AMD64 temp changing since first boot..

[Wheelman56]

The temperature of my AMD64 4000+ was around 31' C when I first built this PC, its been about a day now and its been on most of the time and the idle temp has went up to 35' C... I'm using a Zalman CNPS-7000Cu, I just wanted to know if this was normal, like when the processor gets broken in does it start running hotter? Should I consider reapplying the thermal paste (I didn't put a huge gob on it like this guy did)? Thanks.

 

[Merovingian]

I'm guessing it's just dust, the copper cant transfer the heat to the air when it has to go through dust. What are you using to check your temps?

 

[Merovingian]

 

[CheesePoofs]

Mine did that too. It used to idle at 25-26C, now its showing 31-32C.

 

[Wheelman56]

Using MSI Core Center to check the temps. I don't think I accumulated enough dust to slow it down within 36 hours of building the system.

 

[Wheelman56]

My idle temp has went up to about 36' C now when I have the fan running at full speed (about 2700 rpm), if I run it off MSI's Core Center "Cool N' Quiet" it takes the fan speed down to about 1300 rpm and it gets up to 38' C. Should I consider getting some AS5? I didn't think this CPU would get this hot with a Zalman cooler.

EDIT: There were some fingerprints on both the CPU and the heatsink that I tried to remove with a paper towel but it seemed to do nothing. Could this be the culprit? If so, should I get the Artic Silver cleaning tools and Artic Silver 5 and go to work?

 

[Jeff7181]

It's possible that the fingerprints are the culprit. It's about 25 degrees C in the room right now and my Winchester is idling at 31 C at 1125 MHz on 1.2 volts with the retail cooler at about 2500 RPM.

 

[Wheelman56]

Jesus, it runs at 47' C when playing Battlefield: Vietnam and the game lags... its crazy. You'd think with my computer you could run BF:V with everything up and it not studder at all... what should I do?

 

[Wheelman56]

Should I get some AS5 and the cleaning products and do that? I've heard that it takes the temp down about 5 degrees... i'm guessing they are talknig about F not C... I just don't know why its running so hot, I mean its not even overclocked and the CNPS-7000 is a pretty damn big heatsink... I was expecting some cool temps here but I guess not.

 

[Peter]

Ease up. 47 degrees is still 20 degrees away from critical.