mr56k
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So I recently built a machine. I used some leftover parts from my previous rig to the new one. Here is what I got..
AMD Phenom 9950 BE @ 2.6GHZ Factory
8GB DDR2 Corsair Ram -Came from old rig
1x500 + 1TB - Came from old machine as well
Geforce 9600GT 512
Antec 900 Case (2 front fans) (1 Top) (1 Back) (1 side panel)
600 Watt power supply
So the first few days after I got it up and going it has worked great. Well a few days ago I got a blue screen. So I went and downloaded speedfan and CoreTemp. Idle was around 45c and load was 50c roughly on both. I thought that should be lower (Considering fans etc). So friend recommended I take cpu back out and try some Artic Silver thermal compound instead of the stock thermal grease (I got retail cpu so it came with pre-applied thermal). So I cleaned off both the cpu really good as well as the heatsink. Applied a small dab (rice size/ small dot) and started to use a plastic buisness card to smooth it out and make it as flat ass possible. Well now It's saying 69-71c. So what the heck is going on??? I made sure heatsink is clipped in tight, fan is spinning on processor good. Crazy thing is I have only had that one blue screen. I have not had any other crashes whatsover. So thanks for reading all this. I'm just hoping another pc user can give me some idea's or something.
Thanks in advance
AMD Phenom 9950 BE @ 2.6GHZ Factory
8GB DDR2 Corsair Ram -Came from old rig
1x500 + 1TB - Came from old machine as well
Geforce 9600GT 512
Antec 900 Case (2 front fans) (1 Top) (1 Back) (1 side panel)
600 Watt power supply
So the first few days after I got it up and going it has worked great. Well a few days ago I got a blue screen. So I went and downloaded speedfan and CoreTemp. Idle was around 45c and load was 50c roughly on both. I thought that should be lower (Considering fans etc). So friend recommended I take cpu back out and try some Artic Silver thermal compound instead of the stock thermal grease (I got retail cpu so it came with pre-applied thermal). So I cleaned off both the cpu really good as well as the heatsink. Applied a small dab (rice size/ small dot) and started to use a plastic buisness card to smooth it out and make it as flat ass possible. Well now It's saying 69-71c. So what the heck is going on??? I made sure heatsink is clipped in tight, fan is spinning on processor good. Crazy thing is I have only had that one blue screen. I have not had any other crashes whatsover. So thanks for reading all this. I'm just hoping another pc user can give me some idea's or something.
Thanks in advance