As the current-gen comes to a close, I finally (should have a long time ago) bought a PS3. Ordered it on eBay - and now I'm excited; let me bask in this for a moment....
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Now, what exclusives have I been missing out on while I was playing my Xbox?
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MLB The Show is definitely going to be a purchase - and probably Socom (had the original one on PS2), what else what else??
Instead of answering your question, I'm going to tell you what you should have upgraded to and why... because that's the opposite of what you want - and is so helpful..
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On a serious note; I would assume a software problem - my first guess would be on Windows 8.
The cooler did fit - the problem was it didn't touch the CPU, so it couldn't conduct heat. The shims just allowed the heat to transfer. Regardless; I realized why it was reaching 93c. When I put the thermal paste on, I used both Arctic Silver's paste as well as that cheap **** from Radio Shack, "Thermal Compound" which looks like lotion. I removed the cheap stuff, put on the thermal paste and reseated the cooler. It idled at around 58c. Which is obviously still too high for an idle; but it came down nearly 40c. The next step was to finish adding case fans and setting up airflow. After doing that the CPU fan died. So - oh well, now I have no other option but to replace it with an 1156 HSF.
Alright - so I decided today, that I would see if I could shim it and see if it would at least hold me off a week until I can get a new fan.
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After shimming it (and applying thermal paste to each individual shim) I booted up the PC. It booted up fine, I noticed the CPU temp (from hardware monitor on boot) lingering at a meager 30c. I did a couple more boots and watched as the temp climbed - eventually reaching a frightening 93 (which is as high as would go). It's OBVIOUS it's from the heatsink I've rigged together. So I decided to check the paste, which seemed okay and took the fan off and made sure the push pins were through the board. Again I turned it on, at about 35c. Turned off, back on, at 53c.
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Is it safe to say the shim is causing this outrageous heat increase? Or is it possible the temp reading is off. I don't understand how it's increasing 30 degrees during a reboot (10 seconds max).
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