[Reynardin]

Originally Posted by intel igent

here is the link to applying thermal paste i was talking about

http://overclockers.com/articles1529/

thanks, I already redid it.
After it burned in, I started getting some more reasonable temps. I went a bit overboard last night and played mass effect for something like 5 hours, and I actually could see my cpu temp dropping during my playing time (started around 56, ended at 48-50).