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CPU temp

banja

banja

banja

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When I built this PC two years ago, my Barton CPU reached max temps of 50 degrees under extensive load. No worries there.

Nowadays this has jumped to 58 degrees. Which is slightly higher than I'd want, but I also believe this is well within safe temps. Am I right?

I just wondered whether the thermal compound (Arctic Ceramique) loses it's effectiveness over time? Should I re-seat the cpu, or is the theory that 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' a better approach?

I'm not used to taking PC's to bits and doing this sort of stuff, so that's why I haven't just done it anyway in case you're wondering.
 
I'd just check for dust, if you haven't taken it apart in 2 years there will be quite a build-up on your case fans and HSF, just cleaning it up a bit may help ;)
 
I do my best to keep it dust free, including vacuuming out as much dust as possible ever couple of months (being very careful of course). But it's very tricky getting the dust out of the cpu cooler fan.
 
Take it off and clean it, it that fails to work, take the sink off and remove and reapply thermal compound as it may have dried out over the years.
 
Get urself a can of compressed air, much better than a hoover. Take the HSF off go out in your garden with it and give it a good blast with the air. Your be amazed how much dust its trapped in the fins on the heatsink and inbetween the fan.
 
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