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<blockquote data-quote="blert" data-source="post: 1043076" data-attributes="member: 64702"><p>Should not be dielectric grease between the cpu and heat sink. It should be a proper thermal paste. Any will do, you don't need the expensive stuff. It should be a very thin layer. Apply it with a credit card, even and very thin, you are looking to fill in imperfections not creating an actual paste layer.</p><p></p><p>If it has a heat sink on the motherboard you can also reseat it but it may be more difficult as it is probably stuck down with a thermal pad.</p><p></p><p>Are all the fans working and clean of dust?</p><p></p><p>The single most important thing is air flow through the case. Route all wires cleanly and as out of the way of the path the air takes as possible. If you have multiple case fans... top and rear should be oriented as exhaust, front and bottom should be oriented as intake. IMO, more intake is the way to go though some would argue that more exhaust is better.</p><p></p><p>Check your idle cpu usage. If it is high then you have things running in the background that you need to look into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blert, post: 1043076, member: 64702"] Should not be dielectric grease between the cpu and heat sink. It should be a proper thermal paste. Any will do, you don't need the expensive stuff. It should be a very thin layer. Apply it with a credit card, even and very thin, you are looking to fill in imperfections not creating an actual paste layer. If it has a heat sink on the motherboard you can also reseat it but it may be more difficult as it is probably stuck down with a thermal pad. Are all the fans working and clean of dust? The single most important thing is air flow through the case. Route all wires cleanly and as out of the way of the path the air takes as possible. If you have multiple case fans... top and rear should be oriented as exhaust, front and bottom should be oriented as intake. IMO, more intake is the way to go though some would argue that more exhaust is better. Check your idle cpu usage. If it is high then you have things running in the background that you need to look into. [/QUOTE]
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