Hi guys.
I recently built a PC (well, almost four months now). The thing is, after the first month of running smoothly, I started OC'ing it bit by bit. And when running benchmarks and stability tests, I occasionally hit 70°C and very rarely 80°C. I got my CPU (FX-8150) up to 4.13 stable. After this, I didn't really push any more, and didn't run benchmarks/stability tests, etc.
However, about a week ago, my CPU started giving me crazy high spikes in temperature. I'd be doing nothing, and then out of the blue, my fans would start screaming, and I'd get warnings saying my temps were at 70°C. About three days ago, my PC started freezing/crashing and BSODing. So I opened it up, and took off the heatsink. Well the thermal paste had all but dried up and vanished.
I wanted to know if this is actually possible? I mean, in this time frame? Isn't it usually supposed to last quite a while? It's only been four months since I started using it. Is this normal? And could there be any other reason for the spikes and BSODs?
I bought a TG-2 Thermaltake thermal paste stick yesterday anyway, so I'll clean out the stock paste and apply that.
I recently built a PC (well, almost four months now). The thing is, after the first month of running smoothly, I started OC'ing it bit by bit. And when running benchmarks and stability tests, I occasionally hit 70°C and very rarely 80°C. I got my CPU (FX-8150) up to 4.13 stable. After this, I didn't really push any more, and didn't run benchmarks/stability tests, etc.
However, about a week ago, my CPU started giving me crazy high spikes in temperature. I'd be doing nothing, and then out of the blue, my fans would start screaming, and I'd get warnings saying my temps were at 70°C. About three days ago, my PC started freezing/crashing and BSODing. So I opened it up, and took off the heatsink. Well the thermal paste had all but dried up and vanished.
I wanted to know if this is actually possible? I mean, in this time frame? Isn't it usually supposed to last quite a while? It's only been four months since I started using it. Is this normal? And could there be any other reason for the spikes and BSODs?
I bought a TG-2 Thermaltake thermal paste stick yesterday anyway, so I'll clean out the stock paste and apply that.