For a while now I've been monitoring the temps that my CPU will be hitting via the bios or a CPU thermometer program, and I'll notice that it will hit temperatures of 80 degrees C and approaching 90. I've messed around with the fans in the bios, particularly with the speed of my heat sink, and I notice that it doesn't seem to contribute to any temperature drops - the temp will just continue to rise at a slow rate as if unaffected by the heat sink at all.
I tried giving my computer more space for air flow, but that didn't seem to change anything. I also feared that I might have positioned the heat sink incorrectly, but I feel that that can't be quite it because I assume the end with the fan blades is supposed to face toward the front of the case and opposite the back end. Maybe it has something to do with how I applied the thermal paste? I put about a pea-sized drop of it on the CPU before attaching the heat sink, but didn't spread it or anything.
For reference, my parts are:
i7 7700k
Cryorig H7
I tried giving my computer more space for air flow, but that didn't seem to change anything. I also feared that I might have positioned the heat sink incorrectly, but I feel that that can't be quite it because I assume the end with the fan blades is supposed to face toward the front of the case and opposite the back end. Maybe it has something to do with how I applied the thermal paste? I put about a pea-sized drop of it on the CPU before attaching the heat sink, but didn't spread it or anything.
For reference, my parts are:
i7 7700k
Cryorig H7
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