Have i applied too much thermal paste

[camster3]

Well i got a 2600k a few days ago and the temps im having seem to be very high on idle. About 50c. I did apply quite a bit or thermal paste. Could this be causing the temps to be too high. Under max laod its at about 70c max. Should i take off the cooler and apply only a small amount. I have a corsair H50.

Some more info, it has been extremely hot in the past few days ~36+

 

[jemm]

Is the CPU overclocked? What is your case?

 

[camster3]

Is the CPU overclocked? What is your case?

Cpu is overclocked to 4 GHZ (stock voltage)

Case is the aerocool blackhawk

 

[tinmann]

It sounds like a good place to start, you only need a small amount of compound to do the job. Too much is defeating the purpose. Just how much did you use?

 

[imran_t]

http://www.arcticsilver.com/instructions.htm

Click on one of those links for a pretty in depth guide to applying Thermal Compound.

 

[silverliquicity]

a grain of rice sized amount of thermal compound, personally i spread it around the surface of the CPU.

 

[hotthree]

as long as the paste isn't coming out of the sides running down you should be ok..you want just a thin layer around the whole surface of the cpu.

 

[camster3]

umm, mabye the entire cpu :/

Was a bit more than a small grain sized amount

 

[bucknutty]

This is a great video to give you an idea of how thermal paist spreads, and how much you need. I have been using the spread method for years but then my q9650 (very hot chip) was hitting 75 so I tired a the pea-bb in the middle method temp went down like 5-10 degrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4&feature=fvsr

 

[jemm]

I believe that the temps are a bit high due to the room temperature = ~36+

How did you OC it? What voltages have you applied?

 

[camster3]

How did you OC it? What voltages have you applied?

Upped the multiplier. Havnt changed the voltages

 

[camster3]

This is a great video to give you an idea of how thermal paist spreads, and how much you need. I have been using the spread method for years but then my q9650 (very hot chip) was hitting 75 so I tired a the pea-bb in the middle method temp went down like 5-10 degrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4&feature=fvsr

May have put a bit more then that one. Should i re-apply

 

[bucknutty]

it cant hurt to clean it off and reapply. Use any method in the video other than spread. Should only take you like 5 minuts.

 

[camster3]

it cant hurt to clean it off and reapply. Use any method in the video other than spread. Should only take you like 5 minuts.

I suppose ill do it tomorow then

 

[camster3]

Best answer selected by camster3.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

Maybe. Didn't it come w/ thermal paste pre-applied? According to this review, the H50 idles at a higher temp than a stock HSF. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1025/6/

 

[camster3]

Maybe. Didn't it come w/ thermal paste pre-applied? According to this review, the H50 idles at a higher temp than a stock HSF. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1025/6/

I originally had this on my old AMD cpu. Thats why i had to re apply thermal paste

 

[Mousemonkey]

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