Hello, I have had problems with my CPU Temp the last year or so and now it has gotten to the part that (which I believe) it starts BSOD'ing the computer. I have been playing all sorts of games and it happens from time to time, once in a month was okay but then it got to the point where I could play for 2 hours straight and then get a BSOD, yesterday, I tried to make some short breaks and wait for the temp to go down, which resulted in 5~ hours of gaming, tried today with playing continuously and it BSOD on me after 2~ hours.
I kept Speedfan running in the background to log the temperatures and the last log it registered provided the following temps: GPU - 75C, CPU - 69C. (It had registered the CPU to be idle at 70C for 2 minutes or so and would later go down) So my best guess is that my CPU does not cool itself as it should do. (Currently idle at CPU 45~C and GPU 44~C this is with one side of the case removed)
I have reapplied Thermal Paste before and it did not improve the temps to an extent which I would say satisfactory (5~C or so). Also worth mentioning is that I have the Arctic Freezer 13 with max RPM.
(The Thermal Paste I use is the MX-4, along with some Thermal Material Remover and Thermal Surface Purifier Link: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arcticlean.htm)
So my question is, should I try reapplying the thermal paste again? Followed some tips before on how to apply it but doesn't look like it helped much
should I try getting a new heatsink as this one might be faulty?
Or do you think that I should do something else?
Grateful for any and all answers.
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I kept Speedfan running in the background to log the temperatures and the last log it registered provided the following temps: GPU - 75C, CPU - 69C. (It had registered the CPU to be idle at 70C for 2 minutes or so and would later go down) So my best guess is that my CPU does not cool itself as it should do. (Currently idle at CPU 45~C and GPU 44~C this is with one side of the case removed)
I have reapplied Thermal Paste before and it did not improve the temps to an extent which I would say satisfactory (5~C or so). Also worth mentioning is that I have the Arctic Freezer 13 with max RPM.
(The Thermal Paste I use is the MX-4, along with some Thermal Material Remover and Thermal Surface Purifier Link: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arcticlean.htm)
So my question is, should I try reapplying the thermal paste again? Followed some tips before on how to apply it but doesn't look like it helped much
should I try getting a new heatsink as this one might be faulty?
Or do you think that I should do something else?
Grateful for any and all answers.
Qyratar