Pointless thread, take a look!

[danthrax]

This is a pretty pointless thread, sorry to those of you whose time is valuable.

Anyways, I cleaned out my CPU's heatsink this afternoon and it is now idling 3°C cooler than it was before. Went from 39°C to 36°C. I had no idea how much dirt was building up in there!

 

[tremmor]

i think many are running high temp. Many sit on floor and never blow it out. Has to be done.

 

[danthrax]

i think many are running high temp. Many sit on floor and never blow it out. Has to be done.

Yeah I agree. This is the second time I've cleaned mine out but I didn't monitor the temps the first time.

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you have a good thermal paste like AS5 and a good heatsink you may even be able to lower your temps another two degrees.

 

[danthrax]

If you have a good thermal paste like AS5 and a good heatsink you may even be able to lower your temps another two degrees.

Thanks voyagerfan I might have to try that. The heatsink is not a great brand but I also have not taken great care of it.....

 

[The Chad]

Dust that gets stuck in your heatsinks tends to act as an insulator and raise your temps a bit. Make sure you clean your PC out oftern (once a month or so I'd say) to keep it running smoothly.

 

[JLuchinski]

Yeah I cleaned out my heat sink and redirected some of the fans, now my CPU runs about 10 degrees cooler and my GPU is about 4 degrees cooler. I've been thinking about getting one of those all in one water cooling units that are about $100. I hear good things and bad things about them. I guess we'll see.