Problems

[Davin.]

so apparently my CPU is heating up to 90+ degrees and my PC is letting out a loud beep noise. I suspect that my CPU fan(intel stock fan) which has a lot of dust is the cause of the issue although it might be because of the lack of heat transfer between the CPU and fan as my thermal compound is very old or it might mean that I need to get better CPU fans/water cooling(not too sure bout that cuz my PC is just prebuild+gtx 750ti).I am planning to clean my CPU fan but I'm also worried that when I remove the CPU fan the old thermal compound does not do its job as well when I put it back(i don't have any thermal compound right now and I'm not planning to risk damaging my PC by using toothpaste lol).So my question is will cleaning my CPU fan and 'destroying' the link of my thermal compound with the CPU fan and CPU improve my current situation (which is having dusty CPU fan+ normal 'link' in the CPU)?

[Marc Degasperi]

Defenetly would clean out the PC and Just get new thermal paste its like 4$ and some change. 

[SLAYR]

If the thermal paste is hardened,I would wait to get new thermal paste, it will just make the problem worse if you try to reuse  it.

[Imakuni]

14 minutes ago, Davin. said:

so apparently my CPU is heating up to 90+ degrees and my PC is letting out a loud beep noise. I suspect that my CPU fan(intel stock fan) which has a lot of dust is the cause of the issue although it might be because of the lack of heat transfer between the CPU and fan as my thermal compound is very old or it might mean that I need to get better CPU fans/water cooling(not too sure bout that cuz my PC is just prebuild+gtx 750ti).I am planning to clean my CPU fan but I'm also worried that when I remove the CPU fan the old thermal compound does not do its job as well when I put it back(i don't have any thermal compound right now and I'm not planning to risk damaging my PC by using toothpaste lol).So my question is will cleaning my CPU fan and 'destroying' the link of my thermal compound with the CPU fan and CPU improve my current situation (which is having dusty CPU fan+ normal 'link' in the CPU)?

Aren't you forgetting to tell us something? Say, your PC specs?

 

Anyhow, first measure would be to grab new thermal paste (if you don't already have it) for a full cooler removal, dust cleaning and paste reapplication. That's the first guess. If yours is OC, removing your OC is another great measure, possibly even underclocking / undervolting a little to tyr and keep thermals in check.

[Davin.]

my pc specs are

CPU:Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 5901 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V

RAM:8GB

Storage: Seagate 500GB HDD

PSU: AOpen Z450-08ATA 450W Peak

GPU: Zotac GTX 750Ti

CPU Cooler:Intel E97378-001 CPU Heatsink

1 120mm exhaust fan
not sure if i have listed all the info though

[WoodenMarker]

Double check to make sure that the plastic clips are pushed down all the way through the board. If they are and your temps are still high, the problem is probably the thermal paste.