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Installing new E8500

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StJohn

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This is my first build, and I'm concerned about how I will go about installing the E8500 processor. For the moment I plan to use the stock heatsink and fan, but it did not come with thermal paste. It appears that there is some kind of thick stripes of a compound on the underside of the heatsink, but the instructions for installation are so poor I'm unsure if this is sufficient. I don't mind if it's not as good as a 3rd party cooler with special paste applied, as I merely want to see that everything is working properly, but don't want to inadvertently toast the processor in finding out!

The other thing is that I hear the heatsink assembly is quite difficult to clip into the motherboard. Do you think that I should try and attach the heatsink to the board BEFORE I screw the board itself into the case, or should I do it after?
 
those strips are the stock thermal compound.

It might be easier to mount the cooler before installation if you haven't done it much before.

Good luck with the build!
 
The strips on the stock heatsink are sufficient thermal compound. If you want to apply your own, then clean off the stuff on the heatsink with isopropyl alcohol.

Install the CPU and heatsink before you put the board in the case, it's much easier. Install the RAM as well.

Old, but still a good reference for building:
http://www.corsair.com/systembuild/report.aspx?report_id=12472

For future reference:
The author of the article completely fails at applying thermal compound, however. Just put a small drop the size of a grain of rice in the center of the CPU and let the heatsink squish it out when you place it on.
 
StJohn said:
Do you think that I should try and attach the heatsink to the board BEFORE I screw the board itself into the case, or should I do it after?
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If you can it will be easier to do it outside a case setting
 
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