Okay so my CPU has been running hot recently so I thought maybe I would reapply the thermal paste, I did that and temperatures dropped to the normal 23C on idle and mid 30s under load (used to go up to the mid 60s under load), but my FPS in games has went down noticeably.
Here's where the weird part begins, I go to BIOS because I thought maybe my voltage was too low but it seemed okay, after rebooting from BIOS without messing with anything in it, my PC boots up as normal but get this, the temps go sky high in the 60s and 70s under load, like they were before I applied the thermal paste, but my FPS in games goes back to its normal state.
Can anyone explain this to me, my specs are below.
AMD FX 6300 six-core 3.5 GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB VRAM
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard
G-Skill RipJaws 8GB DDR3 RAM
Two Seagate 1 TB HDDs (No RAID)
500W ATX Bronze Certified PSU
The thermal paste I used is Arctic Silver 5.
EDIT: I also failed to mention that recently before applying the thermal paste, I had to reset the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery for 5 minutes and putting it back in because I was messing with the voltage of the processor in an attempt to reduce temps and I set it too low by accident.
Here's where the weird part begins, I go to BIOS because I thought maybe my voltage was too low but it seemed okay, after rebooting from BIOS without messing with anything in it, my PC boots up as normal but get this, the temps go sky high in the 60s and 70s under load, like they were before I applied the thermal paste, but my FPS in games goes back to its normal state.
Can anyone explain this to me, my specs are below.
AMD FX 6300 six-core 3.5 GHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2 GB VRAM
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard
G-Skill RipJaws 8GB DDR3 RAM
Two Seagate 1 TB HDDs (No RAID)
500W ATX Bronze Certified PSU
The thermal paste I used is Arctic Silver 5.
EDIT: I also failed to mention that recently before applying the thermal paste, I had to reset the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery for 5 minutes and putting it back in because I was messing with the voltage of the processor in an attempt to reduce temps and I set it too low by accident.