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Thermal Paste Questions

NiteTF2
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I'll be getting a Hyper 212 Evo soon, I have a few questions:
a) Does it come with thermal paste?
b) How much thermal paste will I need for 2 CPUs? (My Dad's buying my old parts from me, so he'll need some thermal paste too)
c) What thermal paste should I get? I don't want to spend too much, I've seen the Artic Cooling MX-4 but for that price, I'm not sure if it will be too good of a quality.

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I have a hyper 212X. It did not come with thermal paste. 1 Tube of CM Thermal compound/paste will be enough. Just put a drop/the size of a pea per processor

 

Here's a good size!

applying-thermal-paste-to-cpu-processor-

 

As for paste here's a good one. I use it.

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/thermal-compound/ic-essential-e2/

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The cooler comes with decent paste which should be enough for at least 2 applications.

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