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captainn01
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Ryzen 5 3600x running too hot

Yesterday I installed a ryzen 5 3600x into a new pc build. At idle, it's running around 70c. I'm using the stock cooler. When I installed the cooler, I noticed it had some small dents and a little bit of the thermal paste seemed scratched off on the edges, but nothing seemed major. I've triple checked, and it's definitely screwed in all the way. I just can't figure out what's going on.

Some more information: I'm using the asus rog strix b450-i motherboard, evga xc gaming rtx 2070 super, and 16gb trident z rgb 3600 ram. 

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It is worth buying some new thermal paste, cleaning the old stuff off with alcohol and refitting it with the new paste.

Have a look on youtube for a tutorial video on how to apply thermal paste if you haven't done it before.

Andy

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