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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
Pecon:
--- Quote from: espio100 on December 10, 2015, 06:16:00 PM ---I tried to install a new cpu (on a pre-build desktop) I got for free at the computer store to experiment n stuff but the headsink has like rubbers on the screws and I cant remove 'm (also im p scared to forget stuff up so I dont really force it)
So how to remove?
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Well, that'll depend on the model. Some prebuilt computers will come with the CPU soldered into the motherboard, which means you cannot replace it. But you can't tell that unless you get the heatsink off in the first place. I'd try prying the rubber things off with some pliers or something of that sort.
espio100:
--- Quote from: Pecon on December 10, 2015, 06:25:36 PM ---Well, that'll depend on the model. Some prebuilt computers will come with the CPU soldered into the motherboard, which means you cannot replace it. But you can't tell that unless you get the heatsink off in the first place. I'd try prying the rubber things off with some pliers or something of that sort.
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I doubt its soldered on since I can p much remove anything.
Ill get some tools to pry that off tomorrow after shool.
We'll see, but I think I can.
Tokthree:
Some OEM motherboards have proprietary mounts for CPU coolers, I know that it's a problem for my secondary PC which prevents me from putting my old Phenom II X4 965 BE in it. Extremely irritating as it would be a massive improvement over the Athlon II x2 245 it currently has
JJJMan4:
So I seriously need some help. Recently I got a new case fan, CPU fan/heatsink, and thermal paste. I replaced my case fan while the new CPU fan/heatsink wouldn't fit. I put back my old CPU fan but didn't replace the thermal paste, so I did but made the mistake of picking it up and had to replace it once more. Now I'm here because Fallout 4 takes a loving long time to load, and then I got to far into the overworld and nothing loaded so it crashed. I'm pretty sure I forgeted up at some point. Maybe I put some wire in the wrong spot, maybe I forgeted up something on the motherboard, idk.
Here's my temp as it is, only Google, Steam, and Skype are on.
EDIT: I played Borderlands 2, load times were slower but I didn't go anywhere so there could potentially still be a problem with loading.
ZERØ:
--- Quote from: JJJMan4 on December 10, 2015, 10:47:45 PM ---So I seriously need some help. Recently I got a new case fan, CPU fan/heatsink, and thermal paste. I replaced my case fan while the new CPU fan/heatsink wouldn't fit. I put back my old CPU fan but didn't replace the thermal paste, so I did but made the mistake of picking it up and had to replace it once more. Now I'm here because Fallout 4 takes a loving long time to load, and then I got to far into the overworld and nothing loaded so it crashed. I'm pretty sure I forgeted up at some point. Maybe I put some wire in the wrong spot, maybe I forgeted up something on the motherboard, idk.
Here's my temp as it is, only Google, Steam, and Skype are on.
[ig]http://i.imgur.com/m0R6wic.png[/img]
EDIT: I played Borderlands 2, load times were slower but I didn't go anywhere so there could potentially still be a problem with loading.
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Well for starters you should know Speedfan doesn't display accurate temps, your better off using HWinfo or OpenHardwareMonitor.
Also once you remove the heatsink you always have to replace the thermal paste, your problem here is you have a stuff ton of air bubbles and heat transfer is poor, just remove the heatsink and clean off the gunk with coffee filters and alcohol and apply the new thermal paste (about the size of a grain of rice) and place and re-install the heat sink, but make sure you screw it in with equal pressure in a cross pattern so you get an even spread of the paste.