Does it come with thermal paste or do i have to buy one?
1780198
Yes it does but, I would not use it. I would use something better like Arctic Silver.
1565336
It did not come with a separate tube but there was thermal compound already applied to the heat sink/fan that comes with the CPU. I did not know that either so I bought thermal compound that I did not end up using.
100081
Mine came with a small packet of thermal paste. It was enough to try twice or so to get a good seal on the processor.
954790
It comes with a heatsink/fan and does not need extra thermal paste because the thermal paste has already been applied to it. Stock cooler is moderately loud if your case is within 2-3 feet from your ears. Idle is tolerable. It revs up when playing games and can interfere with your speaker volumes. After market cooler is considered.
1101159
Yes, Bob. The fan assembly I received actually included a tiny packet of "thermal paste". Check-out "http://www.ehow.com/how_6870400_install-775-cpu-fan.html" for a little more help if you need it.
926810
The unit I purchased through ETARATECH for $55 did not come with a fan. I used the fan assembly from my old cpu. If this is the route you take, don't forget to order a thermal paste kit, about $12, which comes with a cleaning solution and a tube of thermal paste. It was easy to apply. Be sure to thoroughly clean your old heat sink and fan assembly of dust and other debris before reassembly. Qtips, windex and a vacuum cleaner should do the trick for this job.
1355265
The processor includes no thermal compound. However, the default cooling solution does come with two small strips of thermal compound on the processor contact point. This is sufficient for the default cooling solution, but if you plan on overclocking or using a 3rd party cooling solution, I'd buy some additional thermal compound.
1126219
Yes, it came with the heat sink, fan and the thermal pad on the bottom of the heat sink. (Not thermal paste)
2267145
It comes with the fans. Depending on your CPU heatsink fan you may want to remove the case fan that sits diagonally under it as it makes for a tight fit.
1278047
That is correct. Comes with original intel cooling fan. Thermal paste already applied. thank you.....Mega Micro Devices Inc.
1325174
Yes, it does. This processor comes with heatsink and pre-applied thermal paste
434480
The heat sink that it comes with has a thermal patch pre-applied to it. If you plan to use another heat sink you will need to supply the thermal paste if your heat sink does not come with it.
69067
Yes it has. Still, I bought a separate Arctic Silver 5 Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound Paste 3.5g which I ended up using on my old heatsink when I couldn't install this one on my computer.
550469
Yes! It comes with paste pre-installed. I purchased some expensive thermal paste before I realized it wasn't necessary!
595073
Comes with Fan and Heatsink, paste is included on the sink. Not the highest quality fan/hs but it'll do the job fine. I bought a new heatsink for this processor.
1530961
The thermal compound that comes with it works just fine. It is however recommended that after 2 years or so you should clean the old paste off and add new thermal. Thermal dries out over time and you lose cooling. It's not something you need to really keep constant tabs on, when you notice that your temps are starting to rise a bit, just redo the thermal then. I recommend Arctic silver over anything else.
1639227
As someone else already said, there is only one Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. The paste may be bundled with cleaning products or come in different sizes, but the thermal paste itself is the same. I've used it for a number of computer builds and it works well.