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tdkid
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I think he means if its been sitting in a tube for years. Its pretty easy to tell. It will be oily, or watery, and the paste itself will not look right. At that point it has separated.

 

No good.

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1 hour ago, tdkid said:

well most people dont KNOW its old but it is applied at the factory, covered up to protect it, shipped to wherever and then sits on a shelf for how ever long until someone buys it. could be hours or in most cases weeks to months later.

Yep. At least it's not being exposed to temperature extremes and has a plastic cover to retain moisture though. 

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1 hour ago, freeagent said:

I think he means if its been sitting in a tube for years. Its pretty easy to tell. It will be oily, or watery, and the paste itself will not look right. At that point it has separated.

 

No good.

Old as in an older formulation that isn't good enough anymore, or that it's been sitting for years. 

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49 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Old as in an older formulation that isn't good enough anymore

It could be open to interpretation, some people think AS5 is complete junk and has no place on the market.. but I bet it is almost as good as all the top end TIMs.. in the end it all comes down to application.

 

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7 hours ago, freeagent said:

I think he means if its been sitting in a tube for years. Its pretty easy to tell. It will be oily, or watery, and the paste itself will not look right. At that point it has separated.

 

No good.

me? well i was mainly talking about the pre-applied thermal paste that some AIO/CLCs and air coolers come with. i was wondering if you guys just put the cooler on leaving the paste as it is or do you remove it and either put something else on. but with what i read, its personal preference if you do or not. so with this, what do you guys think of corsairs xtm70 paste?

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For my personal builds, I replace the pre-applied paste with Arctic Silver Ceramique 2. I also use it when changing pastes on a graphics card.

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