arctic silver 5 question

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Dutt1113

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I just got my new revision evga 680i mobo in and I got everything all back together. My cpu used to idle at like 31/32 C. Now since I have put new thermal paste from reassembling everything, my idle is now at like 34/35 C. Is that normal to go up a few degrees because it is fresh AS5? can I expect my temps to drop to what they were before after a while?
 
I put a small dap right in the middle of the cpu and put the water block on.
 
I see. Last time I looked at the directions on the arctic silver website it was different. They must have updated it or something for core 2 duo cpu's. I'll just have to apply a think vertical like down the middle of the cpu tomorrow.
 
from the time i first boot up after applying a fresh dab of as5 to when its supposed to completely settle i usually see temps only drop 2-3 degress or so. so if temps are higher than expected definitely do it over again.
 
I reapplied as5 again like the website said. In a straight line parallel with the die across the center of the heatspreader. It didn't really help. temps still about the same. I may try again one more time tomorrow. If nothing changes then could it be because the temp in the room went up about 5 degrees? Could the new motherboard be reading the temperature different or is that all read by the cpu?
 
just reseat it until your temp is where you want it.. took me 5 attempts.. did the grain of rice..bleh..best method for me was using a Card. I got idle at 32c
 
I personally think arctic silver doesn't really improve that much maybe 1C. Not enough that you can overclock any higher. Any paste will do although I'm using arctic silver at the moment.

Having a flatter surface against the heatsink and CPU makes more of difference and faster fan.
 
I put a thin line down the middle and spread it with some saran wrap on my finger and smooth it out with a card. Just putting the strip down the middle and putting my heatsink on did not work as well as spreading it out for me.
 
Did you ever think the new board makes more heat? Something to consider.

Or something screwing with your air flow.
 
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