Slayer616 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Quick question before I finish installing the pump onto my CPU: The stock thermal grease pad that comes preinstalled on the pump looks smaller than the surface area of the chip ( I7-3930K) will it expand when I install it onto the CPU or do I have to remove all of it and start from scratch? I don't want to have to install this thing twice and don't want to risk burning my shiny new CPU.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G50EED Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 It's good as is. I know it looks small but it isn't. There's another thread here somewhere from another X79 user who reports the same thing. I relied on that when doing my build as I really didn't want to mount the cooler then dismount it to check the TIM spread. Thankfully that other user did it for me! (My thermals are fine.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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