do i need to apply a thermal paste for my Core 2 Duo E6320? It has some gray thing on the heatsink when i just opened up the box but i never applied thermal paste or anything and it idles around 45-50C and (120F) loads at around 60C (140F) by only overclocking my FSB to 300MHz. What is the gray thing on the heatsink which came with my E6320 and is my temperature normal? My old Pentium D 930 hit high 80s and around 90s when it's on load which i know it's not good but i now have the E6320 which i bought my new motherboard and cpu because old motherboard fried...
__________________ Graphics card: Inno3D Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS @ 640/940 (core/memory)
MB: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 v3.3 F12
RAM: 2 Kingston HyperX DDR2 800MHz (4GB total)
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6320 @variable rates (will fix my fan problem soon and overclock high again)
HSF: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme & Antec Tricool 120mm fan
PSU: Delta Serverpower 550W
HD: Seagate 400GB ST340032AS & Excelstor 80GB (both SATA)
Case: don't know what case it is but it is very crappy
Optical Drive: Lite-on 16X DVD+&- RW DL (died) using a CD-ROM drive until I get a new blu ray burner or whatever i can get
The gray stuff, you're referring to, is the stock thermal pad, that comes with the stock heatsink. Your temperatures, are a little high, so applying AS5 thermal paste, will drop the temperature some.
hey yeah lol b1gapl i haven't seen you for some time and lol why are you not on msn or aim anymore? also i have this coolermaster thing but not AS5 thermal paste so yeah :\ what should i do? should i return it back to the shop and buy AS5 or should i use the 1 i have now? also what is so good about AS5?
__________________ Graphics card: Inno3D Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS @ 640/940 (core/memory)
MB: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 v3.3 F12
RAM: 2 Kingston HyperX DDR2 800MHz (4GB total)
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6320 @variable rates (will fix my fan problem soon and overclock high again)
HSF: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme & Antec Tricool 120mm fan
PSU: Delta Serverpower 550W
HD: Seagate 400GB ST340032AS & Excelstor 80GB (both SATA)
Case: don't know what case it is but it is very crappy
Optical Drive: Lite-on 16X DVD+&- RW DL (died) using a CD-ROM drive until I get a new blu ray burner or whatever i can get
cpu thermal paste... 
Linear Mode
