thermal paste application

My laptop was running hot so I removed the screws, opened the backplate, and wiped the older paste with a soft tissue paper and IPA. I applied a little bit more because I had heard that "very little" paste would be more damaging than "too much" paste. I put everything back together and started...

Hello Readers, Graphics Card: SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 6700 XT 12GB So the problem is quite self-explanatory. I have re-pasted my Graphics card 3 times now. Everytime I repaste, my GPU temperatures plummet during load, around 80-85c (HOTSPOT). But everytime I do this, it does fine for a while but the...

Hello everyone, I recently sent my Asus ROG Strix G531GT laptop for cleaning and maintenance. After a few months of use, I noticed that it was starting to overheat. I opened up the laptop to investigate and found that some of the components surrounding the CPU and GPU were missing thermal paste...

I am having some temperature issues. Can Silver Thermal Paste be applied on the HDD? Thanks in advance!

I have a EVGA GTX 1060 6g and bought it uses close to 2 years ago. Lately I have been thinking about the thermal paste because certain games (like stalker anomaly) will reach 77c. I also have a case with bad air flow so I use a desk fan to reduce temperatures especially during the summer. Today...

Hello, I tried to built a custom PC by myself for the first time. During normal gaming, the CPU temperature is normal. Around 40-50 C with CPU usage only around 6-10%. I then tried to run RPCS3. During PPU modules loading, the CPU usage jumps to 70-80% with the temperature goes up to 92 C...

I just purchased a new Cooler since my last one stopped working. It’s only been half a year since my first ever build. My cpu already has Thermal paste on it. Should I clean it and reapply a new layer or is the thermal paste on it good enough?

Hi all, I recently got new fans (Noctuas) for my PC to keep it a bit quieter. After installing the new fans, I wanted to check how the PC performed under a stress test - I used Aida64. After about 5 minutes, the throttling line turned red (although it remained at 0%). The CPU temps were around...

Hi My laptop is rebooting in a boot cycle, I changed the thermal paste cooler master because it was hot, why can it be some thermal paste stuck below the sticker of the processor, can I remove that sticker? The laptops is N551 and processor is i7 4700hq

Hi I recently installed a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Black RGB edition. First I cleaned off the previous old thermal paste with 99% IPA. I applied the thermal paste properly, and then reseated the heatsink a few times (3 or 4). once during installation and a fe times 2-3 hours later (this was...

Hi, I have a cooler (Dark Rock Pro 4) and cpu (AMD Ryzen 5 3600x). It is the first time I am going to build PC on my own. Please help me with applying thermal paste. With what method should I apply thermal paste? And what details should I take into account considering I am building a PC for...

Hello there, my Gigabyte GTX 970 Windforce 3X card which I've had since May 2016 have been performing somewhat poorly a couple of months ago. The temperature would hit 80c and the fans would spin at 80% during relatively undemanding games such as Dark Souls 3. I did some research and tried some...

So I might have gone a little overboard since I'd rather have too much instead of too little. I didn't think about the heatsink wouldn't cover the whole chip so I guess I should have put it on the heatsink like the instructions said but now I have excess on parts of the cpu not covered. Should I...

I am upgrading from an I5-4460 to a I7-4790k, I am just wondering will I need more thermal paste on the cpu for when I out the fan back on?

I recently reinstalled my CPU cooler for cleaning out the radiator and did NOT put in new thermal paste, this might be the reason but still, I am getting temps of about 85-100 degrees on light workload and my fans are ramping up. I have an H115i on an i7 7700 and I don't know if the pump is the...

Hi guys, My friend has recently attempted to build his first gaming PC, only to get a small amount of thermal paste stuck in his CPU socket and on his CPU. After a BIOS update, he managed to get his computer to post long enough to install Windows and a couple of programs, only for the computer...

before I ask the main question, I'm wondering am I freaking out too much? I'm legit so scared right now that even a milligram of difference might screw up the entire system. I've heard people not being able to boot into windows, and is able to boot successfully after they reapplied thermal...