Thermal paste - Manufacturer supplied or AS5?

Commissario
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My boy is building a PC and he's getting a Ryzen 5 3600 six core 4.2GHz CPU. I'm assuming this comes with thermal gunk but I've still got a tube of AS5 from years ago.

Should he use the stuff that comes with it or the AS5?
 
Man of Honour
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At least in the 2600 builds I did the pre-applied paste seemed OK stuff probably not worth cleaning it off and putting AS5 on there unless you are going to be messing around with overclocking.
 
Soldato
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If it's the stock cooler it comes with pre-applied paste, I'm not sure if I could be bothered to clean it off to apply AS5 personally.
 
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