Does this come with Thermal compound

[Beef Boss]

Does the Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED 66.3 CFM come with compound or do I need to purchase some separately? 

[CommanderAlex]

It comes with thermal compound.

[zMeul]

it's in the box

[tom_w141]

7 minutes ago, BadluckBrian said:

Does the Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED 66.3 CFM come with compound or do I need to purchase some separately? 

It does but its advised that it is junk quality.

 

Get some MX-4 for pretty cheap.

 

EDIT: £3.95 for a tube that will last several applications and the paste itself doesnt degrade for 7-8 years

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-MX-4-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

It does but its advised that it is junk quality.

The difference between "awesome" thermal paste you buy separately and "junk" thermal paste that comes with coolers is one to two degrees.

[Bleedingyamato]

24 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

The difference between "awesome" thermal paste you buy separately and "junk" thermal paste that comes with coolers is one to two degrees.

I'm not an expert on thermal compounds but there could be other differences though couldn't there?

 

Like the consistency of the stuff which would affect how easy it is to apply or remove.  Or whether or not it's electrically conductive.  I think I was told that MX-4 is good because it's non-conductive and it also doesn't need to cure whatever that means.  Different compounds could last longer before degrading.

 

 

I do agree though that in terms of average temperature achieved there does seem to be little difference between thermal compounds.

 

So it's other characteristics that would seem to be the determining factors.   

 

[asand1]

The included TIM is good enough that any effort or funds used to get something different would be wasted. Use whats included and rest easy knowing that its better than the dried out shit in 90% of machines. Ideally you would replace it every couple of years anyway.

[Beef Boss]

35 minutes ago, asand1 said:

The included TIM is good enough that any effort or funds used to get something different would be wasted. Use whats included and rest easy knowing that its better than the dried out shit in 90% of machines. Ideally you would replace it every couple of years anyway.

Okay thank you Sir! 

[LogicalDrm]

 

14 hours ago, tom_w141 said:

It does but its advised that it is junk quality.

It really isn't. Its decent quality. Not best, but not worst either. For that price range for a cooler its really good paste. Thermal difference is that few degrees mentioned. Other differences like how quickly paste goes bad, not realistically issue as it would take 5-10 years with current stock pastes on aftermarket coolers. As for conducting electricity, also not issue with CPU coolers. Maybe if OP is planning to install this on GPU.

Edited January 16, 2017 by LoGiCalDrm
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