celsius s36 pre-applied thermal paste vs mx4

[Steve Boberson]

i'm building a new pc soon, and i plan on getting the fractal celsius s36 aio for the cooler, and i was wondering if i should use the pre-applied thermal paste or artic mx4 thermal paste (i already bought the mx4)

[it_dont_work]

Most likely will show little to no difference, quality is about the same might see a degree or two difference

[kagarium]

Honestly the pre-applied should be fine. If you have the mx4 you might as well use it. It could never hurt.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

The difference in temperature between good and bad thermal paste really isn't that big.  And Fractal in general do know a thing or two about cooling so I doubt they'll use bad stuff.

 

Use the pre-applied thermal paste.  If you're not happy with the temps or need to re-apply paste later on, you can always use the MX4

[it_dont_work]

2 minutes ago, kagarium said:

It could never hurt.

1 minute ago, Captain Chaos said:

If you're not happy with the temps or need to re-apply paste later on, you can always use the MX4

@Steve Boberson , this is an option too since you've already bought the stuff. Also considering you've got a 360 there's plenty of cooling present anyway.