Does the fan come with thermal paste already on it? I keep hearing different answers.
1336027
Yes it come with the heatsink fan, but not 100% sure about the thermal paste.
1336028
it does but i've always learned you should always have some just in case, but yea it does
1336029
This should already have some thermal paste pre-applied on the heatsink. All new CPU's that include heatsinks will either have it pre-applied or in a small pouch.
1336030
Not the fan, the heatsink. My heatsink did. I took it off, and using my own, but probably not a big difference.
1029106
If you use the fan/heatsink that comes with the CPU, it has thermal compound on it - which is all that I used.
1136688
No fan or heat sink, unless otherwise stated by the company,Mine came just processor and thermal compound
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.
2023375
Comes with nothing but the cooling fan as shown. Or, I don't think there is any way to buy sticks of ram and get a cooling fan as a package. Hope this is clear and helps.
1572656
Yes, If it is with the stock intel cooler..the thermal paste is already on the fan assembly
1854988
The pre applied thermal paste is low quality. Your fan will scream at very high rpm because of using it. Clean it off, get some high quality thermal paste, your temps will be much lower. See my review on this product.
1997089
Yes it comes with thermal paste no it isn't pre-applied. Anyhow arctic silver does a much better job than the stock cooler master paste. Not surprising since it's thrown in for free.
289801
I believe it comes applied to the cooler. You can never have enough thermal paste though. =)
1819458
Yes it does. I just replaced the fan for the exact same model. It was a little difficult getting the housing off of the fan that is attached to the heat sink, but it fit perfectly. Also, if you're experienced with it and have thermal paste laying around, I recommend putting new paste on the cpu since you have to take heat sink off. If you aren't experienced with that, then don't worry about it.
579396
No. Only the processor is included. Fin fan and thermal paste are sold separately.
273291
There is one included with the cpu. Remember its a stock fan there are better fans out there.
461176
Yes, it comes with a fan. The fan is good enough for light gaming, but if you plan to do some heavy work for long hours, or plan to overclock it, buy a better fan, like the hyper 212 from cooler master, good and cheap. Don´t forget to buy a good psu if you plan to do some oc.
1278050
I believe mine was just the CPU, and we used an old fan. We bought thermal paste separately.
1572653
it has pre-applied thermal paste on the heatsink, but I always recommend getting your own and cleaning theirs off, putting your own on, if you know how. If you are not familiar with this process, leave the OEM thermal paste in place, it will do an ok job.
942547
if it's the same model that I got, then no. It comes coated with it's own thermal paste. Hope that helps!