Thermal Paste

[Jason Kimmings]

Hello everyone, im looking at building my first pc and was wondering if the the thermal paste supplied with the AMD FX8320 or the Cooler Master 212 EVO cpu cooler is good enough for long term use or should i get something else?

 

thanks in advance!

[strawberrymaker]

its never bad to change the paste.

[Jason Kimmings]

its never bad to change the paste.

Which would you recommend at a reasonable price as the part are slightly over my budget anyway

[nj4ck]

yeah, its good enough for long term use. Unless you're overclocking and want to get every single MHz you can with the cooler, then I'd use something better.

[DIV1D3]

The thermal paste that you get with the Hyper 212 EVO is enough for any decent OC. If you want to get them few degrees cooler though there are options to achieve that. 

[Jason Kimmings]

yeah, its good enough for long term use. Unless you're overclocking and want to get every single MHz you can with the cooler, then I'd use something better.

nah, im not too bothered about over clocking... i think the 8 cores at 3.5ghz will be quick enough for me! 

[nj4ck]

Which would you recommend at a reasonable price as the part are slightly over my budget anyway

The absolute best you can get is this.

 

otherwise just get some arctic silver.

[Nerd Rage LBC]

Hello everyone, im looking at building my first pc and was wondering if the the thermal paste supplied with the AMD FX8320 or the Cooler Master 212 EVO cpu cooler is good enough for long term use or should i get something else?

 

thanks in advance!

 

I love the Evo 212, I want a new cooler but still love the Evo. I didn't know the Evo came with its own paste until I got it. Even still I used Arctic Silver 5 instead. It's been 13 months since I installed mine. All I did was keep it clean and still only use 1 push fan (been lazy to add the 2nd)

 

its never bad to change the paste.

 

Yup.

[nj4ck]

nah, im not too bothered about over clocking... i think the 8 cores at 3.5ghz will be quick enough for me! 

then stick with the stock paste, no need to spend money on extra TIM if you don't need it.

[Nerd Rage LBC]

The 8320 gets boost from 3.5GHz to 4.0GHz I believe. Even still if you decide to OC I'm pretty sure a small OC like 4.2-4.4 should be cake walk on an evo 212 (speculating here, comparing my 6350 OC from 3.9 to 4.6... I know 2 core difference...)

[Helltech]

Just stick with the stock paste, you are fine. 

[Jason Kimmings]

thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!