Question about installing CPU

Im thinking of getting a new CPU for my pc a Phenom II X4 3.0Ghz, although I have installed just about everything else in a pc before iv never actaully had to change a CPU except a very old one years ago so i dont have much experience at it. My question first is if anyone can direct me to a nice online guide to installing a AM2+ processor or such whether it be text or video form. Second is a question about thermal paste. I heard retail CPUs come pre pasted with the thermal paste. So lets say i order one from newegg.com would it come with paste on it already? thanks

k cool so its normal for a packaged CPU to come with paste on the heatsink? and if it has paste on the heatsink you dont need to add a layer on the CPU itself do you, or does that come pasted too?

if it didnt have it already applied and they gave me a bottle to do myself should i apply to the heatsink bottom or the top of the CPU? also i got another question for ya my motherboard is a AM2+ but its my understanding that you can use a AM3 CPU in a AM2+ board would threre be a problems i could encounter if i get a AM3 cpu? I did hear i may have to update my boards bios how exactly do u do that?

well I haven't installed a cpu before but i will soon, the main thing to do is just take the motherboard out and lay it flat on a soft surface. The reason behind taking it out is so that you don't risk cracking it. The other thing to make sure that you do is to make sure that you're grounded so that you don't fry any of the chips on the motherboard or the cpu with your static electricity.

well I haven't installed a cpu before but i will soon, the main thing to do is just take the motherboard out and lay it flat on a soft surface. The reason behind taking it out is so that you don't risk cracking it. The other thing to make sure that you do is to make sure that you're grounded so that you don't fry any of the chips on the motherboard or the cpu with your static electricity.

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