1400-1600 Stream/gaming Build

[jerubedo]

1 minute ago, westly said:

the screws where reallllly loose aswell

Well then, therein lied your problem. The paste also didn't catch the corners of the IHS. Did you use the pea sized dot in the middle method? If so, this is its potential downfall. I like the method of "painting" on a thin layer with a spreader. It ensures full coverage.

[westly]

2 minutes ago, jerubedo said:

Well then, therein lied your problem. The paste also didn't catch the corners of the IHS. Did you use the pea sized dot in the middle method? If so, this is its potential downfall. I like the method of "painting" on a thin layer with a spreader. It ensures full coverage.

yeah i did the dot 

[westly]

23 minutes ago, jerubedo said:

Well then, therein lied your problem. The paste also didn't catch the corners of the IHS. Did you use the pea sized dot in the middle method? If so, this is its potential downfall. I like the method of "painting" on a thin layer with a spreader. It ensures full coverage.

finished lets hope lol. <;0

[iSea]

On 4/20/2019 at 1:39 AM, westly said:

finished lets hope lol. <;0

If it doesn't work and you bought something from micro center like the CPU, cpu cooler, mobo, psu, maybe they can help and fix it.

[jerubedo]

6 hours ago, Jr SavageZ said:

If it doesn't work and you bought something from micro center like the CPU, cpu cooler, mobo, psu, maybe they can help and fix it.

He's all good now. He PMed me to let me know that temps were way down after reseating the cooler. It was very loose apparently.

[iSea]

2 hours ago, jerubedo said:

He's all good now. He PMed me to let me know that temps were way down after reseating the cooler. It was very loose apparently.

Makes sense

[iSea]

2 hours ago, jerubedo said:

He's all good now. He PMed me to let me know that temps were way down after reseating the cooler. It was very loose apparently.

Well I mean that's good.