Hey Mr. slvrstang
We all have names here. You can leave that condescending crap at the keyboard.
I notice from your signature that you don't have an MSI K8t Neo motherboard. Mr. aceman2105 indicated that he does. i also have the motherboard. So, as I have had to state in other threads, I am attempting to help a forum member by sharing my experiences.
There are many other people with this motherboard and slightly different variations of the K8T Neo that are having temperature issues. The heatsink or thermal paste or the way you put it on isn't the issue. I have applied mine twice when I was first building the computer just to make sure that that was not the problem.
Mr. slvrstang, I'm glad that your system is running cool and stable, but don't go shooting down other people, because you think that you know everything.