so is this just burn-in or should i worry about these temps?

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afrobear

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so yeah, i just installed a new zalman cnps9500a heatsink, and used the arctic silver 5 thermal grease, iv just started her up this morning and these are the temps
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is this because of the burn-in arctic silver was talking about?(something like 200 hours or so before i was going to see good temp but idk)
should i re-apply the paste? are these good temps and im just over worried? help would be apreshiated :(
EDIT: idk why the pic isnt showing up, ooh well here are the temps
temp1: 42c
temp2: 55c
temp3: 25c
HD0 36c
temp1:40c
core0: 39c
core 1: 39c
core:69c
EDIT EDIT:: and also, when ever i start the comp, it go's to the bios saying the cpu fan is running too slow, but speed fan is saying it is running at 100%
 
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what cpu is it exactly, and what clock speed is it at? and what are you using to measure the temperature?
 
Posting all your specs would help a lot. In figuring the issue.

Rule of thumb how ever for me is touch your heat sink if its cool then its not 70C if its really hot to the touch then there is a immediate problem and I wouldn't boot the PC up if possible.
 
if its not hot that could mean the cpu is hot because the heatsink is attatcthed to it

you only need a thin layer of thermal paste
 
i only put about a pea sized drop on there, and used my finger with a plastic sandwich bag on it to spread it out
 
update:so i decided to run occt as it seems like speed fan is screwing me around or w/e, and the highest temps on load on the cores have only been 56c
is this a good thing? sorry if i am asking stupid questions, iv only been in to computers for about 2 years,and am just starting to get into the nitty gritty
of the comp, so bear with me :P
Edit:so the hour test is over, the max temps on load were 56c and ide was 43c
here is some charts occt gave me




 
afrobear said:
so yeah, i just installed a new zalman cnps9500a heatsink, and used the arctic silver 5 thermal grease, iv just started her up this morning and these are the temps
my.php

is this because of the burn-in arctic silver was talking about?(something like 200 hours or so before i was going to see good temp but idk)
should i re-apply the paste? are these good temps and im just over worried? help would be apreshiated :(
EDIT: idk why the pic isnt showing up, ooh well here are the temps
temp1: 42c
temp2: 55c
temp3: 25c
HD0 36c
temp1:40c
core0: 39c
core 1: 39c
core:69c
EDIT EDIT:: and also, when ever i start the comp, it go's to the bios saying the cpu fan is running too slow, but speed fan is saying it is running at 100%
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stop calling it a "paste" or a "grease" ... you only need a tiny amount. heatsink contacting cpu is better than having arctic silver inbetween... arctic silver just fills in the cracks. you should barely be able to see it after you spread the compound out on the surface. like they describe it on the arctic silver website you need about a half of a grain to a grain of rice worth of compound to cover a surface, depending on how flat it is. me, i need less because i lapped mine down to 2500grit ...
 
fade2green514 said:
stop calling it a "paste" or a "grease" ... you only need a tiny amount. heatsink contacting cpu is better than having arctic silver inbetween... arctic silver just fills in the cracks. you should barely be able to see it after you spread the compound out on the surface. like they describe it on the arctic silver website you need about a half of a grain to a grain of rice worth of compound to cover a surface, depending on how flat it is. me, i need less because i lapped mine down to 2500grit ...
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sorry about that lol, from what the site said you are suppose to put a thin line were cores would be(and go's into detail about where they are and all that) i thought that spreading it out would speed up the proses, maybe i put on too much? should i just wipe some off?
 
well since no ones giving any more input, i guess ill just re-apply the arctic silver with a lot less of it, thanks for the help anyway
 
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