Need Help with CPU temps

Nodz86

Nodz86

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I've been keeping an eye on my temps lately and noticed that my cpu is now idling ~42c and the cores are idling ~48c to even 51c.

This has started to worry me a bit considering when I built my machine back in Sept 08 it idled at ~27c, but they have slowly risen since then and I thought it was time to take notice.

I thought the 1st thing to try and do is to re-apply the thermal paste as when I built it I used the Asus stuff that came with my mobo and not anything decent like AS-5 like I'm planning to use.

I was unsure of what to use to remove the thermal paste as I have seen the Akasa Tim clean and arcticlean but not sure which to use. Also do I just use kitchen roll or a lint free cloth??

I've checked all my fans and they are blowing the correct way, but after reading through the forum I've read a few posts saying to disable a fan program in the bios. This is something I never done and was wondering what it actually done by disabling it.

All help is appreciated as this is something I want to get sorted as the temps just seem to keep going up.
 
Is your case well ventilated? Have a good heat sink and fan for your cpu? Also my video card in my computer kept over heating so I took the side panel off and then the temp dropped drastically.
 
For the CPU fan in my BIOS I have settings Silent, Optimal, and Performance. For all these settings my fan idles at about 1000 RPM, but spins up faster in relation to the CPU temp as I go up the scale. If I disable my CPU fan it spins at max RPM, (about 1900) at all times. I ususlly disable it to benchmark.
 
Well firstly don't buy fancy crap to remove AS5....90% of the time you can find a generic solution.

In this case it would by Isopropyl alcohol it is 91% alcohol it costs 99 cents at Walmart for a 16oz bottle that will dry within seconds. Take a napkin or paper towel...put it over the bottle top and turn it upside down...then take the wet spot and rub on the CPU top.

Do this a few times then when it looks clean...do it one more time and then put your new AS5 in.


Also you running stock fan? Also how is your case flow? How many fans in your case,locations,and sizes could also help.


Sounds personally like the cooler is either stock or not on right (or you put to much AS5 on maybe?)



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Do you by chance have voltage set to auto for your CPU? Would be amazed at how many do this :D
 
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Yeah cpu voltage is set to temp, tbh this was my 1st build and I've never touched the bios apart from changing it to boot from cd when i installed windows.

I havent't put any AS-5 on it yet thats what I'm gonna do, the stuff thats on it atm is the Asus stuff that came with my mobo, put it on as best a I could nice thin layer few mm thick and even.

Well there is a good airflow, fan wise on the cpu its the Asus Silent Square Evo, I have the Corsair cooler over my ram which has 3 fans on it(it came with my ram), 3 case fans 120mm front and rear and 90mm on the side window (case specs), and then all the usual fans in the PSU, GFX.

The only thing with the CPU fan is that it is blowing up into the PSU and out that way as it wont mount the other normal way and blow towards the rear of the case (my mobo)
 
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Nodz86 said:
put it on as best a I could nice thin layer few mm thick and even.
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Once you get the cooler and processor clean with isopropyl alcohol...don't spread a layer a "few mm thick" That will be way to much. You actually need a very small amount of thermal paste. Like a rice size drop right in the middle, that's all you need:good: The thermal paste will spread itself out when the cooler is attached. The heat when you fire it up will slightly liquefy the thermal paste and that will fill the microscopic gaps in the metal.

The thinner the better;)
 
ScOuT said:
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Once you get the cooler and processor clean with isopropyl alcohol...don't spread a layer a "few mm thick" That will be way to much. You actually need a very small amount of thermal paste. Like a rice size drop right in the middle, that's all you need:good: The thermal paste will spread itself out when the cooler is attached. The heat when you fire it up will slightly liquefy the thermal paste and that will fill the microscopic gaps in the metal.

The thinner the better;)
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By few i ment 2mm tops (should've put a couple really) but then this was nearly a year ago now.
 
Just been looking through the BIOS and the Q fan has been disabled on all my fans which means it has been like that since day 1.

@ Twist, my cpu voltage is set to Auto. How would this effect the temperature of the cpu??
 
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