Was skeptical about thermal paste reapplication until a client's PC hit 95C idle

I used to think the whole 'change your thermal paste every year' thing was just a way for tech reviewers to sell more tubes. Then a guy brought in his gaming rig from 2021 with an i7-11700K that was throttling down to 800 MHz just opening Chrome. I cleaned off the old paste and put on some Arctic MX-6, and the idle temps dropped from 95C to 38C right in front of me. Anyone else had a job where the simplest fix shaved off 20 minutes of troubleshooting?

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zarat372d ago

95C idle sounds like those thermal sensors were lying to you.

corap611d ago

Could a sensor just straight up lie to you like that?

sean482d ago

Yeah @zarat37, those sensors were definitely lying through their teeth.