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"Smol Power" PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.71 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($116.99 @...

lol such a stupid article. last chance for toms

Yes.

Umm of course there's pre-applied thermal paste on every stock cooler, I use them all the time and they hv no problem at all. I'm not sure if this is my cpu issue or reading error. My motherboard is ASRock H110M-DVS

The room temp is around 32C and nope i did not apply thermal paste since its the stock cooler. I've not had any intel processor hitting more than 40C at idle. Even my 8 year old i5 760 is 32C at idle without changing the thermal paste once.

Hi, I've got a new Pentium G4560 installed with its stock hsf. The temp in the BIOS during the first boot was a shocking 52C! It is around 50C when idle with CPU usage <5%. Load temp is around 65C. Is this normal?

Alright thanks for the advice! I will consider about it.

Hi. I had a Cooler Master Elite V2 550W PSU in my PC since 2012. However, last year the PC kept on freezing until I undervolt and underclock my CPU. So the culprit is the PSU, swapped it out this year, months ago. I know the entry-level PSU is degrading as it ages. I have old parts to build a...