I'm using an AMD FX-8350 at stock speeds and a Corsair H60 cooler.
So today I replaced the stock thermal paste with some Arctic Silver 5. So far so good, average temps are lower... everything was fine until I ran the OCCT stress test. I let it run for 15 minutes and while average temperatures were less than 50C which is great, the max temp reading was 225C!! That number is not normal and I have no idea what caused it. What do you guys think? By the way I used HW Monitor for temp readings. I don't think it actually got up to 225C though because that would have killed it, but I'm really curious to find out what caused it to read such a high temperature.
So today I replaced the stock thermal paste with some Arctic Silver 5. So far so good, average temps are lower... everything was fine until I ran the OCCT stress test. I let it run for 15 minutes and while average temperatures were less than 50C which is great, the max temp reading was 225C!! That number is not normal and I have no idea what caused it. What do you guys think? By the way I used HW Monitor for temp readings. I don't think it actually got up to 225C though because that would have killed it, but I'm really curious to find out what caused it to read such a high temperature.