Stock corsair TIM

[tomas710]

So, I'm replacing my single thin rad for an H105 from corsair. I know that TIM matters very little when it comes to real temps and that corsair puts decent TIM on their coolers, the thing is, I got arctic silver 5 and Zalman STG2 lying around and ...i hate waste, so, my question isnt if i should change the preapplied TIM, it's is it gonna actually afect performance in a negative way (idk why but i like applying TIM )

[brokencross]

AS5 is pretty good, but it takes some time to fully cure. I'm using it atm.

And yeah, AS5 is gonna lower the temps a bit (more or less 3ºC).

[Imabigmac]

probably not, unless the amount you apply is too much and Corsair has the exact amount perfected. 

[Guest]

Who's this "Tim"?

 

 

Just apply new thermal paste, it usually improves temps/performance.

[tomas710]

AS5 is pretty good, but it takes some time to fully cure. I'm using it atm.

And yeah, AS5 is gonna lower the temps a bit (more or less 3ºC).

Thanks! I'll be prolly changing it 

[VSG]

So, I'm replacing my single thin rad for an H105 from corsair. I know that TIM matters very little when it comes to real temps and that corsair puts decent TIM on their coolers, the thing is, I got arctic silver 5 and Zalman STG2 lying around and ...i hate waste, so, my question isnt if i should change the preapplied TIM, it's is it gonna actually afect performance in a negative way (idk why but i like applying TIM )

I don't know about the Zalman but AS5 is worse than the Dow Corning that Corsair uses.