My Processor's been overheating lately i played 1 month smoothly :3

[robinvillones]

My CPU temp was so high on booting it was 40 - 50 degrees then spikes up to 85 - 90 degrees after 15 minutes of playing i already changed the thermal paste and cooling fans
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+

Memory
Type DDR2
Size 2048 MBytes
Channels # Single
DRAM Frequency 399.1 MHz



Memory 4294965248 MB
Memory type 2
Driver version 9.18.13.4052

Manufacturer Western Digital
Form Factor GB/3.5-inch
Business Unit/Brand Desktop/WD Caviar®
RPM/Buffer Size or Attribute 7200 RPM with 8 MB cache
Interface/Connector SATA 3 Gb/s with 22-pin SATA connector/SATA 1.5 Gb/s with 22-pin SATA connector (Mobile)
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
48-bit LBA Supported
Serial Number WD-WCAV33663866
Interface SATA
Capacity 156GB
Real size 160,041,885,696 bytes
S.M.A.R.T

Voltage
CPU CORE 1.184 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 2.144 V
+3.3V 1.904 V
+5V 4.812 V
+12V 4.864 V
-12V -9.728 V
-5V -7.360 V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 5.430 V
CMOS BATTERY 2.992 V

 

[volcanoscout]

What motherboard are you using, and with what BIOS version?

 

[BuddiLuva]

It seems that you may have not applied the thermal paste/heatsink correctly, as it should not be overheating since you have just done this.

What fan are you using for the CPU? Also, is there any dust or dirt inside the fan?