I3-2100 thermal paste

[frostbite57]

Hi all.
currently, i built a pc (thanks to all the help from people in this forum) and unfortunately,i got defective motherboard. worked only a day and i had to replace it with new one.

here's the thing, when changing the cpu, i didn't clean the thermal paste on the cpu & the stock cpu cooler. because i was thinking, it's only been used a day, so maybe there's nothing wrong with that.

the problem i'm having right now is that, BF3 lag, a lot & BSOD happened once. does the unclean thermal paste affect the gaming performance? Saint Row is not having any issues. only BF3 lag.

Update: the frame rate of BF3 is great..it's not frame-rate-lag. it's like, sometimes the game got stuck every few minutes. especially when it enters the menu (after being killed). i hope the explanation is understandable.

 

[amuffin]

Total system specs, also get hw monitor and post your temps while you game.

 

[frostbite57]

I'm very sorry for the late reply..Here's my system specs:

ASRock H61M-GE
I3-2100
Hitachi Deskstar 3.5" 500GB 7200RPM
Kingston Technology HyperX 4 GB Kit
corsair cx600
sapphire 6870

from hwmonitor, i3 max temp was 60C & lowest was 33C.
& 6870 temp was around 38-70C

 

[amuffin]

Those temperatures are perfectly fine, have you updated the drivers and bios for your motherboard?

 

[frostbite57]

I've updated both the driver & bios, but the problem is still there.kind of annoying with the stuck & lag sometimes. any other possible problem that cause the lag?