My Temps Have Gone Up <.<

[EquivalentTrade]

So I bought myself a retail E6550 about last October, and left it at standard clock speeds. Temps were fine, around 31C idle and maybe 55-60 load in a Centurion 5 Case.

Last May I experimented with OCing a little and got my chip to 2.8GHz on stock voltage (1.350V) stable. Temps went up to like 45-48C idle, and I decided to turn it down to 2.5GHz to see what would happen. Temps were at 40C idle at 2.5GHz, at 1.350V. Thus ended my couple hours of experimenting with OCing. I put everything back to stock at 2.33GHz, and bam. My temps were a little higher than normal.

I first attributed this to it being summer and a lot warmer than when I first put the chip in, back when I was getting 30C idle because it was 30F out or less, every day However even with AC on, my temps are still 5-10 degrees warmer than normal. Every setting is back at what it was when I first got my parts

-Gigabyte P35 DS3L (non energy-efficient nonsense one)
-E6550 with stock Intel HSF, Arctic Silver 5 paste
-CM Centurion 5 Case

I highly doubt its because of the Arctic Silver wearing out, as that stuff ain't no cheap glue that loses its potency after 8 months, but I've got no idea why my temps have decreased. Voltages are back to normal, clock speed is back to normal. What's going on?

 

[mpilchfamily]

You have nohing to worry about. No real reason for hte temp change but its not like your in danger of burning up the CPU.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

It's probably just that the ambient has gone up. AS5 doesn't really go bad unless the seal is broken after it cures.

 

[error8]

So what , with the AC on, you have the room now at the same temperature you had it in the middle of the winter? I don't think you do. The temperatures went up because your room temp went up as well.