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Byamps
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Not all

Some cooler come with pre-applied, this is usually for stock cooler such as Intel or AMD or a budget 3rd party cooler

 

But for higher end 3rd party air cooler such as Thermalright PA, DeepCool Assassin or Noctua NHD-15 has thermal paste tube in the box and you need to apply it manually

 

Example of NH-D15 box content, it has NT-H1 thermal paste tube for us to manually apply on the CPU

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8 hours ago, Byamps said:

Do air coolers come with thermal paste pre-applied or do I need to buy my own thermal paste? 

Many come with it. On some it's pre-applied, but others you have to do it. If you see that the TIM is coming out really runny and seems to be separating, tell the vendor and get the TIM replaced. 

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