would intel be using it? so dont bother even trying to clean it off. you're just permanently fucked.
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Are you intentionally thick? I just said, wax is used to preserve TIM from drying off. And no, it's not permanent but it's pretty hard to get off once its melted into the tiny pores on top of the CPU (or HSF bottom but it's irrelevant since you are not using it), however unlike regular TIM, you can't just wipe it off, even alcohol won't be able to get out. Stop playing a dumbass and go read up on it yourself at Arctic Silver website, specifically, the AS5 application instructions.
 
well we all thank you for the heads up, proffessor. have any other pearls of wisdom you would like to lecture us on? or is it just tim that gets your little panties in an uproar?
 
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Are you intentionally thick? I just said, wax is used to preserve TIM from drying off. And no, it's not permanent but it's pretty hard to get off once its melted into the tiny pores on top of the CPU (or HSF bottom but it's irrelevant since you are not using it), however unlike regular TIM, you can't just wipe it off, even alcohol won't be able to get out. Stop playing a dumbass and go read up on it yourself at Arctic Silver website, specifically, the AS5 application instructions.
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whoooa anger management!!!
 
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