I have an Arctic Cooler Alpine 11 Rev.2 in my PC and when i installed it i just left the MX-2 thermal compound that was already on there cause i didn't want to waste the thermal compound if i didn't have to. However, when i was buying all the parts for my PC i also got a tube of Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease to re-apply thermal grease on the CPU and GPU in my old HP desktop and also for in case i needed it for my new PC build. So now its about 6 months after Ive installed the arctic cooler alpine and my idle temps will sit around 35-37 degrees celcius, but when i game the temp sometimes gets as high as 70-75 degrees. Should i just leave the MX-2 on there or should i try the Arctic Silver 5.
Side note: I at one point had uninstalled and reinstalled the arctic cooler alpine because it was not installled how the instructions showed (I had to turn it 90 degrees one way). Im not even sure if that even mattered im just OCD. But would have removing it and then reinstalling it caused the MX-2 to not work as well??
Side note: I at one point had uninstalled and reinstalled the arctic cooler alpine because it was not installled how the instructions showed (I had to turn it 90 degrees one way). Im not even sure if that even mattered im just OCD. But would have removing it and then reinstalling it caused the MX-2 to not work as well??