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texasboy:
Just installed a new 3.0ghz HT Intel processor. The old chip was a budget one and not doing the job.
If it is any help to others dont apply the thermal paste like a peanut butter sandwich between the processor and the heatsink/fan. I used quite a lot of paste and wondered why the CPU temperatures were a little high 55-60 degrees C.

Scraped and smoothed a little ,ie just a thin film to allow good contact between components and temperature dropped back to the 44-48 degree mark.
Hope this helps
cheers

TheHalf™:
...mmm peanut butter. lol

TheHalf™

Quantum:
I have to say I love AMD for this one, with Copper Paste already on my heatsinc my CPU stays at 30 - 33 degrees C  :)

texasboy:
Did a re-clean and applied minute ammount of paste. What a difference.
Running at 32C cpu fan at 1080rpm.
Copper heatsinks are an excellent way of drawing heat from cpu but not so great at disapating. Manufacturers have learned that by mixing copper with alluminium  they can get the best of both worlds. Copper heatsinks tend to be very overweight and more expensive.
With todays higher powered mo-bos and graphics it is not unusual for cpu temps to reach into the 50`s.It may be fair to say that if your temperatures stay in the low 30`s under programme load, then your system is is basically stock and not being put under any pressure.
Todays modern cpu is very unlike its predessors and can withstand temperatures that were unheard of a few years ago. You only have to read the forums to see that some cpu`s are quite happy and stable running at 60deg
cheers

Quantum:
Even when my CPU is under pressure it doesn't climb very high at all (and being a mathematician I run programs which push CPUs as far as they can go). I have to actually turn my CPU fan off to ever see it climb above 40.

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