applied new thermal grease... 2 thin lines anout 1/3" long. just some $12 radioshack stuff... started computer.... gfx card problems (happens half the time i start it).... restarted it... ran speedfan.... temp hit 80.... i panicked.... looked at fan..... didnt seem like it was spinning from what i could see.... tilted case a bit...... thought i saw fan move.... checked temp.... went down a bit..... waited..... started typing this.... random temp flucuations..... avg temp 54 .... about what it was before...... checked speedfan charts...... confirmed fan wasnt spinning at first.... avg fan speed 2111rpm.... gonna post this and run 100% cpu load test....
minecraft with 1500 entities (animals, items, cpu intensive things, etc) loaded got my to 69 degrees. went down to 59 the second i closed it... ..... conclusion....... it made almost no difference but now it isnt hard and crusty.......
actually..... it made no difference idle but with a normal minecraft load it is only hitting 64 degrees.... not bad
