I built a similar system a couple of months ago (with an E6400 instead) and when came the time to install the stock cooler/fan there was already some thermal paste on it so I just installed it as is. Would it be better if I take it out and add more or use better thermal paste. My system runs at stock speed (2.13 GHz) but I think it runs a little hot at about 45c. I believe it should run a bit cooler.
Thanks and congrats for the nice step-by-step instructions. It can be intimidating the first time you build a PC from scratch but your article makes it easy to follow…
