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, I have an amd fx 8320 with an r9 280 with the stock cooler, it's at 3.5 ghz, no overclocking, and I was just browing twitter, facebook etc., I left HWMonitor on and when I came off (20 mins later or so), it said max temp 73 or so?!?!?! During gameplay the fans are louder than a chainsaw... I was looking at getting some decent thermal paste and a 212 evo, but I dont know if that will help. The airflow in thecase is quite poor. I'm too scared to start fiddling around with my case again as I don't want to **** anything up, I'd like to rewire it but again I'm worried I'll **** it up..

I'm honestly genuinely worried about opening it back up again. It took me 3 days, probably about 5 hrs a day to do my first build, and I don't wish to fark it up..

Temps right now, n othing but this open
http://i.gyazo.com/9abb33b3651d5b153295e9658caaa09d.png
 
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This is what your PC should look like, roughly (the layout may be different depending on your case): http://img.hexus.net/v2/TekSpek/Computer_Cases/chassis-airflow.jpg

The red arrows = 3 outtakes to exhaust hot air out of your case. 1 fan provided by the power supply, 2 provided by case fans. Both your CPU and GPU have very, very high power draws, so heat will build up very quickly when using them. If you don't have good airflow like this, your PC is going to cook itself.
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According to that screenshot your maximum temperature was 59C, not 73C. It's still high for just web browsing, but not going to do any damage to your PC. Those components are high Wattage parts though, you need outtake fans moving hot air out of your case fast when gaming.

 
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Gopher, no, I'm not talking about it being 73 degrees there, I had rebooted my pc since then, this is just from me loading it up and going on chrome to type this.
 
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Ah, OK. Remove and reseat your CPU heatsink, in case it's not installed correctly.

How many outtake fans do you have? For a setup like that I'd say 2 x 120mm outtake fans is necessary.

Edit: also what motherbaord do you have?

 
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@johnny

Yes it was preapplied to the stock cooler.
My system is 3 and a half months old.
The system has always been rather overheating, so I don't think dust is the issue to be honest with you.
 
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This is what your PC should look like, roughly (the layout may be different depending on your case): http://img.hexus.net/v2/TekSpek/Computer_Cases/chassis-airflow.jpg

The red arrows = 3 outtakes to exhaust hot air out of your case. 1 fan provided by the power supply, 2 provided by case fans. Both your CPU and GPU have very, very high power draws, so heat will build up very quickly when using them. If you don't have good airflow like this, your PC is going to cook itself.
 
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