Hoping to get some clarity on this cooler as I've heard such a wide range of opinions regarding the stock paste. I have a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU. My goal is to do some moderate gaming (few hours a day or so, with a little bit of VR). I know the wraith prism isn't the best, but it was a cooler that my buddy wasn't using so he passed it on to me. Everything was right out of the package unused.
I have heard that when the stock paste is removed from this cooler, the copper bars are not completely flush with one another on the heat sink, so there are small gaps between them, which I am afraid would cause heat pockets on my CPU if I were to try and remove the stock paste and add my own. I do not know this for sure, as I have yet to remove the stock paste myself (waiting for my MOBO to come in). My other concern is that the wraith prism has been out for some time now, surely this has played some type of an impact on the pre-applied paste it has? I do have Arctic Silver 5 ready to go so I am prepared for either scenario.
My question is,
1.) Can anyone confirm what I mentioned above regarding the gaps between the bars on the heat sink?
2.) Should I just stick with the pre-applied paste and change it our down the line?
Thank you very much in advanced. Again, this is my first build, so I value any input greatly prior to diving into the actual adventure of building and screwing something up.
I have heard that when the stock paste is removed from this cooler, the copper bars are not completely flush with one another on the heat sink, so there are small gaps between them, which I am afraid would cause heat pockets on my CPU if I were to try and remove the stock paste and add my own. I do not know this for sure, as I have yet to remove the stock paste myself (waiting for my MOBO to come in). My other concern is that the wraith prism has been out for some time now, surely this has played some type of an impact on the pre-applied paste it has? I do have Arctic Silver 5 ready to go so I am prepared for either scenario.
My question is,
1.) Can anyone confirm what I mentioned above regarding the gaps between the bars on the heat sink?
2.) Should I just stick with the pre-applied paste and change it our down the line?
Thank you very much in advanced. Again, this is my first build, so I value any input greatly prior to diving into the actual adventure of building and screwing something up.