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I made a basic calculation on my phone as an example I hope it is clear enough: http://www.mediafire.com/view/81xovlo77x9ecr5/Screenshot_2015-02-06-17-37-09.png with that equation you can calculate the "remaining" x if you already have y and z.

So I just applied the mx4 and with the same way of applying and same test with pretty much identical conditions my gpu now went to a maximum of 60.0 C. That is a 20 C improvement! That is pretty amazing if you ask me.

I have a 4790k so I dont know what this strange "delidding" is.

have you had any vector math in school? If you did you can pretty much set up (I am using some translate site now because idk how its called in english sorry) a parametric description of the plane. And because you already know the x and z, it shouldnt be too hard to calculate the y. I recommend writing it out on paper first and then translate it into some code. I could provide pictures of my calculation if you want but I have to go to school first now so it would take a few hours before I can give them to you.

Personally I think it may be the quality of the thermal paste, I did a bit of research (i know i should have done it before I replaced the thermal paste) and found out the stock thermal paste on the vapor x is already pretty good quality so now what I have to do is to buy some good quality thermal paste. EDIT: Yeah okay I am pretty sure its the thermal paste this stuff says 1,93 W/mK on it. Whereas the mx4 for example says 8,5 W/mK I am ordering it now.

there is only 1 wire and that is the one of the fans which doesnt interfere with anything. And yes I remembered to plug it back in.

I know it is a normal temp, but while gaming it goes up 80 C wich is 10 C higher than it did before, and the fans spin up like crazy which is extremely annoying. I havent overclocked.

Well I dont know what could have gone wrong, it may be the paste I am using, do you guys have any suggestions? I have heard the mx 4 is quite good I dont know if it conducts electricity though as that would seem a bad idea to use on a gpu if so.

I just checked it another time it doesnt really seem like I put too much on it, I will just leave my pc running for tonight hoping it will 'settle' i will report back to you guys in about 12 hours Thanks for the help though

35 idle, 70 load after less than 10 seconds if I dont stop the program (any game) it will go far above that pretty fast

But could that really result in going from 35-37 to 70 within 10 seconds?

The pads are still there, I used coolermaster thermal paste because that was the only stuff I had left, but even if it was the thermal paste I used it shouldnt be this bad. How long could it take to settle?

Yeah thought that too, but the screws are quite tight, if I want to make them even more tight I would have to put quite some force onto it and I dont think that is something that i should be doing

Yes but it isnt normal for a card to go up after reapplying thermal paste is it?

So my 7950 started to go to around 70 C recently during gaming while first it was around 60 C (no oc). I decided to replace my thermal paste. Now it will ramp up to 70 C within seconds i have to stop whatever I am doing to not stop it from going further, I thought I didnt apply it properly so I reapplied again, now after 3 reapplies the same thing is happening What am i doing wrong guys? Is it a problem with the thermal pads? http://www.mediafire.com/view/u1k11d43qccz1ks/20150204_172403%5B1%5D.jpg http://www.mediafire.com/view/lsdhalfozgs2q2o/20150204_172405%5B1%5D.jpg