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I was overclocking my CPU for the first time ever the other day and
blew my garbage power supply. So, I went to the store and picked up a
decent Antec PSU 500watt.
My Specs:
AMD 2800+ Barton Core - Socket A
ASUS A7N8X v2.0
Stock AMD Heatsink and Fan
nVidia 6600GT
Well, it's been hot here (my room is between 75-80f degrees usually
when it's hot outside) and my CPU has been idling at 60-63c and going
up to 69-70 during gaming (according to ASUS Probe). That seems VERY
hot to me! When I replaced my Power Supply, I cleaned off my CPU (had
whitish thermal paste plus parts of the greyish pad on the bottom of
the heatsink). I cleaned the bottom of the heatsink completely and
got some new thermal paste from a local tech in the area. The paste
is grey. I'm sure it's not the best paste. It has no name on it and
looks like it came with a cpu kit.
So, I applied the grey paste to the CPU die like it says on all the
websites, and I also applied it to the bottom of the heatsink and
buffed it in with a plastic bag over my fingers (like all the
websites say). So, to make a long story short, I did everything
correctly.
I also took the overclocking down to only a little bit over normal.
So, my CPU is running at 2100mhz now instead of 2090mhz Probe has it
idling at 60 right now and it goes to 68-70 when gaming.
I ordered some Artic Silver paste along with a Heatsink + Fan that got
great reviews on Newegg. They come in Monday. Think that will solve my
problem somewhat? Is that greyish thermal paste lousy?
Thanks for reading my ramblings.
I was overclocking my CPU for the first time ever the other day and
blew my garbage power supply. So, I went to the store and picked up a
decent Antec PSU 500watt.
My Specs:
AMD 2800+ Barton Core - Socket A
ASUS A7N8X v2.0
Stock AMD Heatsink and Fan
nVidia 6600GT
Well, it's been hot here (my room is between 75-80f degrees usually
when it's hot outside) and my CPU has been idling at 60-63c and going
up to 69-70 during gaming (according to ASUS Probe). That seems VERY
hot to me! When I replaced my Power Supply, I cleaned off my CPU (had
whitish thermal paste plus parts of the greyish pad on the bottom of
the heatsink). I cleaned the bottom of the heatsink completely and
got some new thermal paste from a local tech in the area. The paste
is grey. I'm sure it's not the best paste. It has no name on it and
looks like it came with a cpu kit.
So, I applied the grey paste to the CPU die like it says on all the
websites, and I also applied it to the bottom of the heatsink and
buffed it in with a plastic bag over my fingers (like all the
websites say). So, to make a long story short, I did everything
correctly.
I also took the overclocking down to only a little bit over normal.
So, my CPU is running at 2100mhz now instead of 2090mhz Probe has it
idling at 60 right now and it goes to 68-70 when gaming.
I ordered some Artic Silver paste along with a Heatsink + Fan that got
great reviews on Newegg. They come in Monday. Think that will solve my
problem somewhat? Is that greyish thermal paste lousy?
Thanks for reading my ramblings.