Benchmark is telling us something...

[Averax]

Replacing a cpu isn't something a lot of us could do
And it's not just any part..it's the cpu that stormblood is really asking a lot of

It's actually very simple to replace them once you know how. The hardest, most grueling part of dealing with a CPU is the thermal paste. It gets -e v e r y w h e r e-

I built my own computer from scratch after some research on what parts i needed and how they interacted with each other. (Because who wants to pay all that markup for crap parts?)

To replace a CPU, you need to first get a CPU compatible with your motherboard (if you don't intend to replace the motherboard as well, that is), then you need to remove the CPU cooler, then you just unstick the lever, lift it up, pop out the old one, slide in the new one, secure the lever again, apply thermal paste, and put cpu cooler back in after cleaning off all old thermal paste with high percentage rubbing alcohol (re-using old paste is like asking for an air bubble to overheat your CPU). Then you just close up the shop.

You could also probably pay a guy 20 bucks to do it if you are not comfortable doing it yourself.

[Stitches1974]

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That or just buy a high quality aftermarket cooler with paste already on it. A good way to spread paste around is with a business card. Apply a small dab and spread it with the card. Add more as needed.

A good amount of aftermarket coolers are leaps and bounds better than stock and there are some motherboards out there that have an auto overclock feature that will make some use out of that better cooler.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That or just buy a high quality aftermarket cooler with paste already on it. A good way to spread paste around is with a business card. Apply a small dab and spread it with the card. Add more as needed.

A good amount of aftermarket coolers are leaps and bounds better than stock and there are some motherboards out there that have an auto overclock feature that will make some use out of that better cooler.

just stick a small dot in the center and pop the cooler on. Boom, done.

[Stitches1974]

just stick a small dot in the center and pop the cooler on. Boom, done.

I've done just that and it didn't end well. Why I spread it now and why you see some aftermarket coolers with a thin square off paste on them and not a dot.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I've done just that and it didn't end well. Why I spread it now and why you see some aftermarket coolers with a thin square off paste on them and not a dot.

I've never had an issue. Do it this way on servers all the time. Just have to make sure you have enough on there so it actually spreads.

[Stitches1974]

I've never had an issue. Do it this way on servers all the time. Just have to make sure you have enough on there so it actually spreads.

I applied enough and it didn't spread evenly. Large amount on one side and less on the other. Current computer I built has been running w/o issues, with OC for almost 3 years by spreading it myself.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I applied enough and it didn't spread evenly. Large amount on one side and less on the other. Current computer I built has been running w/o issues, with OC for almost 3 years by spreading it myself.

I've had mine OC'd for years as well, and i just did the dot :P

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I run with pretty much everything maxed currently and used my same current game settings for the benchmark. Only thing not uber is my resolution (1600x900) since my monitor is kinda old and was never a top of the line gaming monitor to begin with.

So I ran the benchmark myself and I got this result:



Now it says the score is "extremely high"... but I have no idea what the score compares to. Is there some sort of breakdown somewhere I can read that kinda gives more info on what the score actually means?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I run with pretty much everything maxed currently and used my same current game settings for the benchmark. Only thing not uber is my resolution (1600x900) since my monitor is kinda old and was never a top of the line gaming monitor to begin with.

So I ran the benchmark myself and I got this result:



Now it says the score is "extremely high"... but I have no idea what the score compares to. Is there some sort of breakdown somewhere I can read that kinda gives more info on what the score actually means?

anything over 7000 is good to play at a high framerate on current settings. Its on the benchmark site, if you scroll down.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

anything over 7000 is good to play at a high framerate on current settings. Its on the benchmark site, if you scroll down.

Ah ok ty. I have to admit I didn't read the entire site. I'll go back and do just that!