Originally Posted by ArgonV
Apparently, AMD is now using thermal paste between the heat spreader...?


Only in 2 out of many.

Of the Ryzen CPUs used in PCs and HTPCs, only 2 (the $170 Ryzen 5 2400G and $100 Ryzen 5 2200G) use thermal paste. Those two Ryzens are the ones with the GPU built into the chip.

All the other Ryzens used in PCs and HTPCs, both the 1000 series and upcoming (in April) 2000 series 4 core to 16 core, cheap to expensive use solder to maximize cooling for overclocking.

So, in summary, there will only be 2 Ryzens (ones with GPUs built in) with paste.

I just finished building a Ryzen 5 2400G HTPC. It overclocks easily. But, with standard cooling, it tends to overheat during a "stress test". I have my "thermal paste" Ryzen 5 2400G set to 4GHz all cores all the time.

Right now, I plan to buy one of the April 2000 series (probably a Ryzen 7 2800X) myself and overclock it.


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