2011-03-01, 10:57 PM
your stock cooler should have a square of paste already there evenly spread.
something like this:
![[Image: intel_core_i7_cooler_expreview.jpg]](http://www.dvhardware.net/news/intel_core_i7_cooler_expreview.jpg)
Don't touch it, just remove the plastic that was covering the bottom of the heat sink and install the heat sink onto the mobo
something like this:
Don't touch it, just remove the plastic that was covering the bottom of the heat sink and install the heat sink onto the mobo