AMD Phenom 2 now over heating

resilo

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Sep 27, 2016
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after playing for a few years on this particular machine it is now mysteriously overheating with the core reaching over 90 degrees while gaming.

replaced the thermal paste the fans are blown out and i have never over clocked my computer.


any suggestions on what may be causing the sudden overheating?
 
Solution
Excess dust, bad fan, improperly applied thermal paste, heatsink not tightened down properly? Only things I can think of if the voltage and frequency are the same.