Hi - I have an i7 960 3.2 Ghz CPU. I do not use watercooling, I am not oc'd, and have done nothing to change the fan speed in the bios.
I replaced the stock Intel cooler with one from Arctic Cooling. I cleaned off all thermal paste residue from the chip, and the new cooler comes with therm paste "installed". My temps are now higher than before. With the stock cooler, the temps for each core was in the lower to mid 50's, now with the Arctic Cooling cooler, those temps have jumped to the upper 60's. Shouldn't happen. Nothing else in my computer has changed. I haven't moved it to another room; the ambient air is still the same as it was; the case's side is on and in place as it was before. I didn't install any other hw; change any HDDs - nothing.
The one thing I will say is this: when I installed, I put the bracket in place on the MB, and then went to screw the heatsink (two screws) to the bracket. I lined up the hs best I could... I have one screw in place, and in order to get the second screwed in, I had to shimmy the heat sink over. But only very slightly - when I tell you that it was 1/16th of an inch, I am not kidding. My first (and only) thought, is something happened with the thermal paste. But is that really possible from shifting it that small amount? Any other ideas?
Thanks!
I replaced the stock Intel cooler with one from Arctic Cooling. I cleaned off all thermal paste residue from the chip, and the new cooler comes with therm paste "installed". My temps are now higher than before. With the stock cooler, the temps for each core was in the lower to mid 50's, now with the Arctic Cooling cooler, those temps have jumped to the upper 60's. Shouldn't happen. Nothing else in my computer has changed. I haven't moved it to another room; the ambient air is still the same as it was; the case's side is on and in place as it was before. I didn't install any other hw; change any HDDs - nothing.
The one thing I will say is this: when I installed, I put the bracket in place on the MB, and then went to screw the heatsink (two screws) to the bracket. I lined up the hs best I could... I have one screw in place, and in order to get the second screwed in, I had to shimmy the heat sink over. But only very slightly - when I tell you that it was 1/16th of an inch, I am not kidding. My first (and only) thought, is something happened with the thermal paste. But is that really possible from shifting it that small amount? Any other ideas?
Thanks!
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