Insane CPU Temps..

70th · 11 Jul 2010 at 13:31

I removed my stock intel cpu cooler, accidentally wiping a majority of the thermal compound off the heatsink, i replaced it and obviously the temps were quite high, idle around 50c, load over 100.

I applied Akasa thermal adhesive tape to replace the compound to the cpu however im still getting really high temps.

Before i accidentally removed the compound idle was 29c and load was about 70c.

Any ideas?

Thanks

70th · 11 Jul 2010 at 13:43

iNPUt said:
You overclocking, which chip have you got?

Intel stock cooler is pretty bad, especially if your using tape instead of thermal compounds, buy some good compound like Arctic Cooling MX-3.

Is it dusty?

e3300, was overclock at 3.33GHz and idle was 29c.

but even now at stock 2.5GHz its way hot.

Also not dusty, very clean

70th · 11 Jul 2010 at 15:51

Memphis said:
Thermal tape is for the likes of attaching heatsinks to RAM on graphics cards etc. It is not designed to attach a CPU heatsink.

Ok thanks.

Thanks for the replies, i'm going to purchase a decent thermal compound and fan.

To be more precise:

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 and Gelid GC-Extreme Cutting Edge Thermal Compound 3.5g

70th · 12 Jul 2010 at 09:18

ChrisLandin said:
The frezer pro will already come shipped with thermal paste applied if its bought new. Mine did and I found that it was fine for my old e8600.

Oh right, thanks, guess i wont need it then.

70th · 12 Jul 2010 at 14:19

Yes i will use the supplied paste, thanks.