Thermal grease...no difference

[jnsnburg]

I recently upgraded my amd to an 2400xp and i am using the amd heat sink and fan setup that came with it. I put it in with the thermal pad and it was running around 35C without graphics intense games. Then I got the idea to buy some thermal grease and I went exactly by the directions on applying it. Thin coat on heatsink and wipe off with a lint free paper towel until barely any was on it then i spread a light coat over the cpu with a razor making sure it stayed on the core. I installed it 2 days ago and the only difference i saw in temp was that it went up. Did I do anything wrong? I am running two fans pushing 52 cfm in the back and one in the front of the case for cooling. I have no mounts for the side of the case and I do not want to over do the fans. Any suggestions?

 

[LtBlue14]

you took the pad off the heatsink right?

and is the heatsink mounted with even pressure?

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this signature area is too dern short, no space to put your system specs

 

[jnsnburg]

yep i scraped the pad off with a razor blade and used rubbing alcohol and a lint free paper towel to wipe off the rest that was still on the heat sink and cpu core. I'm trying to achieve at least 90-95F tops for the cpu but its running at about 10 more degrees above that.

 

[jnsnburg]

yeh i read all about this before i performed it...so i was very careful as to not scratch it. I looked up the Aero 7+ and it says its only 21 cfm. Does that matter if its rated so low in cfm? I always thought the more cfm the better...but i could be wrong.

 

[jnsnburg]

ok...thanks for the info! I just purchased 2 case fans that blow 52 cfm and they are kinda loud...and don't really do a whole lot more than my old case fan was doing.