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<blockquote data-quote="Vasudev" data-source="post: 696498" data-attributes="member: 30411">I believe you are using Cooler master u3 cooling pad? Next time don&#039;t connect the usb plug to your PC. Use HWINFO or Throttlestop to monitor your temps and you will see the results.Check this link out one of the few cases with CPU overheating out of the box. <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-17-r4-cpu-thermal-issues.807866/#post-10580722" target="_blank">Alienware 17 R4 - CPU thermal issues</a>There are hundreds of similar cases.TIM can last upto 5 years if you&#039;re gaming or running intensive apps for longer periods of time, that&#039;s my use case. If you&#039;re using the PC for basic web browsing then TIM might last upto 7 yrs. 5-6 repastes wasn&#039;t because the temps were bad, I was dissatisfied with my job and recently repasted and repadded which I can is the best job I have done so far.GTA V on High settings run CPU at 65C and 60-68C GPU after the repaste. So as other benchmarks like 3dmark &lt;65C and fans nearly passive or highest I&#039;ve seen is 2300-2600 rpms. My max fan speeds are 6000 rpms.This thread gives a list of well known TIM( traditional and LM) which from fellow forum members and enthusiasts use in their PC. I know certain it might help somebody someday. <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/which-thermal-paste-to-buy-and-apply-traditional-and-liquid-metal.806840/" target="_blank">Which Thermal Paste to buy and apply (Traditional and Liquid Metal)</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vasudev, post: 696498, member: 30411"] I believe you are using Cooler master u3 cooling pad? Next time don't connect the usb plug to your PC. Use HWINFO or Throttlestop to monitor your temps and you will see the results. Check this link out one of the few cases with CPU overheating out of the box. [URL="http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-17-r4-cpu-thermal-issues.807866/#post-10580722"]Alienware 17 R4 - CPU thermal issues[/URL] There are hundreds of similar cases. TIM can last upto 5 years if you're gaming or running intensive apps for longer periods of time, that's my use case. If you're using the PC for basic web browsing then TIM might last upto 7 yrs. 5-6 repastes wasn't because the temps were bad, I was dissatisfied with my job and recently repasted and repadded which I can is the best job I have done so far. GTA V on High settings run CPU at 65C and 60-68C GPU after the repaste. So as other benchmarks like 3dmark <65C and fans nearly passive or highest I've seen is 2300-2600 rpms. My max fan speeds are 6000 rpms. This thread gives a list of well known TIM( traditional and LM) which from fellow forum members and enthusiasts use in their PC. I know certain it might help somebody someday. [URL="http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/which-thermal-paste-to-buy-and-apply-traditional-and-liquid-metal.806840/"]Which Thermal Paste to buy and apply (Traditional and Liquid Metal)[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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