thermal adhesive use


so if the corsair h100i is not touching the cpu by a bit then do i use this thermal adhesive

 

The H100i has pre applied thermal paste. If it isn't touching the CPU that means you installed it wrong.
 
Thermal paste helps cool your cpu, apply a small pea sized dot in the middle of your cpu and put ur heatsink on it(some coolers come with thermal paste,some already have it applied and some just dont have it).
 


Thermal paste helps transfer heat from the CPU to the Heatsink, not cool the CPU...