- Dec 31, 2013
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I recently bought a used i5-2500K. I installed the CPU, put a pea-sized dot of thermal past in the middle, and mounted the stock Intel heatsink. Loaded up the BIOS and restored default settings. Booted into Windows and noticed that it was idling around 40-45 degrees and spiked to about 60 (with only Google Chrome open.) Since then, I've tried multiple times to reapply thermal paste and remount the cooler, and change BIOS settings and it's only gotten worse since then. My last boot it was overheated to 100 degrees as soon as I turned the system on. What could be the problem?
System Specs
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
Mobo: Intel DZ77SL50K
RAM: 16GB(4x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3
Drives: 1TB WD Blue HDD + 120GB Intel 535 Series SSD
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Superclocked)
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G1 650W
Case: NZXT S340
System Specs
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K
Mobo: Intel DZ77SL50K
RAM: 16GB(4x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3
Drives: 1TB WD Blue HDD + 120GB Intel 535 Series SSD
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Superclocked)
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G1 650W
Case: NZXT S340
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