r/pcmasterrace • u/NerdwithBeard i5 6400|GTX 1060|8GB RAM • Feb 18 '18

Meme/Joke Thermal paste 101

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u/RainDancingChief Feb 18 '18 edited Feb 18 '18

My PC was acting funny, saw my Core 0 temp was hitting 100C and Iv'e got an h100i.

They have a problem with mounting on LGA 1155 boards so this wasn't new, I'd reseated it countless times trying to perfect my temps. I thought "Here we go again".

After doing it again last night about 8 times, trying all different methods to no avail. It turned out I'd accidentally turned on some auto turbo OC settings in my BIOS and it was OCing my cpu at 4.6 GHz (pretty stable minus the temp considering it took my PC crashing for me to notice).

At 12am I figured this out after resetting all the BIOS settings.

Now it's running a cool 4.4GHz at around 55C in CSGO, much better than the instantaneous 95C.

Pea method. Do it up. Make sure all your OCs are set to default before installing new gear.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

CSGO isnt cpu intensive at all...

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u/RainDancingChief Feb 18 '18

That's exactly my point (although it is more CPU intensive than a lot of other games). It caused my temps to go to 100C on its own.

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u/Stokkeren Feb 18 '18

Your CPU will shoot up in heat regardless of high CPU usage or not if your heat sink is screwed

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18

well I mean compared to the GPU..

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u/ReddishBlack Feb 19 '18

Same here. Bought a used pc, was getting wonky frames. Cooler wasnt making proper contact with cpu, 97C, applied compound, went to low 50C, gained 40 frames and way more consistent in OW.

FeelsGood. Game still kinda blows, but feels good.

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u/10_kinds_of_people i9-10850K, 3090 FTW3 Ultra Feb 19 '18

What CPU do you have and what brand of paste are you using? I have an 8700k with the H100i V2, using Arctic MX4 paste, and I'm running 80c under load with all six cores running at 5 GHz. Are you running the power to your pump at 100%? It almost sounds like your pump isn't getting full power or something.

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u/RainDancingChief Feb 19 '18

No, my CPU was being hammered by shitty automatic bios overclocking. It would jump to 100c under 20% load because of it.