zephead said:it had better come with a pad of thermal compound, or your CPU may overheat. ask your tech.[/QUi
I just checked since i didnt have time to put the pc to gether my self,they come with a pad in the intel box.I have seen a small tube of compound come in some new retail boxes but i guess all the newer 3 and 3.2 come with pads.Pads are ok for 3 to 5 years until they start to dry up.
I am running at 3360 stable on the 3.2 and the heat seems ok Cpu is at 41/105 at 5% oc,in bios it was 3 degrees higher.
Found some time to pull it and i did apply some artic silver my friend had ,Checked temps after gamiing mode ,it just went down 2 degrees.So i checked bios and it was 4 up,Not much to worrried aboutellomoto said:I would recommend not using a thermal pad, instead use artic silver...its the mutts nuts...