EVE General Discussion

No lol. Haha.

Because no cpu should be running at that temperature? should be running at 50-60. if its 60-70 then the cooling solution is inadequate. I've seen GPU's as high as 115, but pushing past 90 and it's time for a cleaning and/or new fans.

If he's using 65nm chip. If he's using 45nm, it should be 30-40. That's assuming he uses a conventional PC, which he might not be.

That all depends on wattage/cooling solution. Jeez.

Best way to apply it, yes - needing to apply it? no. Removing it again? PITA.

High temps on a cpu are usually a result of too much/not enough thermal paste, dunno your level of experiance with this, but typically, you want the size of a pea, spread evenly.

Also, ASUS has a pretty decent RMA policy, at least on the higher end mb's they replaced an old asus rampage 2 extreme with a new "at the time" rampage 3 extreme for free, if you are still under warranty might be worth looking into,

i will however note, that the process is anything but quick. also have you tried the new ram in another board? it may not be the boards fault, some boards simply dont work with certain brands/types of ram, you can usually find a master list of ram sticks tested with your specific board model always check this list when buying new parts.

I made this mistake with the above mentioned rampage 2 board, and bought ram that didnt work well with the board, hence how i learned about the list lol.

A visit to the pc shop is not needed, but a time saver, its up to you what your time is worth, generally i recommend against it, as they are going to charge you for the same work you could do yourself.

Power supplys are usually far enough away from the rest of the parts that the natural air circulation should suffice. Though i suppose it is possible if you didnt do any cable managment or clean your case often.

Ah gotcha

Update for everyone:

Installed new mobo, now everything works correctly and the 16gigs of ram is registering. The fan is still a damned nuisance, so I just ordered 120mm HSF and it'll be here tomorrow. Enough of the fan shenanigans!

To apply thermal paste I thought you just put a pea-sized blob in the middle and fastened down the HSF thing, as it would add enough pressure to evenly spread it? Or should I pre-spread it with a credit card or something?

Also for someone who said I may not have a standard rig, It's an earlier version of this sexy beast that was only like $699, I think it was a deal :) but they are pretty good at putting computers together so they aren't retarted or w/e. I just happened to get a loud (cheap) fan and a crappy mobo (which is rare for an ASUS mobo, if my research is at all accurate)

When applying thermal paste, or heat-sink compound, you only need a drop the size of a grain of rice.