This is probably a weird question, but can you install your heat sink a day or two before you run the PC for the 1st time?
Everytime I do an order for a build I get the motherboard/CPU and ram first, case many days later. To save time, is it OK to get my heat sink installed and ram so when the case comes in I have less to do, or will that mess up the thermal compound? Usuaully use artic silver but sometimes whatever paste is on the heat sink. Does it matter??
Everytime I do an order for a build I get the motherboard/CPU and ram first, case many days later. To save time, is it OK to get my heat sink installed and ram so when the case comes in I have less to do, or will that mess up the thermal compound? Usuaully use artic silver but sometimes whatever paste is on the heat sink. Does it matter??