Strange overheating issue

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confuciousdragon

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I recently underwent an upgrade in my hardware. I went from a PNY geforce 8600 GT 512 MB to a EVGA Geforce 260 GTX 896 MB, as well as switching out my Athlon X2 6400+ for a Phenom X4 9850 Black edition. I installed these both at the same time. When I started up for the first time after, I noticed my CPU was reaching up to 66-67 degrees. When I tried to play WoW, I was able to run for about 3 or 4 mins before I hear my fans start to whir up and I lose video (though retain sound). I was using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. I then thought that my heatsink was just shot, so I switched out for a liquid cooling system (Swiftech H20 220 Compact) Which took forever to set up, and when I finally did... ended up cooling worse than my fan (any insight on that would be great... no leaks, pump is working, I ran it for an hour) to the point where my CPU would hit upwards of 75 degrees while looking at the bios.

Frustrated, I have thrown my old CPU back in, my old fan back in, and am still having the same problems. Is it possible that the graphics card is overheating my CPU somehow?

System Specs
Asus M3A78-EM mobo
Seagate 1TB HDD
Corsair DDR2 Memory 4gb
Corsair 650W PSU
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 260 GTX 896 MB
Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition

This is a self-built Comp.
 
Sounds like you're not getting the thermal paste applied correctly.

Too much will act like an insulator, and won't allow heat to pass through.

Could you go into some detail as to how you have applied the thermal paste?
 
A Pea may be too much. More like a grain of rice. Doesn't take much.

Anyway, doesn't sound like the problem.

Did you take the GPU back out? Although I can't see why it would be
overheating your CPU.
 
I haven't tried that yet. Although... to shed some light on the situation - dxdiag log.

The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.

However... even if this is an issue, I can't see it affecting the CPU Temp when out of the OS (aka sitting in the BIOS). There is a difference in the sizes of the two cards though, as the old one wasn't a performance card, it barely took up any space. The new one takes two PCI slots, and goes from the back to the HDD Cage. It could be disrupting airflow, though I doubt it since the case fans bring in air above the graphics card.
 
redid the thermal paste, took off the side panel, and cooled the room a bit. It works now... but... it's still hotter than it used to be by a good 15+ degrees. Any further insight?
 
Download and run EVGA Precision, install, set fan speed to the highest level you can stand it to be at(the GTX 260's arent too loud though, similar fan to the 9800gtx and i cannot hear mine over my other case fans @ 100%), hit apply check the apply at windows startup. Next you might wanna go into the bios and set your cpu fan speed to 100% or so depending on how low it is and what cooler you have;)
 
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