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smoknjoe44
By smoknjoe44
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I built a new PC with Ryzen 7 2700x and included stock cooler (Wraith Prism).  I noticed a weird noise with the fan, so I had them send me a new one.  The new one has the thermal paste applied in these little dots, which I assume only a machine could do so precisely.  The first one I got had the thermal paste smeared into one layer and not all these dots.  Do you think this is going to affect anything?  I don't have any thermal paste of my own currently. 

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4 minutes ago, smoknjoe44 said:

Do you think this is going to affect anything?

Nah.

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13 minutes ago, smoknjoe44 said:

I built a new PC with Ryzen 7 2700x and included stock cooler (Wraith Prism).  I noticed a weird noise with the fan, so I had them send me a new one.  The new one has the thermal paste applied in these little dots, which I assume only a machine could do so precisely.  The first one I got had the thermal paste smeared into one layer and not all these dots.  Do you think this is going to affect anything?  I don't have any thermal paste of my own currently. 

It's fine like this. 

Some companies - including Corsair now - pre-apply thermal paste like that, so it can spread out on its own.

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Totally normal alright,

Like some have mentioned before me many companies pre apply thermal paste on their heat sinks so you don’t have to deal with yourself questioning:

”Did I put enough or did I not?”

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Give it a titty twister before you clamp it down 👌🏻

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14 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Give it a titty twister before you clamp it down 👌🏻

Will a purple nurple work?

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Yup, don’t need too much rotation 😄

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I have got a similar cooler.

Should I directly apply it on the motherboard OR should I apply thermal paste externally?

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If it was a problem, do you really think amd would ship it like that? 

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