Quote Originally Posted by JustinLovesIzzy View Post
just got back from PC store. here is the problem.

The company i had build this PC is cyberpowerPC and they are skimping assholes. Ive had problems from day 1 with their shoddy work. But here is what they did, they put grey grease on my "gaming PC", who thinks that is gonna work? It was almost completely dry and useless. That shit doesnt even last on regular office PCs for long. I got it taken off and Arctic Silver applied and heat sink is reseated. About to boot game up while monitoring temp, will let you know soon.
If it is a stock heat sink you might still need a new better heat sink.

When I built my last gaming rig I did it on a budget. I knew it was a bad idea to cheat out on the cooling system, and ended up getting a cheap stock heat sink. I had overheating issues every time I tried to play a game. So over the next year I had to buy and replace all the cooling parts in the PC spending even more money than I would have.

A stock heatsink when gaming can have your CPU over 70c. Replace that stock heatsink and you will probalby drop your CPU temps by 15c - 25c.