Corsair H100i Thermal Compund...

[Torkilon]

Today I've installed Corsair H100i and I'm worrying about the pre-applied thermal paste. I'm not talking about the quality but the size of the paste square...

In my opinion it was too big at least for my cpu. I'm using Core i7 4790K (LGA 1150) and this processor is small. If you compare the paste patch and the processor it's something like this:

So the paste theoretically could touch the green board through the gaps between the socket cover and possibly damage the cpu...

What do you think? Maybe someone has the same size processor and using the H100i?

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The pre-applied paste should like like this photo in the article , which is normal.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2012/12/05/corsair-h100i-review/1

 

[Gam3r01]

The paste can overlap, it wont be an issue.
Its thin enough that it cant contact anything but the heatspreader, its not going to leak anywhere, and its non conductive if it somehow happened to.

The stock paste is actually quite good, no real need to replace it unless you already have a tube of it on had.

 

[Torkilon]

Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.

Yeah I have MX-4 too but many people say that the paste H100i has is very good...

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well even if the paste does touch the board it wont short it if its not a metallic compound like acrtic silver 5 and i doubt they use that for pre applied paste on the h100i that said it would be best if you bought your own paste i prefer MX-4 or noctua NT-H1 because the pre applied stuff probably isent very good in the first place and if it does happen to be metallic paste you could short something.

Yeah I have MX-4 too but many people say that the paste H100i has is very good...

Not as good as MX-4.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The thermal on the h100i is real good.

 

[Gam3r01]

I went from the stock paste on the H100i to some MX-2 and only dropped temps 1-2C at max load on prime95. MX-4 is a bit better, but not enough to warrant the replacement.

 

[Torkilon]

The paste can overlap, it wont be an issue.
Its thin enough that it cant contact anything but the heatspreader, its not going to leak anywhere, and its non conductive if it somehow happened to.

The stock paste is actually quite good, no real need to replace it unless you already have a tube of it on had.

Well... Then I'm worrying too much.

Will see how it performs when I finish the build which is the first one for me

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Have fun building and don't worry so much.