yes it is a prescott , my case actualy has 7 fans in it including the large one on th ecpu heatsink...and about the thermal paist , i just used the stuff that came allredy on the heatsink when i bought it, there was still some paist from the old stock heatsink on the the chip too...

iv been running the case with the cover off just so i can watch the lights etc, and thats when i meshured the temp...it was at 63C @ about 50% usage and then i quit my one application and it went down to 53C @ about 4% usage...

this is the heatsink i installed : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106606