CPU overheating.

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CPU overheating.

by Frank5476 Mar 27, 2020 3:04PM PDT

So I just installed a new gpu to find out that my CPU is not good enough for it. I have an i3 qnd I got the gforce 2060 super. I put my old one back in while I wait for the new CPU I purchased to arrive and now my computer overheats to 90 to 100C with my original setup that ran fine. Nothings changed, my fan works and all I did was swap out new graphics cards. Any ideas on solutions besides reapplying thermal paste?

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My rtx 960

by Frank5476 Mar 27, 2020 4:48PM PDT

I didn't say thermal paste was not an option, but new jersey is shut down so I would have to wait to buy sone lol. I put my 960 gpu back in and it started to overheat. I never toughed my CPU fan. I was wondering if it could of been anything else before I order the thermal paste and reapply.

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The work on the PC could

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 27, 2020 5:01PM PDT

Crack the old paste. As paste ages it usually dries up and work on the PC can cause this now rock hard compound to separate from the contact surfaces. This does not care if there's a COVID-19 issue or not. I don't want to sound unfeeling here but you are leaving the most common issue I know of undone.

Order it on Amazon if you must.

And yes it could be something else. Again you seem to want it to be something else but there is no data here to tell me it's anything but the usual.

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r. proffitt · Answer 1 · Mar 27, 2020 3:49PM PDT

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What old one are you writing about?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 27, 2020 3:49PM PDT

I run into folk that pull of the heatsink and forget to apply compound. There are many Youtubes about such work so I wait for more detail.

Why is the thermal paste work not an option?

CPU overheating.

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