I swapped my CPU cooler and got super high CPU usage and temperature

Quizk1

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So I swapped out my old cooler with a H110i from Corsair. When I booted the pc I noticed that it went slower than usual and when I tried to boot a game it lagged super hard. At first I thought it was my GPU, since I took it out to install the cooler. But when I opened up MSI Afterburner I noticed this:
http://imgur.com/a/wTITy

This picture was taken when I was just surfing on chrome. What do you think I did wrong? I'm thinking the cooler might be too loose on the CPU. BTW: I used the old thermal paste that was still on there.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K Processor @3.40 GHz
 
Solution
BTW: I used the old thermal paste that was still on there......Is a huge error , when changing the cooler , you need to clean the old off and apply fresh thermal paste.

misteriosly

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Remove the new cooling solution, clean the paste, reapply new paste and assemble it again.
Have you connected the pump and fans of the H110i to the proper power connectors ?
 

Quizk1

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Dec 20, 2016
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Thanks man, bought some new thermal paste and removed the old one, and now It works with temperatures at 20 degrees celcius at idle.
 

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