Hyper 212+ is worse?

[divz]

Hey guys.
So... I've recently bought the Hyper 212+ heatsink after hearing about what a good deal it is considering how well it performs. The temps seem alright... Not TOO much improvement from the stock heatsink. But the main problem is that my PC seems to run slow. When I try to run games such as Fallout New Vegas or Team Fortress 2, it seems to take much longer to load than it used to on the old stock heatsink. I saw online that it could be because I didnt install the screws tightly enough so I redid everything (even reapplied Artic Silver thermal compound) but still the same problem. Any ideas or solutions?
*Also, I'm having these issues on stock settings, I have not overclocked at all.
My specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 965
Radeon HD 6950
seagate 500gb hdd
2x2gb ram

 

[divz]

Ok so I reinstalled my heatsink following your guide, and I even installed my new case fans so I should have even better temps. The computer however is still slow when I open applications, etc. Again, this never happened before I installed my new heatsink, and I have not downloaded any new programs since changing heatsinks at all. I have defragged, run chkdsk already, and run my avg AVG antivirus but no luck. I don't know why my PC is running slow. Here is a screenshot I just took. Please let me know if you can tell anything from it.
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[axipher]

I've always used just alcohol based cleaning wipes with at least 70% Isopropyl Alcohol, then a lint-free cloth to wipe it dry and clean after. I know from experience with my 212+ and Phenom 955, that it is super tricky to get a really good spread of thermal paste due to the direct contact design of the heatsink. Your temperatures seem really good though, so I wouldn't worry too much about them. I'm running 30 Idle and 52 Load temps with a 3.8 GHz Overclock on mine.

 

[divz]

Thanks, axipher. I used a microfiber cloth with 91% isotropyl alcohol to clean off thermal paste. I spread the paste by filing in the little cracks to the best of my ability so it would be more leveled, then made 3 lines in between the copper heat pipes. My temps seem hotter than yours idle and I'm not even OCed 😵; however, my room is somewhat hot... I know in other locations my desktop goes down to like 25 idle with stock heatsink...
Can you take a look at the screenshot and see if anything looks wrong? Is there something wrong with my RAM?

 

[divz]

I would just like to say that at first my google chrome was going crazy for some reason... I would download something and I would only see the .chrdownload file but the actual file would never finish downloading or show up in the download bar. Chrome would hog all my cpu usage, and everything was slow. But after waiting a bit, it seems like it's all good now... maybe the thermal paste jsut had to make good contact with the heatsink and cpu and needed a bit of time to warm up? I don't know, but I'm content with my PC now... OC TIME!
Thanks everyone for helping me out.

 

[divz]

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[Jim_L9]

Both CPU and disk utilization were high for an idle computer. It looks like Chrome was the issue. Scan your computer for malware.

 

[saint19]

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