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Hi I just replaced my thermal paste on my cpu and I looked at my temperatures for the past 15 minutes and the temperatures are a steady 60c-70c while running arma 3. I checked on a website it said the max is 60c. Now I'm just wondering if it takes a bit for the thermal paste to kick in or the cpu? Or did I do something wrong and start looking into it...
 
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The stock cooler should be fine if you are not OC'ing the processor. But your rather high-ish temps might be due to poor air flow due to cable management. Or just poor case design. As long as you don't allow the CPU cores to run at 70C continuously, you will be OK. Are you reading core temps or some other temp? What app are you using to take the readings?
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Depending on the TIM you used, you should see immediate temp results. Arctic Silver 5 is suppose to require several hundred hours before maximum results can be obtained, but even the immediate results should be within 3-5C of the final results.
 
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I am using the shitty cpu cooler that came with the amd 6300 now it will be a couple weeks until I get a better cpu cooler now could that be the problem for my cpu also? Ps: Will it be alright if I just wait 3 weeks or could my cpu get damaged???

 
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The stock cooler should be fine if you are not OC'ing the processor. But your rather high-ish temps might be due to poor air flow due to cable management. Or just poor case design. As long as you don't allow the CPU cores to run at 70C continuously, you will be OK. Are you reading core temps or some other temp? What app are you using to take the readings?
 
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I am using Core temp and when I am in game its running at 73c mostly now I actually have to get a better motherboard since mine currently is a micro atx and I don't have enough ports for the back fan my front fan is the only one running... Could I get a new cpu cooler???
 
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A single front fan is probably not enough to move fresh air thru the case. You can always connect the rear fan directly to one of the PSU's Molex connectors.
Yes, you can always get a new aftermarket cooler. But it may not help too much if the case doesn't have enough airflow to exhaust the warm air. Is the top of the case solid or vented? If solid, that is even worse.
 
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The top of the case is solid and where would the PSU Molex connector be located on my motherboard??? Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard I plan on getting a new case but for now I have to stick with mine.

 
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The Molex connector I refer to comes from the PSU (power supply). It looks like this:
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If your case's fan is the smaller 3 pin connector, you can get adapters like this:
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Oh okay cool this is perfect thank you very much for the help :)
 
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If fact, most case fans come with both connectors on their cables, or an adapter to use on either connection.

Another option would be to pick up a splitter and put both fans on the same fan header:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162026&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812162026&gclid=CKqUupys9sQCFcGGaQod-rcAjg&gclsrc=aw.ds
The one above works with either 3 wire or 4 wire (PWM) fans. You'll notice that the one male end is missing a pin. That is so that only one of the fans reports the RPM, thus not confusing the BIOS.
 
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Wait so your saying I should take my front fan and put it on this adapter with the back fan. Or could I just have the adapter connect to the backfan while the front fan is plugged into the motherboard.
 
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I'm just giving you options.

If you use the splitter, you would connect both fans to the splitter and then connect the splitter to the motherboard's fan header. That way both fans will run off the same header. Ideally, you'd want both fans to be identical so that the RPM of the 'master' fan will also represent the RPM of the 'slave' fan.

Using the MB header that way, you may be able to control the speed of the fans in BIOS.
Using the direct connection to the PSU, the fan will run at full RPM all the time.
 
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