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InvisibleSoul · 04-07-2009, 06:49 PM

Over time, the thermal paste between the heatsink and CPU becomes worse at transferring heat as well. Getting rid of the old stuff and putting some new thermal paste on there could further reduce it by another 10-15°C... but 45 is just fine.

04-07-2009, 06:49 PM	#12
InvisibleSoul The RS Freebie guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: East Vancouver Posts: 22,032 Thanked 2,491 Times in 860 Posts Failed 137 Times in 67 Posts	Over time, the thermal paste between the heatsink and CPU becomes worse at transferring heat as well. Getting rid of the old stuff and putting some new thermal paste on there could further reduce it by another 10-15°C... but 45 is just fine.