I’ve been messing with PC hardware for tens of years. I always built my computers from parts and sometimes I do this for other people. Maybe I’m not a real pro, but I know a lot about this area and I follow all computer news and I think I know quite a lot.

I often read about a situation when somebody is trying to take the cooler off the CPU but thermal paste is practically glued to the CPU and eventually, that person applies so much force that it just rips off the cooler with the CPU from the socket. I’m sure many people saw this.

I was always laughing when I see such stories and I always thought that