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jljhlhl

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I know this has been posted several times, but none directly answer my question.

My computer is running on stock cooling, but is very hot. I've had the computer for...over a year, and havent changed anything related to cooling. Today, I played a few games, and then just now went to the BIOS, and as I ate dinner the computer idle'd there. When I got back, it was still 52C, even after 20 mins of idling.

My question is, does thermal paste dry up ever? Especially the stuff companies like HP put on? Would adding some of that Arctic 5 stuff work good?

My computer specs are in my sig.
 
It does dry up, but it's still fairly efficient. Thermal pad's that come with heatsinks and OEM computers actually last longer then thermal paste, such as AS5.
 
Sorry for the questions, but I'm not entirely sure, would 52C idling be enough to worry about replacing it or not?
 
I'd suggest replacing as well, if it's really dried up or not seated properly it should help lower temps.

Also remove dust/dirt from the case. The heatsink fins collect dust as well, blow out the fins and the CPU fan. It can get pretty nasty.
 
jljhlhl said:
That was idling on the BIOS screen for 20 minutes. =/

No overclocking has been done either.
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Remember that the BIOS doesnt have the system idle process, so the temp in the BIOS is usually higher then the idle temp in Windows.
 
thealmightyone said:
Yeah, I suspect you have a LOT of dust. Clean all the fans and heatsinks. Get all the dust out.
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agreed :)

and take off the sidepanel, and run the pc then again for like 20 min in the BIOS screen, if it stay's a lot cooler then, you know its not the heatsink that causes trouble, but its getting the cold air towards the heatsink ;)
 
Wow, 52°C at itle?


My Athlon 64 3500+ runs at around 25°C at idle and is currently (according to Everest) running at 30°C with several programs running.
 
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