Just got around to heat stressing my new rig - temp seems too high for a 240mm AIO, open case

[tangoseal]

Place Small blob of paste in center of chip

Take finger tip

Spread paste to evenly cover chip

Wipe finger off

Apply heatsink

Done

No dumb 30 min videos on youtube of how to do simplest thing possibly ever in computing short of pushing power button.

 

[RazorWind]

So I just got to heat stress my rig using P95 max power and heat. 81C average CPU. That's seems warm to me.
MB Gigabyte B450
R 3600
Open case with one fan blowing over mother board.
Ambient temp 23C
240mm Enermax Acquisition AIO mounted in the top of the case. Rad fans and pump 100%.
BIOS - all auto except RAM is using XMP

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Yes: Block is mounted correctly, except I did use a little less paste than I usually do. That has me a little worried. Worst case scenario the paste is 3mm form the edge of the CPU heat spreader.

That doesn't look that bad, to me, given that it's running Prime95.

Just go play some games or something, man. No need to agonize over every detail like this.

 

[DWD1961]

That doesn't look that bad, to me, given that it's running Prime95.

Just go play some games or something, man. No need to agonize over every detail like this.

Yeah I'm not worrying about it anymore. I understand how the new AMD chips work now so it's not a problem.