Lots of dust in CPU Cooler, should I re-seat the heatsink?

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DynamectiveNiko

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I noticed that my CPU cooler had a lot of dust in the heatsink, fan, and the pipes. I was wondering if this is probably why my temps are so high when gaming - usually in the high 60s (66, 69, 68). I was wondering if I took out the heatsink and dusted it out and reapplied the past it would help a lot better - I've never done this before so it'd be a whole new experience to me and I want to know if it is worth it to do to stop me from worrying so much about my temps. Sorry if it's kind of a dumb question.
 
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DynamectiveNiko

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I'll probably fully clean it like you suggested, there's a bit of dust there that I don't think a can of air might get out. Thanks for the quick answer.
 
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JackNaylorPE

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To address your question there's one big thing missing ... context

CPU ?
What is loading it when you reach those temps ?
Overclocked ? How high ?
Case / No of case fans ?
Cooler ?

The first thing I would do is what you should have been doing every 3 months, blow out the dust. I use one of these ....

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/614KOtd%2BAFL._AC_UL130_.jpg

But this works too...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Maxell-Blast-Away-Canned-Air-2-Pk./15860547

Hold your finger on the fans to keep them still while using compressed air. blow the dist out of the fins. Without more info I wouldn't remove the heat sink. Only three reasons to reapply TIM:

a) Bad mount
b) Crappy TIM choice
c) Answering the ? above points to none of those being the cause


 
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