My CPU was running hot at about 45c Idle and 65C when rendering in premiere pro. I took my Heatsink off and found that there was no thermal paste of any sort. All i saw was some little patches of thin black stuff. If it was the thermal paste, then half the stuff had come off (i'm pretty sore it wasn't). Anyway, i was wondering if i bought arctic silver thermal paste, if it would help cool the CPU. I only have a stock heatsink but i just need like a 7c decrease. Thanks anyhelp will be great Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b

it will def help cool the system but i recoment upgrading your fan or heatsynk becase 65c is like 20c to hot

"Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b" What the hack are the two identical systems? The black stuff is the thermal transfer materials under the Intel heatsink. Check your case ventilation before you fool around with the heatsink.

About the signature, it always does that for some reason, most times it puts 3 of my sigs in the one post. Somethings going on with this site. It's just unussual the way it goes from 45 - 65 in a matter of seconds. More help and if i did get a heatsink, which one should i get that works the best for a reasonable price Thanks and keep helping Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b

also, do new heatsinks come with thermal paste? (For example the Thermaltake Spark 7+ CPU Cooler). Would that come with thermal paste? Athlon XP 2000+ 1674mhz DDRSDRAM: 728MB @ 133Mhz Shuttle:MK32n junk mobo 160GB WD 40GB seagate LG DVD-RW RICOH CD-RW 32x10x40 3x blue,Green led case fans blue led b

The stock HSF is fine, but you're gonna have to replace the thermal material now...you destroyed the pad when you removed the heatsink. Before running out & wasting money on a new HSF, how about posting your system temp? If it's too high, that would explain why your CPU temp is high. If your case is properly ventilated, the system temp should be with a few degrees of room temp Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

ok scrape off all the black rubbish off the bottom of your heatsink then clean it up with rubbing alcohol and make sure it is nice and clean then get a dry cloth and give it a good rub make sure no acohol left on see then go out and buy the l8test silver compound then put a small blob on the cpu about 1 mm in diamiter or waterver is say in the instrutions then a fine layer as thin as you cna get it on the heat sink where it will touch just put enought on the base of heat sink so that it forms a film between the heat sink and cpu core this will improve contact between the paste on the core and the bottom of the heat sink this will slove your probs i have seen silver reduce temps around 10oc if applyed correctly AMD Barton 3000+ 400mhz Dane-Elec DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes MSI KuDoz 7X/600 2x 80gb HDD 7200rpm ATA133 RAID 0 128mb Geforce 4 MX4200 52x Liton CD R\W 52x Samsung CD READER