Naw. Arctic MX-4 has no curing time. You can use and abuse it immediately.

So after even less than a day temps are shooting up to 70 in idle mode again. Was playing path of exile and computer randomly shut down.

Any tips?

i opened it up, dusted it off some more and reapplied thermal paste again (1st time i did it, it didnt feel so good, felt like i applied too much and didnt spread it out)

leaving case open now, it looks like the cpu fan is barely spinning, maybe i need a new cpu cooler? think this one is a hyper 212 cooler master or something like that

Check your fan curve settings in bios.

Lots of folks set a fan curve in the BIOS. Me, I just disable the CPU fan control all together, in the BIOS. The fan will run at 100% when you do that.

How do I do that? I went into bios but couldn't find anything about fan settings

And now I can't re enter bios again idk why, computer just starts into windows when I click the f10

e: i did change the voltage to stock though (it was at 1.2 for 4.3ghz, i think i clocked it when i bought the pc) i set it default at 1.1 and 3.5 ghz
temps seem fine now

This post was edited by ImoK on Mar 9 2019 11:23am

DEL to enter the BIOS.

And the CPU fan settings will be on the Hardware Monitor tab in the BIOS. <--- Where the temps are.

Well the fan is dead (changed to 100%, it starts up at fullspeed at ~1000rpm and after a minute its barely spinning) -> and in bios its always at full speed

should i get:
MSI CORE FROZR L COOLER (~56$) or cooler master hyper 212X (~33$)? these are the only avaiable ones in stock in my price range

now im getting a bit confused, im not experienced in this but could it also be a faulty PSU (or would i notice other problems?) or a faulty motherboard?
how can i make sure the fan is to blame in other words

This post was edited by ImoK on Mar 11 2019 08:23am

hyper 212's are a pita to install

depending on your case you might not want a tall cooler, either.

Agree! Changing thermal paste on the 212 evo was a real hassle.

However the 212X appears to be smaller, but I want to make sure its not my PSU/motherboard thats broken before I order it, any ideas how to check that?