Yeah Arctic Silver 5 is good, so is MX-2. I put one of those big ass 3k RPM scythe fans on my CM212, only thing is that it's loud as fuck when it's all the way turned up.
I'm pretty sure the first time I seated my heatsink I didn't do it ideally because I was still getting idle temps in the low 40s when others get mid 30s at stock clocks.
This time I'm gonna try to redo it and get a second fan for a "push-pull" set up.
At the moment, still testing my processor overclock, while maintaining as low a voltage as I can.
Applied new thermal paste and put in a second fan today and the temperatures are close to the same minus maybe 1-2C. Could just be the paste is still fresh and needs more burn in time though. Downclocking back to 3.8ghz to help relieve some heat during Prime95 and might just keep it there if its more cool.
Depending on the type of paste you use there's usually like a minimum number of hours for it to cure. I think it usually says on the site, but I haven't looked at it in a while.
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