Thermal paste mess up?

[dhmnuts]

This
https://gyazo.com/009e60e1e05d192477dff71900de4e14

my temperatures are jumping like crazy right now, first time putting thermal paste on, idk if there is air bubbles causing it? I need help. I'm pretty sure this is bad right? This was while I was at my desktop.

7700k H80i GT AiO

 

[Lutfij]

1| When you ask for opinions of bad/good you should include your full system's specs and ofc the ambient air temperatures. Please list the specs as:
CPU+overclocks:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
Chassis:
PSU:
OS:

2| You should also show us how you've applied the thermal paste on your CPU. In fact you also forgot to mention what brand/make of thermal paste you've used.

3| To me it looks fine if your CPU's power is set to Auto within BIOS.

 

[dhmnuts]

snip.

https://gyazo.com/20aa62a2f39a40a24f5af3db7e7be266
I7-7700k (Not OC'd), Gigabyte Z270P-D3-CF,, G.SKill DDR4 16gb(can't remember exactly what.), HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200, GTX 760 4gb ACX cooling, Corsair 750D, CS750M.

For applying thermal paste I did about a pea size? Arctic silver 5 thermal paste.

I have not done a fresh install of windows yet, could that cause the problem? I highly doubt that though. I also will go through the bios and make sure CPU power is set to auto? https://i.imgur.com/QdXPqas.jpg

 

[Lutfij]

Pea size on the center of your CPU's IHS is a good practice. Tighten the thumbscrews using a criss-cross pattern with equal turns per screw to ensure that an even pressure is applied to spread the TIM(thermal interface material). Oh and one more thing, you should have the case lying flat to ensure that the TIM doesn't have gravity dictate some of it's movement. In spite of being thick, it can move downwards when you're applying pressure thus why it's suggested to have the case laying flat.

Windows 10 I presume? If you're not seeing high resource usage when idle then your installation went by without a hitch. Your 2nd Gyazo link doesn't work for me.

How have you mounted the AIO? At the rear or top in exhaust or at the front as intake?

 

[MeanMachine41]

Hi dhmnuts

I can't see anything drastically wrong with your temperatures and temps do fluctuate depending on what your doing. I see there is some activity going on.

Ideal temps are 10-15C above ambient room temperature at idle and 60-65C under load.

Stress test the CPU for 10mins using a decent tester and see what your temps get to with 100% on all Cores. If your consistently getting above 70-75C then yes the AIO is not coping.
How did you apply your TIM and with what.?
Oh I see AS5, That's a good TIM. Takes a little time to cure.