Is the thermal compound that comes with the Intel CPU cooler a good product or do you need to replace it? Check it out.

Here is a snippet: "In our Thermal Compound Roundup - May 2011 review, we compared 20 different thermal compounds from several brands. Some readers asked us to include the thermal compound that comes with stock coolers (the thermal solutions that comes with in-a-box CPUs) in the comparison, in order to answer the question "is it necessary to change the thermal compound that comes preapplied on a retail product?" "



Link: HardwareSecrets