Hello all.
My computer is a bit older (2014) so I decided to take it apart and give it a thorough cleaning. As a part of this process I took my heat-sink off of my motherboard to clean off some of the dust that had accumulated on it. I reapplied thermal paste and re-seated the fan.
Since then I have been unable to put any load on my processor without temperatures spiking into the 90-100 degrees Celsius range. When I run prime95 I get about three minutes of 100% CPU usage before the temperature reaches the previously mentioned range.
Idle temperatures are in the 35-40 degree Celsius range.
I have checked to make sure that the heat-sink is seated properly, I have also checked the air coming out of my case and all of it is practically cool to the touch.
Should I invest in a new, aftermarket CPU cooler or is there a larger problem here?
Please let me know if you have any further questions about my setup and I will happily provide as much detail as possible.
Thanks for your time!
My computer is a bit older (2014) so I decided to take it apart and give it a thorough cleaning. As a part of this process I took my heat-sink off of my motherboard to clean off some of the dust that had accumulated on it. I reapplied thermal paste and re-seated the fan.
Since then I have been unable to put any load on my processor without temperatures spiking into the 90-100 degrees Celsius range. When I run prime95 I get about three minutes of 100% CPU usage before the temperature reaches the previously mentioned range.
Idle temperatures are in the 35-40 degree Celsius range.
I have checked to make sure that the heat-sink is seated properly, I have also checked the air coming out of my case and all of it is practically cool to the touch.
Should I invest in a new, aftermarket CPU cooler or is there a larger problem here?
Please let me know if you have any further questions about my setup and I will happily provide as much detail as possible.
Thanks for your time!