AC Freezer pro 7 thermal paste vs thermalright CF2?

[markyb]

Hi,

This is the first time ive been involved in building a pc, so please excuse the stupid questions etc

Having bought a AC freezer pro 7 from recommendations etc, when i bought the rest of my components i also bought thermal paste (thermalright Chill factor 2) unbeknow to me, i had no idea the freezer pro7 came with some on the darn cooler.. So do i take it off the cooler? And put some of the other Chill factor 2 on? Or leave it as it is?

Any advice would be smashing.. last bit to go on before the big turn on

[new2spcr]

Hi,

This is the first time ive been involved in building a pc, so please excuse the stupid questions etc

Having bought a AC freezer pro 7 from recommendations etc, when i bought the rest of my components i also bought thermal paste (thermalright Chill factor 2) unbeknow to me, i had no idea the freezer pro7 came with some on the darn cooler.. So do i take it off the cooler? And put some of the other Chill factor 2 on? Or leave it as it is?

Any advice would be smashing.. last bit to go on before the big turn on

I seem to remember that the TR Chill Factor (1 or 2?) has to be removed and reapplied once a year while the AC paste has much better longevity - several years according to AC.

[robbie13]

the paste that comes with the freezer looks nicely laid out, go with it.

[thejamppa]

indeed, besides even tooth paste and vegamite works as TIM... So its perfectly good. Stick with the stock paste for now.

[Vibrator]

The stuff on the freezer is MX-2

Great stuff.

[ame]

The preapplied stuff could be MX 1 or 2 both are better than chillfactor IMO.