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Intel 2600k Overheating
Hi,
I have bought my computer something like 5 months ago.
It has recently come to my attention that its reaching very high temperatures, such as 70C during mild stress. I do mean mild, as games aren't very CPU intensive.
Yesterday i cleaned it, of all the dust, and it went from 70 to 50-55 on idle.
That still is high though. So i'm wondering, what could possibly be the problem?
I don't overclock or anything.
Could it be that the temperature monitor is defective? Or is the CPU defective? Or is it something simple like re-applying thermal paste? I really hate doing that.
I remember doing a stress test on it for 48 hours when i first bought it and it never went over 60C.
What do you guys suggest?
I want to keep the thermal paste as a last resort, as i hate opening my computer. Everytime i carry it to a table i think "This is it. I am going to trip on something and crash it."
By the way, the room temperature is something around 25C. And yes, all the fans are working at 1360 RPM. I'm using default voltage ( i think its 1.22V ) and i'm using HW Monitor to check these.