...starting from the fact I have negative money. I tried overcleaning, underclocking, reapplying thermal paste (and am down to the last few mililiters in my syringe). Nothing can bring it down from around 80ºC when I'm playing something. Tj. max is 83ºC, but the computer shuts down when it stays too long close to or over it. Thermal paste worked for a week, then started overheating again. Underclocking only made it take a bit more time to reach the 80 mark, and cleaning more made no difference at all.
Any solutions besides having money to buy an aftermarket cooler? I'll be out of a computer if this processor dies on me. I think all I have besides it is an old Athlonx4, but it's been sitting in my shelf for years now, and I don't even know if the sockets would match.
Any solutions besides having money to buy an aftermarket cooler? I'll be out of a computer if this processor dies on me. I think all I have besides it is an old Athlonx4, but it's been sitting in my shelf for years now, and I don't even know if the sockets would match.