LogFAQs > #944117673

So I went from idling at 87C to idling at 25-30C and not going higher than ~47. Who knew that 9-year-old thermal paste doesn't take kindly to having the HSF dislodged? Makes me wonder what my temps were like before the move, since I haven't exactly been keeping track of them, and I feel like the computer is running a bit faster overall now, but I guess I'll never know.

dragon504 posted...

When you do end up wanting to upgrade, make sure to check out AMD's offerings. Intel got complacent and greedy and they're floundering pretty hard right now. Meanwhile, AMD's been steadily working their butt off to make up ground on Intel and their cpus are the go to as of right now. With a new gen of processors releasing later this year, they're looking to pound on Intel even more. Hopefully Intel gets their s*** together in a few years, but for the forseeable future AMD seems like the way to go.

I'll keep that in mind. Because Intel is Intel, I'll need a new motherboard regardless of who I go with for processor, so AMD is definitely an option (an option that makes upgrades slightly easier in the future, though evidently I don't change CPU's very often).

dedbus posted...

That was my last cpu. I remember the clamps being kind of finnicky. Lots of people say its overclocks pretty well on just the stock cooler but I never bothered.

I vaguely remember the clamps being slightly troublesome, but I've got nothing to compare it to (this was my first build) and 2011 was a long time ago, so I couldn't say for sure. I went for the K version under the rationale that I could squeeze more longevity out of it by overclocking (they're apparently very stable up to like 4.5 GHz, from the stock 3.4), but I just haven't felt the need to do so yet.

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