Does the cooler already have thermal paste applied on the bottom?
1569651
Yes. There is paste (looks like a raised pad) on the bottom of the heat sink.
1530963
That's up to you; it does come with thermal compound already on the cooler. I don't know how good it is, since I didn't use it; I really like Noctua's NT-H1 compound, so I just used that (I have a ton of it on hand, though).
1525216
There's a patch of compound on the heat sink... If you don't use the stock heat sink you'll need some additional paste
945822
Yes. It comes with a Cooler Master heat sink / fan combo that has a few heat pipes and thermal compound pre-applied. With the stock heat sink my CPU temp (at 4.2 GHz) at idle is only 34 C and so far has only gotten up to 45 C when gaming.
580280
Yes, it comes with a heat sink and fan but it was too loud under load so I replaced with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus unit that performs better and is much quieter. If you anticipate the processor will be under load a good amount of the time (gaming or apps that tax the CPU), you might consider an aftermarket cooler as well to keep temps down and not just for the fan noise.
137569
I don't think it does, but then I don't use stock coolers. I could not locate the box (meaning it was small). I don't remember putting a cooler aside when I put the system together.
595074
It comes with a heatsink/fan with thermal paste already on it. Just place the fan assembly on top of the microprocessor and hook the 4 hold owns to your motherboard.
1572654
Yes... but I'd recommend replacing it. The thermal paste is on the stock cooler. It comes in three thick bands with gaps in between them. I'd recommend at least spreading these out to cover the entire CPU before installing. I removed the stock paste completely and went with my own application to ensure even coverage.
1644056
It comes with a fan that already has thermal paste on it, but get another fan and another thermal paste, I had a bad experience with the stock fan and thermal paste. also don't get this, I regretted getting this, just spend another 50 on 6300 or 100 on 8320 or 8350
2030919
The fan itself, instructions, and most importantly there is thermal paste included (and the instructions recommend you use said paste and not a third party paste, and I agree with that assessment). Oh, and a cool and high-quality Noctua sticker, too, iirc.
1022052
Yes it comes with the stock cooler and generic thermal paste. I however wiped off the thermal paste that came with it and then used a BB sized dot of arctic silver thermal paste. It is able to handle the load I put on it with 2 ATI RADEON HD 5850 cross fired using the stock cooler. Very impressed with it so far.
580279
Yes it did, it was a nice heat sink with copper pipes sticking out of the side, the only thing I did not like was that my system board made the fan run fast at times and slow at others, the slow part was fine, but when it ran fast it was very noisy; so I put a liquid cooler on mine and solved all of my problems. But all in all the heat sink and fan that come with it, will work well.
1572651
Yes, all Intel chips have thermal paste already applied to the heatsink. After you install the CPU, just place the heatsink on the CPU. No need to apply additional paste.
954791
Yes it does. It's more than enough for my CPU and i am gamer. You will need some Thermal Paste. Arctic Silver Paste is outstanding for performance.
69068
There is a pre-applied thermal pad. I use the term pad, because it doesn't seem to be a paste in the normal sense of the word.
69069
It comes with a little tube of thermal paste, which you apply before mounting
595071
It comes with the heat sink and the thermal paste already applied. You just put the processor in the socket and put the heat sink on top. The thermal paste is pre applied on the heat sink.