So as of late my computer's CPU has been starting to overheat a bit while doing resource-heavy things like playing video games. My frames per second would drop drastically and then race back up after half a minute or so every so often, I found that it was the CPU by using the program Speccy to check temperatures and noticed that the CPU was far hotter than it should have been.
Pretty sure it's time to replace the thermal paste on the CPU, been at least a year if not more since I have done it. Good thing my dad still has some from when he was fixing his own a while back.
You should only have to replace the paste if you have had the heat sink off Kieran
ReplyDeleteIs your fan big enough?
there are apps you can run on your pc to track your pc load and temperature
Are you not meant to replace the paste at least once every 2 years or so because it deteriorates quickly? I could be wrong and maybe I have never actually touched the paste on the inside of this computer since it was built now that I think about it, which is more than 2 years.
ReplyDeleteMy computer has been fine up until the last couple of months and the fan has been suitable. I have been keeping an eye on resource usage on the computer and keeping it to a minimum to compensate.