Should I remove the stock paste that comes on Corsair H115i

[Squishygiblet]

Like the title says, should I remove that and go with some Arctic Silver or am I fine with the paste that comes with the H115i?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I have the Corsair H115i and I did not remove the paste that came with mine and it performs fine. I run a 7700k at 5ghz with 1.34 volts and my load temps are just under 80C. A lot of that will depend on your chip, but if it were me, I would use what it comes with and see how it works, if your temps are not where you want them, then you can get some new paste.

I would buy thermal grizzle kryonaut before I used Artic Silver.

 

[ss202sl]

it's fine. There's not really a huge difference between brands.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108.html

 

[Squishygiblet]

I have the Corsair H115i and I did not remove the paste that came with mine and it performs fine. I run a 7700k at 5ghz with 1.34 volts and my load temps are just under 80C. A lot of that will depend on your chip, but if it were me, I would use what it comes with and see how it works, if your temps are not where you want them, then you can get some new paste.

I would buy thermal grizzle kryonaut before I used Artic Silver.

I'm going to get an i5-8600k (when they become available again) with no plans to overclock it. I'll check out the Thermal Grizzly.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I have the Corsair H115i and I did not remove the paste that came with mine and it performs fine. I run a 7700k at 5ghz with 1.34 volts and my load temps are just under 80C. A lot of that will depend on your chip, but if it were me, I would use what it comes with and see how it works, if your temps are not where you want them, then you can get some new paste.

I would buy thermal grizzle kryonaut before I used Artic Silver.

I'm going to get an i5-8600k (when they become available again) with no plans to overclock it. I'll check out the Thermal Grizzly.

If your not going to overclock then there is no point in getting the Corsair H115i and there is no point in getting aftermarket thermal paste. I would just get a Cryorig H7 or 212 EVO if I was not going to overclock.

 

[Corsair Nick]

Like the title says, should I remove that and go with some Arctic Silver or am I fine with the paste that comes with the H115i?

The stock thermal paste performs as good as most aftermarket performance compounds on the market, and doesn't need to be removed unless you have already installed it once. We've done tons of builds, even with really hot CPU's, and the paste performs fine in all of them.