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Reapplying GPU thermal paste

Soldato
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After having my 8800GTX for 3 years it's started to run extremely hot (62c idle and 102c load), so i'll be removing my heat sink to clean all the dust out and reapply the thermal paste, the question is, what is the best method to do this?

Apply a thin layer evenly on the processor? Put a dot in the middle and a press the heatsink down to it? Cross method?

This is what I'm using to reapply it: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AC-000-AC

Cheers.
 
Alright cheers guys, hopefully I don't bugger it up :(

If I do, then well, excuse to upgrade to a 5870 me thinks, so no loss either way :D Lol.
 
All done, loaded it doesn't go above 80c now :D Idle it's slightly lower than before, nothing major but it's load I was mainly concerned about hitting over 100c

So much better, my PC as a whole is a lot cooler too, CPU dropped like 2c, the thermal paste was completely dried off, there was basically none between the heatsink and processor it was all crusted and there was lumps of it around the processor, but none actually on it.

Edit: Well the heat does go up past 80 after a while, but doesn't go up over 100c so I guess it's some result :P
 
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