Cpu Thermal paste dried up?

[BenKavanagh]

Is my therma paste ok or should i replace because im having overheating problems with my cpu

[VoyexTech]

2 minutes ago, BenKavanagh said:

Is my therma paste ok or should i replace because im having overheating problems with my cpu

Yes you always have to replace thermal paste when you remove the cpu cooler

[AlphaGamer46]

I would probably replace it especially because it is overheating.

 

It seems to have the original thermal compound from the factory so you should change it with something like some Arctic Silver thermal compound.

 

Good luck!

[Midnitewarrior4]

1 hour ago, BenKavanagh said:

Is my therma paste ok or should i replace because im having overheating problems with my cpu

well now that you took the cooler off you should change it.. anytime the cooler comes off you should change the paste

[VoyexTech]

Just now, AlphaGamer46 said:

I would probably replace it especially because it is overheating.

 

It seems to have the original thermal compound from the factory so you should change it with something like some Arctic Silver thermal compound.

 

Good luck!

He took off the cpu cooler so he has to replace it anyway

[Hman1250]

As well it looks like you're using a stock AMD heatsink, so perhaps an upgrade wouldn't be a bad idea

[Dabombinable]

Since you removed the heatsink, and its the original thermal compound, you need to replace it regardless of it being dried up or not.

[R3tR0x]

I can't really say something that haven't been said yet.

• Once you took of the cooler always replace the thermale paste
• You seem to have the stock cooler, upgrading the cooler would give you better cooling performance
• if your pc and the fans in particular are very dusty cleaning it can improve cooling too

Good luck

[Sentryy]

You don't need to replace thermal compound if you remove the heatsink. Linus has done that plenty of times.

[Midnitewarrior4]

1 hour ago, Sentryy said:

You don't need to replace thermal compound if you remove the heatsink. Linus has done that plenty of times.

your right you dont "need" to but its always nice to have fresh compound, its not like its super expensive, buy a good qual;ity tube of it on amazon and your good for years to come, bought a tube of noctua nt-h1 for 10$ cad on amazon, probably be good for many years, i still have my tiny tube from my 212 evo and ive done over 10 applications and i still have more then half left and the noctua tube has easily 2-3 times more  (sorry rambled on.... oops)

[Sentryy]

3 minutes ago, Midnitewarrior4 said:

your right you dont "need" to but its always nice to have fresh compound, its not like its super expensive, buy a good qual;ity tube of it on amazon and your good for years to come, bought a tube of noctua nt-h1 for 10$ cad on amazon, probably be good for many years, i still have my tiny tube from my 212 evo and ive done over 10 applications and i still have more then half left and the noctua tube has easily 2-3 times more  (sorry rambled on.... oops)

true

[VoyexTech]

 

 

16 hours ago, Midnitewarrior4 said:

your right you dont "need" to but its always nice to have fresh compound, its not like its super expensive, buy a good qual;ity tube of it on amazon and your good for years to come, bought a tube of noctua nt-h1 for 10$ cad on amazon, probably be good for many years, i still have my tiny tube from my 212 evo and ive done over 10 applications and i still have more then half left and the noctua tube has easily 2-3 times more  (sorry rambled on.... oops)

No you NEED to. I forgot to reapply and my cpu to went from 67°C under load to 99°C under load before I hit thermal junction and shut off my pc

[Sentryy]

2 hours ago, VoyexTech said:

 

 

No you NEED to. I forgot to reapply and my cpu to went from 67°C under load to 99°C under load before I hit thermal junction and shut off my pc

I don't know  what you did wrong, I've done this plenty of times.

[Dabombinable]

2 hours ago, Sentryy said:

I don't know  what you did wrong, I've done this plenty of times.

How old was the thermal paste when you did it? Those that need to cure don't like being disturbed.

[HelplmChoking]

5 hours ago, VoyexTech said:

 

 

No you NEED to. I forgot to reapply and my cpu to went from 67°C under load to 99°C under load before I hit thermal junction and shut off my pc

Then you did something wrong. It must have been very old paste, or you left the cooler off for too long. If you take the cooler off, blow out dust and immediately put it back on, it really doesn't do anything. I've done it before, and it didn't change anything.

[harrynowl]

5 hours ago, VoyexTech said:

 

 

No you NEED to. I forgot to reapply and my cpu to went from 67°C under load to 99°C under load before I hit thermal junction and shut off my pc

Nah that's not true.

[Sentryy]

2 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

How old was the thermal paste when you did it? Those that need to cure don't like being disturbed.

I've done it multiple times with compound I have just applied to been sitting for weeks to been used for months.

[VoyexTech]

18 hours ago, harrynowl said:

Nah that's not true.

Bruh. Look at this. That is from when I forgot to reapply apply thermal paste. 

Also I would like to correct my earlier statement. You don't need to reapply thermal compound IF you are applying a new application of thermal compound and mess up with the placement of the cpu cooler and it doesn't go on tight but if the thermal compound has cured (is hard to the touch not sticky like glue) then you need to reapply or risk bad heat transfer from the cpu to the cooler.