good, did you remove the old thermal paste residue, then re-apply a fresh one?
also make sure you evenly tightened the screws with a "X" pattern, slightly screw each opposite corner little by little til all of them are snug.


As for the power supply, just anything to indicate the wattage/sticker info etc.

This post was edited by Secksii on Sep 26 2017 06:59pm

that tacky stuff on the other side of the fan? no I didn't not replace it but I did tighten down the fan appropriately
I have no idea what the poer supply looks like or where it is located

The power supply is the silver (looking) box in the top left of the computer case.

Yes, you should change the thermal paste too.

That's a huge problem, you need to fully remove the thermal paste and apply a new paste on it. About a pea sized in middle of the chip, and it will evenly spread once you tighten the screws evenly.

Without doing so, not only the paste is not applied properly, there will be air gaps and unevenness between the fanside and the cpu chip side. Which causes high temps and thermal throttles. When you take apart the cpu fan, you will always need to reapply the paste after removing the old residue with isopropyl alcohol and a microfiber cloth.

The power supply is the metal box thing on top left corner inside your case. Above the rear exhaust fan in Ur case.

Can also use toilet paper and elbow grease

He doesn't know what a psu is, nor the basics of installing a cpu cooler. I wouldn't recommend him to use toilet paper which leave residue, everybody should have microfiber cloth in their house. If not, even a coffee filter would be a better alternative . What if this happens



Jokes, do what you want op

I typically just use a paper towel.

Toilet paper crumbles too easily.

even no paste is better than uneven paste, i ran a c2d for years bare metal heatsink against the ihs with no issues
but unevenness will create bigger and more numerous gaps than would have been there without it

This post was edited by DCSS on Sep 27 2017 06:39pm

No. Toilet paper leaves residue and elbow grease doesn't have a good enough thermal coefficient.

Sorry for taking so long, I got a bit busy and this kind of fell on the back burner. Is this what you needed?