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No oc or anything like that.. Heres what xtu is telling me

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No oc or anything like that.. Heres what xtu is telling me
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Ill post whatever necessary info is needed. Help me cool my pc!!!

My laptop didn't even get this hot...
 

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Check your CPU cooler's installation and your Thermal Interface Material installation.
 
A good friend of mine watched me uninstall and reinstall cooler and looked at the paste and both were A-ok.

What else is there to do?

It's idling at still temps are at 95 to 98 and God forbid I open anything up it snaps quickly to 100
 
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A good friend of mine watched me uninstall and reinstall cooler and looked at the paste and both were A-ok.
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Obviously, he is wrong. The cooler isn't attached properly.

Is the fan spinning ?
 
How could It be attached improperly, its snug and completely tightened down.

says the fan is running at over 2,000 rpm. Someone explain what im missing..

Yes man the fan is spinning.
 

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dirtymike said:
How could It be attached improperly, its snug and completely tightened down.
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No way to tell from our end but clearly the CPU is not making proper contact otherwise you wouldn't having this problem.
 
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I know for certain it is 100% making contact
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Just because the paste looks like it spreads out that doesn't mean the pressure is sufficient or even. If you can't figure it out take it to a shop, clearly something goes wrong when you put back the cooler.
 
what thermal paste did you apply ?
 
If you removed it, didn't clean it and then stuck it back on, probably with a lot of fiddling and movement involved, you need to repaste the thing.

Clean, repaste, remount. What you can do is remount first without paste, stick a piece of paper under the cooler, tighten it as you normally would (don't overtighten!) and if you can't remove the paper from under there, at least general pressure of the cooler should be sufficient. Then remove, apply paste, and tighten it as you did before (obviously without the piece of paper now).
 
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It was already on, and appeared to be fresh.
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Wait what ?

Use new paste and clean the old one until there isn't any left, always.
 
Lol i had the same reaction
 
it would be nice to know what cooler your using and what case you have, hay fill you specs in in your sig it will make it easyer to help you bud.
 
Msi H370 motherboard
i7 8700 cpu
Asus rog Strix gtx 1080
Artic alpine 11 cpu cooler

I'm very new to desktops

If any more more info is needed let me know I really want to fix this myself and hoping it's not gonna cost me and arm and a leg
 
that cooler should be ok buddy but your cutting it quite close with a 95w cpu, re apply some paste and see how you go if no good you might want to consider a tower cooler or AIO watercooler if one would fit in your case.
 
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that cooler should be ok buddy but your cutting it quite close with a 95w cpu, re apply some paste and see how you go if no good you might want to consider a tower cooler or AIO watercooler if one would fit in your case.
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Couldn't I reduce the wattage the cpu outputs and maybe solve the issue just shooting blind as of now lol and what type of paste do I get
 
you could get some paste like MX4 which is good and cheap, yes you could reduce the cpu vcore voltage but ive never used that cpu so would be shooting in the dark but saying that a -50mv offset wouldnt hurt, id try the paste first and reseating.
 
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