Thermal Paste

[Manyeet]

I'm getting a Ryzen 5 3600 and the stock cooler, Wraith Stealth, comes with thermal paste applied to the cooler it said, so do I not need to apply thermal paste on to the cpu?

[minibois]

Just now, Manyeet said:

I'm getting a Ryzen 5 3600 and the stock cooler, Wraith Stealth, comes with thermal paste applied to the cooler it said, so do I not need to apply thermal paste on to the cpu?

No, you do not need to apply thermal paste to the CPU or the cooler.

You simply mount the cooler which has the thermal paste pre-applied.

 

Applying more thermal paste, when there is already paste on the cooler is pulling 'a Verge'. We don't want anyone pulling 'a Verge'.

[Pickles von Brine]

7 minutes ago, minibois said:

No, you do not need to apply thermal paste to the CPU or the cooler.

You simply mount the cooler which has the thermal paste pre-applied.

 

Applying more thermal paste, when there is already paste on the cooler is pulling 'a Verge'. We don't want anyone pulling 'a Verge'.

Yeah please don't remind me. 

[jiyeon]

42 minutes ago, Manyeet said:

comes with thermal paste applied to the cooler it said, so do I not need to apply thermal paste on to the cpu?

You don't need to apply any more, no.

[Nine Tailed Fox]

Get an IC graphite thermal pad. Running f@h right now with gpu and cpu 100% cpu never goes above 65c. Don't ever have to worry about changing thermal paste.

@LinusTech

[WoodenMarker]

On 3/18/2020 at 9:31 AM, Nine Tailed Fox said:

Get an IC graphite thermal pad. Running f@h right now with gpu and cpu 100% cpu never goes above 65c. Don't ever have to worry about changing thermal paste.

@LinusTech

It's unnecessary considering the preapplied paste. Graphite pads also aren't infinitely reusable. They deform with applications and eventually need to be replaced if you want similar performance. 

[SethK]

I've been running my corsair h115i with the stock thermal paste for 2 years. just switched it to some cooler master paste, i've been getting 20 degrees lower. the water actually heats up. like it is running as if i just went from an i3 to an i7. not cpu performance necessarily, but that's the same feeling i got switching the thermal paste. makes a massive difference. You can use the stock thermal paste, don't recommend it though. you'll get better temps with better paste unless AMD uses good paste, not sure what they use but if its the same stuff, which it generally is (to my knowledge) you'll want to switch it if possible.