Vista - Can a PSU cause heat problems?

I see what your talking about, It's like a plastic glide so you can't mess up. Gonna give this a shot and post back in a bit with results. Thanks for the idea guys.

you got it perfect let us know how it went.

Alright, plugging it into the 4 prong got the RPM's at a constant 2290! Thanks for the idea.

However.. I'm still ideling with my cores at 53c+ as if the fan speed didn't make a bit of difference. UGHHH

With the blob method, how much paste exactly did you use? A pea size or a grain of rice size?

For quads, the best method is a thin vertical line applied in the middle and then twisting the heatsink back and forth to evenly spread it.


As you've gathered too much, or too little, will give poor temps.


You haven't adjusted the CPU voltage (vcore) by any chance?

well at least we figured out one issue.

now onto the next.

when i replaced mine i just rubbed the paste off my factory heat sink onto the new one and just set it on and wala. i run around 30 - 35 c, never applied any more.

Then you're bloody lucky

nope i am bloody good LOL

no really i had just got it delivered and i installed the new fan heat sink before i turned it on. (even though they say they did a burn in on the computer, not sure how when all i ordered was the case, cpu, memory, and mobo)

Lmao The main thing is that it's working for you, regardless of how

been building custom computers for myself, family, and friends since 1996.

back in the old days with AMD K6 300mhz cpu's, and IBM CYRIS cpu's. with dos 6.22 and WIN 3.11, also when a BBS was the main thing to have.

remember those days?

lol, yeah I do