New CPU Cooler has lower lows and much higher and more consistent highs than the stock cooler.

[Darcuda]

Mobo:GA-970A-DS3P
GPU: Sapphire r9 280x
CPU: FX-8320
New CPU Cooler: https://amzn.com/B00O4UIYQO Thermaltake Gravity A1

I know the new cooler isn't amazing but I don't need anything amazing. I just needed something as good but quieter. The stock cooler for the 8320 was just way too loud. My temps were fine but I wanted a new cooler just to save myself from the noise. I don't overclock but I do play games. My lows on the stock cooler were around 25c and my highest was around 65c. My new low is around 20c and my new high is 80c! Games that ran around 60-65 are now easily causing temps above 75.

Could this be from applying too much thermal paste? Or is the cooler busted? I know the cooler is cheap but I find it hard to believe that it is that much worse than the Stock Cooler.

 

[amtseung]

You have, unfortunately, managed to score something worse than the stock AMD cooler. A bigger fan doesn't equate to better cooling, more heatsink surface area does, and from the pictures, it looks like it's horribly inadequate for anything other than a locked dual-core intel CPU. If you're getting lower lows, then it's been installed correctly.

Your best bet is to go look for a better cooler. Trying to cheap out means getting cheaped out on performance. If your case is big enough, I recommend the Cryorig H7. If your case is too tiny to fit that thing, the Cryorig C7 should work pretty well.

 

[Darcuda]

You have, unfortunately, managed to score something worse than the stock AMD cooler. A bigger fan doesn't equate to better cooling, more heatsink surface area does, and from the pictures, it looks like it's horribly inadequate for anything other than a locked dual-core intel CPU. If you're getting lower lows, then it's been installed correctly.

Your best bet is to go look for a better cooler. Trying to cheap out means getting cheaped out on performance. If your case is big enough, I recommend the Cryorig H7. If your case is too tiny to fit that thing, the Cryorig C7 should work pretty well.

The surface area of the heatsink is much larger than the stock cooler though. I am hoping for something low profile. My case could probably fit most fans if it needed to though