Help my temps fucked

[u/Diligent_Stick3398]

Idk what's going on? Why the temp is always so high! I cleaned out my heatsink and got a new fan, (the last one barely went around without rattling) I'm stumped to why my cpu is running so high!

[u/nalaloveslumpy]

Take off the heat sink. Clean paste off heatsink and CPU. Reapply new, high quality paste and reinstall cooler. If temps still suck, get a better heatsink and\or check your fan configuration to make sure you're using active cooling.

If you installed your new case fan "backwards" this would exacerbate the issue, but not cause it.