What are yours at idle and 100%?
My setup, kind of old, AMD 62 X2 2GHZ and AMD ATI 2600 XT 512RAM (GDDR2 i think).
I recently replace the stock fans.
Before replacing fans,
My cpu temp used to be 60C or higher at idle.
The VGA temp at 50C on idle, none 3D.
When I play games that requires the graphics card to do its job, my screen would black out and just crash. This has been a long while and kind of ignored problem since I hardly ever game on PC due to lack of time and such.
My first "fix" was actually buying a better computer case, which didn't remedy the problem. It just lowered the temp overall at idle due to more ventilation. Expensive case :/
Then I finally decided it's time to mess around with the fans. Spending another $100 for 2 fans, 1 each for cpu and vga.
My current cpu temp is at 36C - 40C. (idle - 100%)
My VGA temp temp at 39C - 46. (idle - 100%)
Now that the history is done. Let's move to the questions.
Thermal grease was dried when I was replacing the fan, do they turn "liquid-ish" when computer is running?
Could my problem have been just the thermal grease being dried and not the stock heatsink/fans?
If not, why the hell the stock heatsink/fans suck at doing the crucial job?
How often should I replace thermal grease, if neccessary?
