- Aug 4, 2013
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First I want to thank anyone for taking the time to try and help me, it is greatly appreciated.
Okay, so for a while now my PC has been shutting down on me when I play certain games, and just the other day I think I FINALLY figured out why it's doing it. A while back I opened up my PC, took it apart, and cleaned it. I put it back together and it was running a lot better. (it was pretty dusty) But anyways, I had taken off my CPUs heat sink to clean it, but I didn't apply new thermal paste when I put it back on.
I'm 90% sure that this is the problem. I put the heat sink on correctly, not too tight, and I tightened it like you would for a tire on a car. It's on there, and snug. So it's not anything like it not sitting on the CPU correctly.
If you DO think I'm overlooking something, don't hesitate to tell me, I'm no genius and I'm definitely not the best with computers.
My question is, what kind of thermal paste should I use? I asked my dad and he said to go to auto zone and get some for $1 instead of paying way more at radio shack. I think he's being a jackass. Thermal paste is thermal paste but it can't all be the same like that. *eye roll*
I obviously want to get the cheapest stuff I can, but I don't want to buy shit paste either. Suggestions?
Okay, so for a while now my PC has been shutting down on me when I play certain games, and just the other day I think I FINALLY figured out why it's doing it. A while back I opened up my PC, took it apart, and cleaned it. I put it back together and it was running a lot better. (it was pretty dusty) But anyways, I had taken off my CPUs heat sink to clean it, but I didn't apply new thermal paste when I put it back on.
I'm 90% sure that this is the problem. I put the heat sink on correctly, not too tight, and I tightened it like you would for a tire on a car. It's on there, and snug. So it's not anything like it not sitting on the CPU correctly.
If you DO think I'm overlooking something, don't hesitate to tell me, I'm no genius and I'm definitely not the best with computers.
My question is, what kind of thermal paste should I use? I asked my dad and he said to go to auto zone and get some for $1 instead of paying way more at radio shack. I think he's being a jackass. Thermal paste is thermal paste but it can't all be the same like that. *eye roll*
I obviously want to get the cheapest stuff I can, but I don't want to buy shit paste either. Suggestions?
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