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So basically it was the stock cooler that had issues, not the thermal paste, it didn't matter, I got a Hyper T4 off a friend and it works like charm I don't go over 60c thanks everyone

 

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Okay so a couple of months ago, my friend built a PC, and he had some left over thermal paste in a an injection type of tube

 

and I recently had a problem with my CPU and its overheating, so I opened up my PC took off the heatsink and I tried to re-apply thermal paste

 

and as I was applying it, some droplets of apparently watery thermal paste and then the actual thermal paste came out with that, and I had to clean and re apply and the same thing happened, so I just applied it and closed it and my temps are still high

 

is that an issue?

 

 

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does it have an expiration date? was it stored in the right conditions?

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does it have an expiration date? was it stored in the right conditions?

 

It says it has 2 years of validity 

and it was stored in room temperatures with an Air conditioning 

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It says it has 2 years of validity 

and it was stored in room temperatures with an Air conditioning 

Try shaking it. I would recommend to get a new one they are not expensive at all.

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Try shaking it. I would recommend to get a new one they are not expensive at all.

 

I know I can get a new one but the problem is, I don't have a car, and I don't have any computer shops near me, I'll try shaking it, I hope it works 

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Try shaking it. I would recommend to get a new one they are not expensive at all.

 

This sucks, because my CPU idles at 50c and I can do nothing about it, when I play games it goes up to 90c and starts to thermal throttle in games

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I know I can get a new one but the problem is, I don't have a car, and I don't have any computer shops near me, I'll try shaking it, I hope it works 

Try online! and play a little more for faster shipping.

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Try online! and play a little more for faster shipping.

 

which do you reckon would be a good thermal paste in this website? http://gear-up.me/catalogsearch/result/?q=thermal+paste

 

I'm from the UAE so prices aren't in $ or euro they're in AED 

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which do you reckon would be a good thermal paste in this website? http://gear-up.me/catalogsearch/result/?q=thermal+paste

 

I'm from the UAE so prices aren't in $ or euro they're in AED 

i think arctic silver is good

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which do you reckon would be a good thermal paste in this website? http://gear-up.me/catalogsearch/result/?q=thermal+paste

 

I'm from the UAE so prices aren't in $ or euro they're in AED 

Im using coolermaster and im running 14 degrees with an overclock. Im also using a liquid cooler so that's helping it a little.

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which do you reckon would be a good thermal paste in this website? http://gear-up.me/catalogsearch/result/?q=thermal+paste

 

I'm from the UAE so prices aren't in $ or euro they're in AED 

From that bunch i would get MX-4. Outperforms AS5 by a little bit, no curing time, its not conductive or capacitative and i've read reports of arctic silver 5 staining copper over the long term, Go with MX-4. The specs say electrically conductive for some reason, i am 100% sure they meant NON conductive, cause it's not...lol, even if it was, no one would put that on the spec sheet, AS5 doesn't, and their paste actually is capacitative

http://gear-up.me/thermal-grease-arctic-cooling-mx-4-4g.html

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Woah 14 degrees?  How cold is your room? No way I could sit in a room at sub 18C temps comfortably.

Idk man hahah its feels fine in my room.. im just as surprised as u r AMD  has a rep for high temps.

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Idk man hahah its feels fine in my room.. im just as surprised as u r AMD has a rep for high temps.

No, amd has bad temp sensors, is an incorrect reading.

Your temps can't be that low unless it's like 10 degrees c (or 50 degrees f) in your room

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No, amd has bad temp sensors, is an incorrect reading.

Your temps can't be that low unless it's like 10 degrees c (or 50 degrees f) in your room

 

NZXT cam might be wrong.

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So basically it was the stock cooler that had issues, not the thermal paste, it didn't matter, I got a Hyper T4 off a friend and it works like charm I don't go over 60c thanks everyone

 

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