I am in the process of building my first PC which will be primarily designed for gaming but will also be able to handle some light video editing at speed.I have already selected the majority of the parts and was just looking for some information, advice and answers to a few questions.1With CPU cooling, specifically the Corsair H80i or H100iDoes the thermal paste degrade and need to be replaced over time? What are the consequences of not replacing the paste if it is needed?2The case I am getting is a Zalman Z5 Plus and I didn't know whether the Corsair H100i would fit inside with reasonable clearanceIf not I would just get the H80i but the other is preferableMy Mobo is an ASUS ATX Sabretooth if that helps.Any other advice would be appreciated, if any other information on parts is needed to help give better answers or advice, just ask.Thanks!
THermal paste will need to be replaced overtime as it dries and if left your CPU temperature will IncreaseCorsair 100i will mostly fit inside of your case because it support Dual top 120mm fans and will probably support 240mm Radiator Advices: 1-Buy a silver based thermal based not a ceramic oneSilver will give you better performance as time goes on 2-Buy a Nvidia GPU not AMD better for vedio editing without much difference in gaming FPS 3-buy the CPU with the highest number of cores real or virtual for example AMD FX-8350 (8 core)will be better for vedio editing more than intel core i5 3570k(4 core) and it will give you better performance in new games such as Crysis 3 and small lose in older one except for BattleField 3 but Intel core i7 3770k(hyperthreating 4 real cores and 4 virtual cores) will be better than both
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