Message from @Kyuzo
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well if you ever run out of whatever you're using id suggest getting some arctic mx-4 paste
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That comes with pre-applied paste, I don’t know how good it is.
probably garbage
Am I supposed to replace the thermal paste every now and again?
i still have my old h100? h110? watercooler probably should replace it..
H-something-or-other, the one that has the RGB waterblock
the old corsair h100's
non rgb
Oh
but ive been watching my temps and haven't seen a spike telling me the pump or water is bad
also depending on you. you'd change the paste every 1-3 months
What’s the lifetime of the unit, I can’t imagine that it’s as long as CPUs generally last.
id say get a cpu temp viewer program and just keep eye on it
watch your idle temps and slight rise would mean you'd probably need to blow out the fans/replace thermal
Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff I’m going to have to look at getting software-wise.
do you have thermal paste on hand?
I do not, no. I had a tech shop in the city build my PC, my father managed to convince me that they’d have thermal paste.
theres a program called core temp
That being said, my father is in his late 40s/early 50s and built computers when GPUs couldn’t snap the PCIe slots off.
Yeah, just above summer room temp should be idle
but if i were you id just buy a stick of arctic mx-4 off amazon
Thanks for the advice
it's carbon based so it won't fry your shit if you apply to much by accident
You’re only supposed to apply as much as a dot, right?
theres different ways you could go by doing it
some do a small X on the cpu i just do a pea size dot right in the middle
the heat/pressure of the heatsink will spread it for you
Yeah, JayzTwoCents made a point that if you spread it our before applying the heatsink that you were more likely to get air that would disrupt heat transfer trapped in there
well ive had this cpu for about 5 years
my temps have always been in the 30s or below at idle
at true idle id probably be at 27-28
My father has had his for pretty near a decade; it’s an old Phenom II 6X
i had a phenom ll 98something
the late 900 series
It’s old AMD junk, that’s what it is
I’m sorry, but outside of TF2, I am firmly on Team Blue
the cake is a lie
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