I'll try to make this as short as possible...
I have a AMD FX-8350 and previously under full load it would idle around 30c and max around 59c. I recently decided I might be able to get a little more out of my pc if I replaced the stock thermal compound with something nicer, so I picked up this "Antec Formula 7" and slapped in there. Fast forward - I've tried every method known to man of applying thermal compound in various shapes and sizes and the result is always that the CPU now idles around 50-55c and will shoot up to 70c+ (and keeps going! which then triggers my mobos thermal alarm) within seconds of performing a rendering task within 3d studio max. I never had this problem previous to using this Antec product, however there is one other thing I noticed, that my fan speed is always around 3000rpm when the cpu is idle and under load only rises to 3500rpm. I believe this fan has an operational range of roughly 1000-6000 RPM but is not reacting the way it should or used to.
I must admit that when I removed the heatsink from the board the first time, that the cpu came out with it... However the CPU does not seem to have any physical damage to it, and I am typing this on that computer right now as we speak.
Does this sound like a problem with the CPU, the Motherboard, the HS/Fan, or the Thermal Compound?
Thanks so much to everyone for reading & responding (in advance)!
I have a AMD FX-8350 and previously under full load it would idle around 30c and max around 59c. I recently decided I might be able to get a little more out of my pc if I replaced the stock thermal compound with something nicer, so I picked up this "Antec Formula 7" and slapped in there. Fast forward - I've tried every method known to man of applying thermal compound in various shapes and sizes and the result is always that the CPU now idles around 50-55c and will shoot up to 70c+ (and keeps going! which then triggers my mobos thermal alarm) within seconds of performing a rendering task within 3d studio max. I never had this problem previous to using this Antec product, however there is one other thing I noticed, that my fan speed is always around 3000rpm when the cpu is idle and under load only rises to 3500rpm. I believe this fan has an operational range of roughly 1000-6000 RPM but is not reacting the way it should or used to.
I must admit that when I removed the heatsink from the board the first time, that the cpu came out with it... However the CPU does not seem to have any physical damage to it, and I am typing this on that computer right now as we speak.
Does this sound like a problem with the CPU, the Motherboard, the HS/Fan, or the Thermal Compound?
Thanks so much to everyone for reading & responding (in advance)!
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