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Hi, i've been running my pc for 1 hour now after i cleaned off all of the paste from the cpu. all the temperatures are exactly the same as before when i was using the paste..almost everyone says cpu will burn if you run it without the paste but...my motherboard would shut off my pc if cpu temps reached about 50°C which btw sucks when playing games cuz my pc just shuts off... anyway the temps now are no hotter than before. oppinions?

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Maybe the paste you had was not applied correctly? If you don't apply it correctly it will can hurt your temps instead. Now, have you done any cpu stress test? If you haven't, then your argument is invalid because load is all that matters with temps.

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Hi, i've been running my pc for 1 hour now after i cleaned off all of the paste from the cpu. all the temperatures are exactly the same as before when i was using the paste..almost everyone says cpu will burn if you run it without the paste but...my motherboard would shut off my pc if cpu temps reached about 50°C which btw sucks when playing games cuz my pc just shuts off... anyway the temps now are no hotter than before. oppinions?

U didnt applied new paste...?? u should apply a paste again...

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I'm curious:

 

A. Before temps with paste?

B. Current temps?

C. Temps with paste re-applied?

 

1 hour of prime95 for each test would tell the true story.

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Do a Prime95 stress test and watch that bitch burn.

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Maybe the paste you had was not applied correctly? If you don't apply it correctly it will can hurt your temps instead. Now, have you done any cpu stress test? If you haven't, then your argument is invalid because load is all that matters with temps.

The paste had to be applied correctly because it came on the cpu fan itself. If i did stress test with paste aplied it took 6 mins for cpu to go from 34°C to 46°C earlier and at that point it already shut off :(..i didn't do it without the paste yet.

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1) why would you even try this?

 

2) why did you put this is storage solutions?

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I'm curious:

 

A. Before temps with paste?

B. Current temps?

C. Temps with paste re-applied?

 

1 hour of prime95 for each test would tell the true story.

before temps and current temps are almost exactly the same: "CPU" 34°C, "Core 0" 45°C, "GPU" 41°C

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The paste had to be applied correctly because it came on the cpu fan itself. If i did stress test with paste aplied it took 6 mins for cpu to go from 34°C to 46°C earlier and at that point it already shut off :(..i didn't do it without the paste yet.

 

 

It shouldn't be shutting off at 46C....That's actually a pretty damn cold temperature for a CPU under load. 

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1) why would you even try this?

 

2) why did you put this is storage solutions?

^ Pretty much.... 

 

Not having thermal paste between your CPU and Heatsink for what reason?

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The reason we use thermal paste is because it fills in any gaps caused by imperfections on the IHS & the heat sink so there are no air bubbles. Air is terrible conductor of heat & if you have air gaps you won't get very effective cooling. 

 

In a perfect world where we could manufacture two perfect surfaces that would mate perfectly flush with no air gaps you wouldn't need thermal paste. 

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The paste had to be applied correctly because it came on the cpu fan itself. If i did stress test with paste aplied it took 6 mins for cpu to go from 34°C to 46°C earlier and at that point it already shut off :(..i didn't do it without the paste yet.

The paste on the fan is garbage

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The paste had to be applied correctly because it came on the cpu fan itself. If i did stress test with paste aplied it took 6 mins for cpu to go from 34°C to 46°C earlier and at that point it already shut off :(..i didn't do it without the paste yet.

If it takes 6 minutes to shut off, you must be doing it wrong. I'm guessing stock cooler and overclocked? Should probably look into a 212 Evo or something

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I can think of at least 5 things going wrong mentioned here.

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If it takes 6 minutes to shut off, you must be doing it wrong. I'm guessing stock cooler and overclocked? Should probably look into a 212 Evo or something

I have a HUGE room cooling fan directed through the case because then i can at least play games but in summer even that doesn't help because ambient temps are 25°C. My foxconn motherboard has a "complete protection for your CPU and system; automaticly cuts off power if the CPU temperature rises too high"

the problem is, that it cuts off power at way too cool temps to be dangerous so it's extremely annoying and i've been looking for a sollution for 6 years believe it or not. Shops gave me extra fans and stuff but nothing worked. having cool ambient temps and the 30CM wide fan blowing through the case is the only thing that lets me play games. the reason i've wiped off the paste now is because i'm pissed off at my pc and i knew it would shut off if too hot anyway...and you know over these 6 years there were countless times that my pc shut off cuz of temps and it still didn't lose any performance.

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You can get a tube of thermal paste for like $10. Go do that. Now.

I am actually waiting just now for my family member to hopefully bring me arctic silver 5 or something from the store, he'll go get it hopefully the store is not closed yet cuz it's 18:30 pm here.. hopefully that will also resolve my "overheating" (if you can call it that) problems so i can play games like a normal person. If not i'm just gonna kick the pc through the window :)

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I think it's time for an upgrade.

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I know that but 2 months after i bought it NEW it started doing this..so.. i just don't know anymore..

When was it bought and why did you buy a Foxconn board?

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When was it bought and why did you buy a Foxconn board?

it was bought 6 years ago and i was a kid back then who thought the shop employees will build me a "beast gaming pc" as i told them to do since i saved up alot of money because i always wanted a top pc. so at the time the gpu and cpu were probably the best (geforce 8800gt, intel dual core 2 duo E8400 3ghz) but i guess the board they gave in is crap also the PSU is Xilence 550W.

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