Messing up thermal paste
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danonymoosecat
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What are your temps when you are actually in the OS? If they are still in the 50s and 60s at idle, then yes, it's possible that you've messed up the paste somehow. Too much is as bad as too little. It's always worth investing in quality paste, even with a stock cooler. The stuff that comes with a Hyper 212 Evo is pretty good. Not the best, but probably better than whatever you're using now.
QCube
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Your CPU temps at idle aren't a good sign. Good quality thermal paste is actually cheaper than you think and it's just as important to select a good thermal compound as it is with anything else in your build. Some thermal compounds can last up to 8 years before becoming useless. When installing your cooler, did you ever lift it up off the CPU when you had thermal paste on the processor? If you lifted the cooler and then tried to replace this, it would create air pockets in the compound which will directly affect the CPU's surface to cooler. Also can be quite damaging as the thermal compound is very strong/sticky and even rip the CPU out of the socket which I have seen quite a lot.
I'd suggest investing in some Arctic cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound. It's cheap and reliable and I've knocked off quite a lot of degrees using this myself.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-MX-4-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451962287&sr=8-1&keywords=Artic+cooling+mx4
or
http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Performance-Compound-Interface-Material/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451962302&sr=8-1&keywords=arctic+cooling+mx4
I recommend watching this video to show exactly how much thermal paste you need because it really does spread over the chip under pressure. Gives you a little insight to how much you actually do need.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDsDLlj_Uo
I'd suggest investing in some Arctic cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound. It's cheap and reliable and I've knocked off quite a lot of degrees using this myself.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-MX-4-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451962287&sr=8-1&keywords=Artic+cooling+mx4
or
http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Performance-Compound-Interface-Material/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451962302&sr=8-1&keywords=arctic+cooling+mx4
I recommend watching this video to show exactly how much thermal paste you need because it really does spread over the chip under pressure. Gives you a little insight to how much you actually do need.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDsDLlj_Uo
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