So I moved my pc the other day (cleaning the room) and I have noticed after putting the PC back that my temps have gone up dramtically.

I was playing swtor and noticed that my i5 750 was up to 55% C on stock settings which is considerably higher than what it was before.  FYI - I have a cooler master hyper tx3.

I have a sneaky feeling that by moving the PC that the heatsink/cpu contact lost something in the move.

So I went to newegg and ordered up some new thermal compound.  However, I also saw this product (link below

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010

Now, at 10 bucks it was not like a massive investment or anything, but will it really help or did I just spend 10 bucks and got nothing to show? 

Regards

55 C under a heavy load is no big deal.  That sounds reasonable for that processor and heatsink while playing a game that can push all four cores.  If it's 55 C at idle, then you've got problems.

A heatsink losing contact with the processor heatspreader doesn't mean temperatures jump by 10 C.  It means the processor gets hot enough to severely throttle back clock speeds very quickly, so that the computer seems really, really slow.  There's no way you'd get double digit frame rates in SWTOR if this were happening.

I have never had problems removing TIM paste using a Qtip.

Just use a Qtip being careful around the edge of the CPU. itl rub off mirror clean after a few qtips.

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Originally posted by levin70
So I moved my pc the other day (cleaning the room) and I have noticed after putting the PC back that my temps have gone up dramtically.
 
I was playing swtor and noticed that my i5 750 was up to 55% C on stock settings which is considerably higher than what it was before.  FYI - I have a cooler master hyper tx3.
I have a sneaky feeling that by moving the PC that the heatsink/cpu contact lost something in the move.
So I went to newegg and ordered up some new thermal compound.  However, I also saw this product (link below
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010
 
Now, at 10 bucks it was not like a massive investment or anything, but will it really help or did I just spend 10 bucks and got nothing to show? 
 
Regards

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It's
Rubbing Alcohol (same stuff you get at the drug store) and Polishing Compound (same stuff used for buffing cars)

Yes - it will work, but so does the stuff you can go out and get at town. You typically don't need the polishing compound either, as most all heat shields and heat sinks are polished to mirror or near-mirror anyway.

If you are dead set on reseating your heat sink deff clean the old goo off to prevent overflow with the new goo. Qtips work great as was already pointed out.