Quote Originally Posted by JillyBean View Post
Riv, I should do that ... can you link me to the cleaner to buy? I know I have some arctic silver, unless it expires, lol. Beats taking out the motherboard and all that, might lower the temps. Worth a try! Shura, I'm pretty sure the motherboard will come out and I could install an aftermarket cooler, not 100% sure, but I'd definitely make sure before ordering (as well as the size).

EDIT: Oh, the PC is 3.5 yrs old. It played XI for a year and 1.0 and XIV (Beta) probably... 6-9 months total. No other games. Other use just ordinary computer use.

Also EDIT: Amazing how much room temp has to do with it. House thermostat got to 78, I noticed it was warm in the house (I'm in Fla lol), and the max temp on the CPU had gotten up to 73 and it was working at a little warmer like 62-65 so I turned the AC on and got the house temp down and reset the application and now the max temp is back to 70 again with running high 50s low 60s again.
Here's Arcticlean http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Tpk=arcticlean

Or you could just use like 90%+ isopropyl alcohol with a coffee filter.

Heh, I don't turn the heat on in my house for the winter and in the summer I try to keep it around 72 to help my temps.

I might have to try that Arctic MX-4!